Agenda
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Prognostics of age-related macular denegeration
The PhD defence of F. Cinque is on 14 April 2026 at 12:30 pm.
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Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment: Etiology, treatment & prevention
The PhD defence of B.M. Govers is on 22 April 2026 at 02:30 pm.
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Personalizing tricyclic antidepressant treatment for major depressive disorder
The PhD defence of C.F. Vos is on 23 March 2026 at 04:30 pm.
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Digital Biomarkers in Rare Movement DisordersTowards Reliable Monitoring and Implementation
The PhD defence of I.H.J. Willemse is on 14 April 2026 at 02:30 pm.
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Refocusing rehabilitation of persons with neuromuscular diseases using the capability approach
The PhD defence of E.J. Pijpers is on 4 March 2026 at 02:30 pm.
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From Stress to Strength: Identifying and Targeting Psychological and Biological Resilience Factors
The PhD defence of S.A. Bögemann is on 23 March 2026 at 12:30 pm.
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From Molecule to Mind: Unraveling GHB and its neurocognitive consequences
The PhD defence of C.J.H. Wolf is on 25 March 2026 at 10:30 am.
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Paving the road for a pericyte-based gene-modified therapy for myotonic dystrophy
The PhD defence of R.H.L. Raaijmakers is on 10 April 2026 at 10:30 am.
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Resistive behavior adversely affecting the intake of nutrition and hydration in persons with dementia: Incidence, nature and impact
The PhD defence of C.P. van Buuren is on 30 March 2026 at 12:30 pm.
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‘Now I know my ABC, next time won’t you sing with me?’ Effects of musical mnemonics on memory performance in healthy adults, ageing, and individuals with cognitive impairment
The PhD defence of M.W. Derks-Dijkman is on 2 April 2026 at 10:30 am.
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Food for Thought: How Human Milk Oligosaccharides contribute to neural plasticity and cognitive development throughout the lifespan
Breast milk is considered the gold standard for infant nutrition because it provides both essential nutrients and bioactive components that shape growth, the gut microbiota and immune function.
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Clinical psychological aspects of genetic neurodevelopmental disorders: A Dialectical Behavior Therapy approach to emotion regulation in Neurofibromatosis Type 1
The main aim of this thesis is to improve understanding of the cognitive and psychological difficulties experienced by adults with Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).
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Ryanodine receptor-1 related malignant hyperthermia and exertional rhabdomyolysis
Malignant hyperthermia is a rare pharmacogenetic reaction triggered by volatile anaesthetics and/or the depolarising muscle relaxant succinylcholine in susceptible individuals.
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Tracing the Echoes of Childhood Adversity
This PhD thesis traced “echoes” of childhood adversity in an emotional memory task to develop more effective interventions.
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Neural Basis of Flexible Behavior: Representation, Computation, and Circuit Perspective
This PhD thesis focused on two key components of cognitive flexibility: decision making and learning, using neural population analysis and network modeling on decision-making and reversal learning tasks.
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Donders Career Day
What is it about? The Donders Career Event will be an afternoon full of career-related workshops, talks from Donders Alumni, and a social gathering at the end of the afternoon.
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Donders Graduate School Introduction day
The Donders Graduate School organises a bi-annual introduction day for all new PhD candidates of the Donders institute.
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Donders Session - 19 March
Donders Debate with Ivan Toni and Uta Noppeney: We will not learn anything about the organization of cognition in the brain from restricted, artificial experiments. The only way forward is doing naturalistic, ecologically valid studies