🎉 Veni Grant for Nicky Scheefhals to study “mix-and-match” synapses in the brain. Using stem cells and the microSCOOP 🔬, she can isolate and study these synapses in detail. This could open new paths for autism and developmental disorder research. Read more 👇 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

🌍 Today is the last day of Postdoc Appreciation Week #PAW_NL. Paula Fikkert, Dean of the Faculty of Arts reflects on her time as a postdoc and the role postdocs currently have: “Postdocs are indispensable." Read the full story: 👇 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

🎓 What does it mean to be a #postdoc? For Abdelrahman Rayan, it’s a journey of discovery, challenge & self-care. From medicine & physics to systems neuroscience, he now studies one of science’s biggest mysteries: sleep. Read his story for #PAW_NL 👇 🔗 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

🎉 Next week: NL’s first Postdoc Appreciation Week (PAW)! Workshops, talks & networking at Donders, Nijmegen. “Postdocs often fall between the cracks—let's recognise & support them.” —Lisa Groendendaal-van Weert, Postdoc coordinator. Read more about this week: www.ru.nl/en/donders-i... #PAW_NL

👨‍🍼 Early maternal sensitivity matters. Children whose mothers were more attuned to their signals had fewer respiratory & digestive problems up to age 14. 🏆 Findings from Nijmegen’s 19-year BIBO study, winner of the Radboud Team Science Award. 🔗 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

🎉 Tomorrow the #Infinity #Festival kicks off in Nijmegen! 🧠 This includes a special exhibition Tracing Changes, showing artworks made by people living with #Parkinson’s where art and science meet such as the artwork shown here. 👉 Curious? www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

🎉 The ADHD Escape Room gets €50,000 NWO funding + new timeslots this fall! Created by RU & HAN students/researchers, this escape room shows the world of #ADHD challenges and creativity. 👉 Book October slots now: www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

👀 👂 How does the brain merge what we hear & see? @lindadrijvers.bsky.social got an ERC Starting Grant (≈ €1.5M) for HANDWAVE, studying how we integrate audiovisual signals. Vital for understanding language disorders & improving diagnostics.👇 www.ru.nl/en/research/...

👏👏👏 Postdoc Appreciation Week (#PAW_NL): 15 - 19 September. From sessions on well-being and career paths, workshops on research impact and science communication, to networking drinks. We look forward to celebrating postdocs together! 📅 👉 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

👀 How do we stay curious – and how can curiosity improve learning? Congrats to Lieke van Lieshout on her prestigious #Veni grant from NWO! She’ll study how curiosity lasts, how it boosts memory, and whether freedom of choice plays a role. Curious to know more? 👇 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

❓ Ever stopped presenting after one bad experience, or avoided dogs after one bite? Radboud Recharge spoke with Bob Bramson about how #anxiety shapes learning from rewards & punishments. 👉 www.radboudrecharge.nl/en/article/n...

Wat is ADHD precies? En hoe is het om ADHD te hebben? Radboud Recharge bezocht de #ADHD #escape #room die door studenten en onderzoekers werd gemaakt: 👇 www.radboudrecharge.nl/nl/artikel/e...

♾ Can solidarity ever run out? Can we live forever? Can psychopathy be cured? On 11 & 12 Sept, join scientists at the #Infinity #Science #Festival in #Nijmegen for talks, podcasts, sky-high walks and surprising experiments. 🌌⛪ 🎟 Programme & tickets: www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

🧠🔊💡 Brain-computer interfaces are evolving fast. In this Dutch article by @tweakers.net, Jordy Thielen explains what’s possible, what’s happening in Nijmegen, and where gains can still be made. tweakers.net/reviews/1359...

Answer by Ines Ben Haj Kacem en Francesca Siclari of the @nin-knaw.bsky.social: brainhelpdesk.nl/vraag/kan-ik... Do you also have a #brain #question? Ask it at the @dondersinst.bsky.social @brainhelpdesk.bsky.social and we will come up with an #answer!

Answer by Fleur Zeldenrust, editors: Sjoerd Murris and Marina Boon: brainhelpdesk.nl/en/vraag/waa... Do you also have a #brain #question? Ask it at the @dondersinst.bsky.social @brainhelpdesk.bsky.social and we will come up with an #answer!

Answer by Leonie Oostwoud Wijdenes, editors: @fleurzeldenrust.bsky.social and Sjoerd Murris: brainhelpdesk.nl/en/vraag/hoe... Do you also have a #brain #question? Ask it at the @dondersinst.bsky.social @brainhelpdesk.bsky.social and we will come up with an #answer!

