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How Fruit Flies Can Help Us Understand Diseases Such as ALS
If we can understand exactly how ALS progress in fruit flies, we may also gain valuable insights into how this develop in humans. Research by Marije Been of Radboud University shows that the formation of protein clumps may mark the onset of ALS.
Transcend: Improving animal welfare to boost translational neuroscience
How can we make animal research more humane—and more scientifically effective? That question is at the heart of a major new European project led by Klaus Eyer from Aarhus University in Denmark, and in part by Donders Institute researcher Lisa Genzel.
Big Tech in Academia
Tech solutions in science, not only store all kinds of data about scientists and students, they also influence them. The Young Academy wants to initiate a broad discussion about the values behind the use of big tech solutions.
What is Trauma? | Lecture and conversation by neuroscientist Sabrina van Heukelum and psychiatrist Derek Strijbos
What is trauma? Where is the line between something unpleasant and something traumatic, and has that line shifted over time? What does this say about our thinking about resilience and mental health?
Radboud scientists develop new mathematical model for transfer learning in neural networks
Alessandro Ingrosso, researcher at the Donders Institute for Neuroscience, has developed a new mathematical method which enables the prediction of the effectiveness of transfer learning in neural networks.
Royal honours for Radboud employees
Richard van Wezel, Ronald Laan, Bart-Jan Kullberg and Gert Jan van der Wilt received royal honours on the occasion of King's Day 2025.
Video: Neuromorphic Computing
Learn in this video how Neuromorphic Computing could transform our digital future with dramatically reduced energy consumption, enhanced privacy, and self-improving systems.
ELEANOR: Studying the brain's complexity with light on a chip
Funded by the Open Competition Domain Science-M grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO), the project aims to develop an innovative technology to study how human neurons process signals using light on a microchip.
The future of Brain Computer Interfaces: breakthroughs, education, and challenges
Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) have left the realm of science fiction for some years now. Recent developments are bringing these technologies even closer to practical application, such as controlling a recreational drone.
John van Opstal: 43 years of research on hearing and the eye
On 1 March 2024, John van Opstal officially retired, but he remains actively involved in ongoing projects as a researcher. In honour of his impressive career, a farewell symposium was organised last week.
DI-NIN funding for five projects
The Donders Institute and the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) have awarded €500,000 from the DI-NIN Fund to five research projects. There were 13 applications, and after a careful review, five projects were selected.
How does your brain track moving sounds? Donders research contradicts long-held belief
When a car passes by, even without seeing it, we can accurately follow it based on its sound. Researchers at the Donders Institute are studying in a unique laboratory how our brains process this auditory information.
How AI can help blind people see
Scientists are working to develop implants in the brain that will allow blind people to see a little. The PhD research of Jaap de Ruyter de Steveninck of Radboud University is helping with this development by using AI and deep learning.
NWO ENW-M grant for unique 3-photon microscope
Researchers at the Donders Institute have received a NWO ENW-M-invest grant for research on attention and perception. The grant will be used for a 3-photon microscope suitable for macaques, the only one of its kind in Europe.
Donders Cube Award for Pieter Medendorp and Richard van Wezel
Pieter Medendorp, and Richard van Wezel received the Donders Cube for establishing the new Human Neuroscience bachelor’s programme. The Donders Cube is awarded annually for exceptional contributions to the Donders Institute.
Uta Noppeney and Erik Storkebaum new members of the Academia Europaea
The Academia Europaea is the pan-European academy of sciences, humanities, law, and literature. Several Donderians are member of this network and Uta Noppeney and Erik Storkebaum are the latest additions to this prestigious network
NWO Open Technology funding for LiveScope
The LiveScope project, led by Bernhard Englitz, was awarded a NWO Open Technology grant of €850k. LiveScope is a first-of-its-kind audiovisual tracking system for rodents with breakthrough spatial accuracy.
Million Dollar Bike Ride grant for Dr. Sharon Kolk
Dr. Sharon Kolk received a grant from the Orphan Disease Center in partnership with patient organisation Love Never Sinks (Million Dollar Bike Ride).
National Growth Fund allocates funding for new centre for animal-free biomedical translation (CPBT)
In order to continue improving human health with appropriate and affordable medicines, a different approach is needed in the development of new drugs and medical technologies.
Chronic stress and inflammation linked to societal and environmental impacts in new study
Scientists, including Paul Verschure at Radboud University, hypothesize that as-yet unrecognized inflammatory stress is spreading among people at unprecedented rates and affecting our ability to address climate change and other critical issues.