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Exercise prevents new cardiovascular diseases

4 March 2021

Exercise lowers the risk of glucose intolerance, obesity, elevated cholesterol and hypertension. The risk of new cardiovascular diseases can be lowered by an individual exercise guideline, argues epidemiologist Esmée Bakker in her dissertation on March 4.

How do anxious people deal with coronavirus?

4 March 2021

There is a lot to say about our emotional well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic. Anne-Kathrin Brehl, a researcher at Radboudumc, investigated whether anxious people experienced more or less symptoms during the lockdown.

Dirk Lefeber receives Vici grant

4 March 2021

Dirk Lefeber, Professor, theme Disorders of movement, receives a Vici grant worth 1.5 million euros. He will use this grant to investigate why sugar metabolism differs between organs by use of stem cell models of muscle and brain.

Arterial wall inflammation and increased hematopoietic activity in patients with primary aldosteronism

4 March 2021

Niels Riksen and colleagues identified increased inflammatory activity in patients with primary aldosteronism.

ADP/ATP carrier inhibitor characteristics identified

3 March 2021

Tom Schirris and colleagues, published an article entitled “Characterization of drug-induced human mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier inhibition” in Theranostics.

Aart Schene appointed honorary member Dutch Psychiatric Association

3 March 2021

Aart Schene, theme Stress-related disorders, has received the honorary membership of the Dutch Association for Psychiatry (NVvP). The Professor of Psychiatry received the award because of his extraordinary efforts throughout his career to improve the quality of care for psychiatric patients.

Water as a new tool for cardiac screening for chest pain

2 March 2021

Patients with chest pain not caused by a narrowing of the coronary arteries often do not know the cause of their symptoms. Scientists at the Radboudumc have successfully used a new technique to investigate other causes in the coronary arteries of the heart.

Reducing sitting time improves blood flow in the brain and in the legs

2 March 2021

During a regular day, the average person sits for 8-10 hours. These high levels of sitting time seem linked to an increased risk for both cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Real-time dialogue with a dreaming person is possible

25 February 2021

Dreams take us to what feels like a different reality. They also happen while we're fast asleep. So, you might not expect that a person in the midst of a vivid dream would be able to perceive questions and provide answers to them. But a new international study shows that, in fact, they can.

Online, socially distanced, or pre-pandemic style... “In the Lead” is always inspiring and helpful. By Özlem Bulut

25 February 2021

Every new RIMLS PhD candidate shares one common experience: an amazing 2-day retreat where you make friends, discover yourself, and get inspired. At least, that was the case pre-pandemic. No more communal retreats in an old convent, but the course still continues helping new PhDs online.

Vulnerable Nijmegen citizens less likely to visit GP physically due to corona

23 February 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 in Nijmegen and the surrounding area led to a substantial decrease in GP consultations for patients with chronic physical health problems.

SATB1 - Three classes of mutations and their unique rare diseases

18 February 2021

Recent advances in DNA sequencing technologies have made it possible to uncover the causes of multiple rare diseases. A new collaborative study describes how three classes of mutation within the same gene result in different neurodevelopmental disorders.

New Physical, Mental, and Cognitive Problems 1-year Post-ICU

18 February 2021

Half of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) survivors suffer from new physical, mental and/or cognitive problems one year after ICU admission. This is evident from the large-scale MONITOR-IC study led by the Radboudumc.

Less inflammation with a traditional Tanzanian diet than with a Western diet

18 February 2021

Study shows differences between western and traditional diet.

Trained immunity: a tool for reducing susceptibility to and the severity of SARS-CoV-2 infection

17 February 2021

In a review in Cell Mihai Netea, Frank van de Veerdonk, Reinout van Crevel and Jorge Dominguez Andres propose that induction of trained immunity by whole-microorganism vaccines may represent an important tool for reducing susceptibility to and severity of SARS-CoV-2.

Radboudumc and Quirem Medical sign cooperation agreement

17 February 2021

Radboudumc and Quirem Medical signed an agreement for joint research. The agreement includes several existing and future projects based on small radioactive spheres. Enhanced cooperation should improve the treatment of cancer patients and stimulate research into new applications.

Dutch Kidney Foundation Innovation Grant for Tom Nijenhuis and Jeroen de Baaij

17 February 2021

This innovation grant was awarded for their project “A sweet deal: repurposing SGLT2i for renal hypomagnesemia”.

