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Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour

The Donders Institute explores the human brain, cognition, and behaviour across various disciplines, including medicine, physics, biology, psychology, AI, and language studies. Our researchers collaborate to enhance knowledge of the brain, aiming to benefit health, education, and technology.

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    Janita Bralten

    Janita Bralten receives NWO Vidi grant for research into link between psyche, body and insulin

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    Assistant professor Janita Bralten (Radboudumc, Donders Institute) has received a Vidi grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).

    Nicky Scheefhals naast de microscoop

    Veni award for Nicky Scheefhals: How “Mix and Match” synapses keep our brains flexible

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    Supported by a Veni grant, Nicky Scheefhals aims to study a special type of synapse in which components of both excitatory and inhibitory synapses come together: mixed synapses.

    Beeld bij programma van Radboud Reflects over neurodiversiteit

    Neurodiversity: Is Every Brain Unique?

    Thursday 6 November 2025, 8 pm - 9:30 pm Lecture

    Dutch lecture - No brain is the same. Yet we design society according to a “standard brain”. If you deviate from that, these days we talk about a “neurodivergent brain”. What do we mean when we talk about neurodiversity?

    News

    Janita Bralten receives NWO Vidi grant for research into link between psyche, body and insulin

    News item

    Veni award for Nicky Scheefhals: How “Mix and Match” synapses keep our brains flexible

    Research news item

    “A wonderful time, but with a lot of uncertainty” – Paula Fikkert on postdocs

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    Navigating the postdoc journey: Abdelrahman Rayan on research, challenges, and self-care

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    News overview

    Agenda

    DGS course: How to finish in time

    Monday 10 November 2025, 9 am - 5 pm Education

    Donders Neuro-AI Focus Group

    Monday 10 November 2025, 2 pm - 4 pm Meet-up

    Fall PIE: Using Adobe Illustrator

    Tuesday 11 November 2025, 3:30 pm - 5 pm Meet-up

    Toward personalized care for PTSD

    Thursday 13 November 2025, 10:30 am PhD defence
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    This is the Donders Institute

    The Donders Institute, based in Nijmegen, is a leading research institute in the field of brain, cognition and behaviour. In this short video, you will get a unique insight into the work of more than 1,000 scientists from this network, spread across six partners on the Nijmegen campus.

    Learn more about the Brain, Cognition, and Behaviour

    The Donders Institute and the Donders Citylab offer several opportunities to learn more about our science. We are always looking for research participants to do experiments and you are invited to visit the Brain Museum in the city centre of Nijmegen:

    Sensorimotor lab

    Become a research participant

    Help us by participating in one of our research projects

    Help us by participating in one of our research projects
    Opening Brain Museum

    Brain Museum

    Visit the Brain Museum in the city centre of Nijmegen.

    Visit the Brain Museum in the city centre of Nijmegen.