🎉 Eric Ruhé appointed Professor of Difficult-to-Treat Depression 🧠 “It’s very discouraging for patients when treatment doesn’t work or depression returns,” says Ruhé. Using brain scans, AI and new medicines like esketamine, he aims to improve care. More: 👇 www.radboudumc.nl/en/news-item...

🧠✨ Beauty of the Brain This time in our Donders Beauty of the Brain series: a stunning image of a hippocampal brain slice, captured with a confocal microscope. Discover more at www.dondersdiscovers.nl/en/

Two Donders Institute projects just received €400K NWO grants. @stephforkel.bsky.social studies speech circuits in Parkinson’s for better treatments. Meyer & @robertoostenveld.bsky.social track 200 infants to see how early brain learning shapes language & social skills. www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

🚀 That went fast! Our escape room is already fully booked for all Saturdays this summer. Missed out? No worries! A perfect chance to visit the Brain Museum is during the Infinity Science Festival in September. 👉 www.ru.nl/en/about-us/...

🚓🕶️⌚ VR vs stress & aggression Nearly €7M from the NWA for #CONTEXT: reducing stress and aggression in police & at-risk youth. Smartwatches + VR teach early stress detection & emotion control. 🔗 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

🎉✨ Janna Vrijsen appointed Professor of #Transdiagnostic #Psychopathology: ‘I look forward to teaching researchers and psychologists to look beyond mental disorders. It is also my goal to establish exercise as a treatment for depression and other mental disorders.’ www.radboudumc.nl/en/news-item...

🎥🌍 Over 1,000 neuroscience talks now free on YouTube and published at @apertureohbm.bsky.social. 🧠 “Now anyone, anywhere can binge-watch brain science like a box set,” says @stephforkel.bsky.social: www.ru.nl/en/donders-i... @alfiewearn.bsky.social @sitek.bsky.social @sofievalk.bsky.social

👶🧠🔄 Flexible babies: eight-month-old babies can adapt their learning style to change Francesco Poli shows that infants already adjust their learning strategies to change. Trouble adapting may hint at future mental health risks, but more research is needed. Read more 👇 www.ru.nl/en/research/...

🧒🧠 If humans learned language like AI, it would take 92,000 years. Luckily, new research from Caroline Rowland (@mpi-nl.bsky.social) shows children learn through touch, movement & play as well. Brains over bots 👇 www.mpi.nl/news/brains-...

🧠 Ever wondered what it's like to live with ADHD? From 12 June, the Brain Museum in Nijmegen offers an #ADHD #Escape #Room to experience it yourself. 🎟️ Discover more & book your spot: www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

🧠🎨 Why do some people with #Parkinson’s suddenly develop a passion for painting, sculpting or music? Neuroscientist Blanca T.M. Spee studied over 800 people — 41% reported a change in creativity. 👉 Findings now out in npj Parkinson’s Disease: www.ru.nl/en/donders-i... #Creativity #Parkinsons

🚨 €2.5M from the ERC for Karin Roelofs and the HEART2ADAPT project — diving deep into how body and brain team up when we make decisions under threat. 🧠❤️‍🔥 "We're in the ideal position to study this complex interaction," she says. 👇 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

🎉 #Donders #Cube Award for Sharon Unsworth 🎉 for her outstanding commitment to the #Kletskoppen #Festival. 🏆 Poster prizes went to: • Danielle Houwing (MPI) • Marco Gandolfo (DCC) • Chinmaya Mishra (MPI) • Zehra Kazmi (DCN) • Umut Can ALTIN (DCC) www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

🧠 📱 What happens in our brain when we briefly remember a phone number? According Eelke Spaak, the answer may lie in rapid changes in the connections between brain cells. With a new NWO ENW-M #grant, he will investigate that hypothesis: 👇 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

💬🧠💪 Moving your arms can change how you sound. When we move our arms, the muscles affect lung volume—affecting loudness and intensity of our voice. The body and voice are well connected, with potential implications for speech therapy and human-like robotics: 👉 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

✨We are organising (again) an online workshop on Theoretical Modeling for PhD candidates and Master students in cognitive science and psychology. Check out the website and the schedule: Registration is open! (closes July 1, spaces are limited) 🧵1/n computationalcognitivescience.github.io/workshop/

❓⚖️ Should we use AI to support cancer patients and their doctors? Surgery or no surgery? Chemo or not? AI expert Johan Kwisthout believes humans should make these decisions. His PersOn project aims to make AI a helpful partner to assist. 👇 www.radboudrecharge.nl/en/article/s...