We are getting less physically active due to the coronavirus pandemic

16 February 2021

“If exercise was available in the form of a pill, it would be the most commonly prescribed drug in the world.”

Dysfunction of the ciliary ARMC9/TOGARAM1 protein module causes Joubert syndrome

16 February 2021

Brooke L. Latour, theme renal disorders, published an interesting article on the cause of the Joubert syndrome in the Journal of Clinical Investigation.

Marie Curie Fellowship for Juan Pablo Rigalli

11 February 2021

RIMLS postdoc Juan Pablo Rigalli, theme Renal disorders, is awarded with a Marie Curie Fellowship from the European Commission to study the application of extracellular vesicles in precision pharmacotherapy.

Research Integrity Round College Tour

11 February 2021

During the online College Tour on 9 March 2021, Dorine Swinkels, Maroeska Rovers and Marcel Olde Rikkert will be there to answer all of your burning questions. The session will be hosted by Dr. Jos Kole.

Organize an ENABLE satellite event and be part of the organizing team as ENABLEr

11 February 2021

Become part of the ENABLE network by submitting a proposal for an ENABLE satellite event. Deadline before 01 March 2021

Lab of Martijn Agterberg stars in prize winning photograph

10 February 2021

With this photograph, Koen Verheijden has won De Zilveren Camera in the category Nature and Science. It was taken for the Dutch newspaper Trouw, and shows the mobile lab of the Radboudumc researcher Martijn Agterberg, where bumblebees are studied to improve hearing aids for humans.

Cell-type specific changes induced by culturing on microfluidic chips.

10 February 2021

A collaborative TURBO (Twente University RadBoudumc Opportunities) project, recently published in Scientific Reports, developed an organ-on-a-chip device which can be used for modelling the neurovascular unit (NVU).

Combinatorial transcription factor activities on open chromatin induce embryonic heterogeneity in vertebrates

9 February 2021

Gert-Jan Veenstra and Simon van Heeringen published in the Embo Journal. Their results show that transcription factors cooperate in a combinatorial fashion in generally open chromatin to orchestrate zygotic gene expression.

Pregnancy complications and early menopause affect cardiovascular disease in women

9 February 2021

A number of specific conditions in women are important in their risk of cardiovascular disease. These include high blood pressure during pregnancy, gestational diabetes and early menopause.

Saskia Middeldorp appointed professor

9 February 2021

Effective 1 January, 2021, internist Saskia Middeldorp has been appointed Professor of Internal Medicine at Radboud University/Radboudumc. This chair is part of the position of Head of the Department of Internal Medicine that she has held since 1 January 2021.

Horizon 2020 ERICA project approved by the EU

4 February 2021

In total there are 24 thematic ERNs. The Radboudumc participates in 14 networks. We are proud to say that two of these networks are coordinated from Radboudumc: ERN GENTURIS by Nicoline Hoogerbrugge and ERN eUROGEN by Wout Feitz.

Geriatric syndromes and multimorbidity in older adults with psychiatric disorders An integrated perspective

4 February 2021

This thesis includes four studies on prevalence and implications of geriatric syndromes and multimorbidity (chronic health conditions) in older patients with different psychiatric disorders and in different settings.

Predicting protein condensate formation using machine learning

4 February 2021

Guido van Mierlo, Jurriaan Jansen, Simon van Heeringen and Michiel Vermeulen and colleagues recently published in Cell Reports that predicting protein condensate formation can be done using machine learning.

Rob Collin appointed Professor of Molecular therapy for inherited retinal diseases

3 February 2021

Effective 16 January 2021, molecular geneticist Rob Collin has been appointed Professor of 'Molecular Therapy for Inherited Retinal Diseases' at Radboudumc Radboud University.

ZonMw grants to study optimal use of COVID-19 vaccines in patients with impaired immune systems

3 February 2021

How do people with reduced immunity, especially kidney patients, react to a COVID-19 vaccination? And how can patients with peripheral arterial disease be helped by DNA testing? Our researchers received grants from ZonMw to make these studies possible.

Establishing the biggest database of pathology images to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence in medicine.

2 February 2021

A new consortium of the EU Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) aims to establish the biggest database of pathology images to accelerate the development of artificial intelligence in medicine.

Invitation ENABLE 2021 online event Registration is open

27 January 2021

This 4th ENABLE Life Sciences Symposium, entitled "Exploring life dynamics: in and out of equilibrium," will be fully online on May 12 - 14, 2021.

New malaria mosquito is emerging in African cities

27 January 2021

A new urban mosquito is widespread in the Horn of Africa and is highly susceptible to local malaria parasites: a publication in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Four new professors explain the need for cooperation in developmental neuroscience

27 January 2021

In the past, developmental neuroscience was not a field in which people from different disciplines cooperated very much. However, in recent years, the approach has been gradually changing. Four newly appointed professors at Radboudumc/ the Donders Institute understand the importance of teaming up.

Rob Aarnoutse is appointed as professor in Translation pharmacology of antimicrobial agents in particular drugs for tuberculosis

25 January 2021

Hospital pharmacist and clinical pharmacologist Rob Aarnoutse is appointed as professor in ‘Translation pharmacology of antimicrobial agents, in particular drugs for tuberculosis’ at Radboud University / Radboudumc, starting 16 November 2020.

Oral health research makes significant impact at the 148th WHO Executive Board meeting

25 January 2021

During the 148th session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board meeting, the Member States passed a game-changing resolution on oral health. WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called it a “landmark resolution”.

Radboud Young Academy safeguards the future of science

21 January 2021

New platform to provide advice on policy, create an interdisciplinary network of early career scientists, and promote career development.

Increase radio- and immunotherapy efficacy by targeting hypoxia

21 January 2021

In a paper recently accepted by Clinical Cancer Research, Daan Boreel, together with Paul Span, Sandra Heskamp, Gosse Adema and Jan Bussink, reviews the therapeutic potential of decreasing the lack of oxygen (hypoxia) often found in solid tumors.

Radiation boost lowers risk of prostate cancer recurrence

21 January 2021

An additional external-beam radiation dose delivered directly to the tumor can benefit the prospects of men with non-metastatic prostate cancer, without causing additional side effects. The risk of relapse within five years for these men is smaller than for men who did not receive this boost.

New research through grants for Radboudumc researchers

14 January 2021

Several researchers at the Radboudumc have received grants to start new studies, including on rare diseases, liver disease and cancer metastases. These are grants from the Dutch Research Council, European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases and the Gastric Liver Disease Foundation.

Should we prepare for a corona-related depression wave? Indira Tendolkar and Eric Ruhé talk about their research projects

13 January 2021

Since the outbreak of the SARS-CoV-2, many of us have been staying at home in order to limit our social interactions, to keep ourselves and others safe from the virus. Yet, there’s also concern about what social distancing and anxiety generated by media reports are doing to people's mental health.

RIMLS online award ceremony proudly presenting the winners

13 January 2021

In this special webinar of the RIMLS New Year Celebration, scientific director René Bindels reviewed 2020 and looked forward to 2021. But more importantly a number of researchers received prizes in the traditional RIMLS awards ceremony. 

Dutch Digestive Foundation grant for Joost Drenth

13 January 2021

Joost Drenth, theme Renal disorders, received a Dutch Digestive Foundation grant in cooperation with his colleagues from Amsterdam UMC and Leiden UMC.

Cooling vests alleviate perceptual heat strain perceived by COVID-19 nurses

11 January 2021

Wearing cooling vests during a COVID-19 shift ensures that nurses experience less heat during their work. The cooling vests offer such effective cooling that they are now part of the standard work clothing for nurses in the COVID nursing departments at Radboudumc.

Koen van den Dries received ENW-XS grant from the NWO

7 January 2021

Koen van den Dries has received an ENW-XS grant from the NWO for his project titled: Small differences, large impact: how actin variants differentially control cancer cell migration.

Hermesdorf Prizes for COVID-19 research team and Charlotte Bekker

7 January 2021

The entire COVID-19 research team at Radboudumc, which includes Frank van de Veerdonk, Mihai Netea, Roger Brüggemann, Leo Joosten and Alexander Hoischen, will receive the 2020 Hermesdorf Prize. Charlotte Bekker will be awarded the Hermesdorf Talent Prize.

Nael Nadif Kasri receives 250k Euro from European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP-RD)

7 January 2021

Nael Nadif Kasri, Department of Cognitive Neurosciences, Human Genetics theme Neurodevelopmental disorders, received 250,000 Euro as a member of the SCN1A-UP! consortium.

NWO CHAINS 2020 poster prize winner: Judith Schaart

5 January 2021

Judith Schaart wins the NWO CHAINS 2020 poster prize for 2nd Best Chemistry of Life.

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