🧠🐭 In light of #BOARD25, we’re highlighting #Transcend project: @lgenzel.bsky.social and team will develop and test more naturalistic and enriched housing environments for rodents, aiming to improve both animal welfare and the reliability of experimental results:👉 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

🧠 📰 Heb jij de nieuwe Quest al gelezen? Judith Zijp kwam langs in het #Focused #Ultrasound lab van Lennart Verhagen om te leren hoe we zonder scalpel maar met onhoorbare tonen Parkinson en andere hersenziekten te lijf kunnen gaan! Haal de Quest of lees het hier: 👇 www.quest.nl/mens/gezondh...

🤣 Why can’t you tickle yourself? And why do some laugh, while others scream? Neuroscientist Konstantina Kilteni thinks it’s time we took tickling seriously—and she’s got a lab to prove it. 👉 www.ru.nl/en/research/...

🔬 From basic research to therapy: DARE2APPROACH led by Karin Roelofs developed brain stimulation now tested in anxiety treatment. 🧠 “This is one of those projects that you can only do with a network like the Donders Institute” 🔗 More info: www.ru.nl/en/donders-i... #ERC #MentalHealth #Neuroscience

my lab (lacns.github.io) at @mpi-nl.bsky.social and @dondersinst.bsky.social is recruiting for two PhD and two postdoctoral positions funded by an @erc.europa.eu Consolidator - come join us! PhD: www.mpi.nl/career-educa... Postdoc: www.mpi.nl/career-educa... (please share widely)

🧠🦠 Mindfulness supports COVID-19 recovery in healthcare workers Research by Anne Speckens, Erik Ruhe & team shows that guided and self-guided mindfulness reduce anxiety, depression & physical symptoms — even 6 months later: 👉 www.radboudumc.nl/en/news-item...

👵🧠 How does ageing affect our thinking? On Tue 27 May, Michelle Jansen defends her PhD on #cognitive #ageing. She found that education, ‘cognitive reserve’ & even midlife blood pressure play a role in later brain health. 📅 27 May 2025, 14:30 🔗 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

🧠 Zijn je hersengolven nog van jou? @fleurzeldenrust.bsky.social, Pim Haselager & Roel Heremans over neurotechnologie en mentale privacy bij Radboud Reflects. 🎥 Kijk terug of luister de podcast: www.ru.nl/services/spo... #neurotechnologie #privacy

www.ru.nl/masters/neurophysics #neuroscience #neuroAI #physics #neurophysics #MachineLearning 3/3

Open to students from physics or related backgrounds (CS, math, engineering, science). The Donders Institute hosts more than 100 prominent neuroscience labs, offering many internship choices, and leads major neurotechnology initiatives (NeurotechEU, Dutch Brain Interface Initiative). 2/3

Please find this English masters program in Neurophysics. Study the brain, artificial neural networks and complex systems through the lens of mathematical modeling and physics. Radboud University / Donders (Netherlands) is one of Europe’s leading universities in Neuroscience. 1/3

👁️💡 How much do we really see? @marco-gandolfo.bsky.social reveals how our brains process the unexpected, with surprising differences across age and gender. With over 14,000 participants at muZIEum, it’s the largest public #inattentional #blindness experiment to date. 🔗 www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...

🧠 Language differences shape how your brain predicts sentences: Andrea E. Martin and her team reveal that the brain adapts to grammatical variations across languages when processing sentences. Read more in Scientific American: 👉 www.scientificamerican.com/article/does... #linguistics

🌌 Hoe groot is jouw wereld? Ontdek het tijdens de Nacht van de Ruimte op 19 juni in Openluchttheater De Goffert! @basbloem, Milo Grootjen, Kim Meijer & anderen nemen je mee langs wetenschap, kunst & technologie. 🎭🪐 👉 Info & tickets: www.ru.nl/donders-inst...

Answer by Maureen van der Grinten en Sjoerd Murris of the @nin-knaw.bsky.social : brainhelpdesk.nl/en/vraag/wat... Do you also have a #brain #question? Ask it at the @dondersinst.bsky.social Brainhelpdesk and we will come up with an #answer!

🧠 What is trauma—and where do we draw the line? Has that line shifted? And how does trauma affect the brain? 📅 Tonight 20:00: join neuroscientist Sabrina van Heukelum & psychiatrist Derek Strijbos at Radboud Reflects for a deep dive into trauma & resilience. 👉 www.ru.nl/en/services/...