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… 01 jun 08:30 - 19:00 Zoekresultaten The theme of this year’s meeting is 'the Bigger Picture'. We will focus on the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in systems biology for education, research and knowledge transfer. You are welcome to attend and participate in the scientific discussions in an informal setting. MaCSBio will present current and future research during this extraordinary day. Moreover, lectures will be given by invited … lectures will be given by invited prominent scientists on the latest developments in their respective areas of systems biology research. Click here to get an impression of previous editions of the MaCSBio Science Day Relevant links Go to the MaCSBio website … The theme of this year’s meeting is 'the Bigger Picture'. We will focus on the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in systems biology for education, research and knowledge transfer. … The theme of this year’s meeting is 'the Bigger …
… 14 april 2021 Zoekresultaten Two researchers from Maastricht University (UM) have each received a Vici grant of € 1.5 million from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Professor Chantal Nederkoorn (Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience) and Professor Lorenzo Moroni (MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine) will use the grants over the next five years to conduct research and develop or expand their own research groups. NWO announced the approved proposals for the 2020 round today. Learning to like vegetables Chantal Nederkoorn has been awarded a Vici grant to help her take a closer look at a well-known …
… 25 juli 2023 Zoekresultaten Lilian Kloft and Min Wu, both affiliated with the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience (FPN), have been awarded Rubicon grants by research funder NWO. This grant gives promising early-stage scientists the opportunity to gain international research experience. A total of 15 scientists will receive grants in this award round. Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience Lilian Kloft will conduct research on benzodiazepines at the Universität Bonn (D). These drugs are widely prescribed and used recreationally, but abuse can impair cognitive functioning and lead to criminal behaviour. This project uses eye movement measurements to investigate …
… 13 december 2022 Zoekresultaten Four Maastricht research teams are starting their projects funded with money from the Open Competition of grant provider ZonMw. In addition, a Nijmegen research team has been awarded, which includes Harro van Lente, professor of Science and Technology Studies at Maastricht University (UM). ZonMw announced the awarded proposals from the 2021 application round earlier today. Each research team will receive €750,000 euros. CARIM Drie van de gehonoreerde onderzoeksteams zijn verbonden aan de Maastrichtse onderzoeksschool CARIM. Een kort overzicht: Wereldwijd worden er naar schatting 3 miljoen patiënten met eindstadium nierfalen …
… of 12 universities, including Maastricht University (Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences and Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience) , TNO, Pharos, Trimbos Institute and RIVM has received 1.6 million euros from ZonMw for social science research on how to properly prepare for upcoming pandemics. During the COVID-19 pandemic, prevention measures were introduced to reduce corona transmission. This prevented diseases and deaths caused by corona. Various personal factors, social factors … further to the forefront in thinking about how person-environmental factors interact in explaining human behaviour in times of health crisis. The research will provide important leads for framing future behavioural interventions." Four research themes The BePrepared research focuses on four themes. What socio-psychological and environmental factors influence the behaviour people can adopt to prevent infectious diseases. How resilience of citizens and communities can be strengthened, and citizens and organisations involved in policy. How …
… 18 juli 2017 Zoekresultaten Health psychologists can now also publish their ‘failed’ research in a new online journal: Health Psychology Bulletin. The condition is that they provide complete open access to their data, analyses and choices. According to founders Gerjo Kok, professor of Applied Psychology at Maastricht University and Gjalt-Jorn Peters, lecturer in Methodology and Statistics at the Open University, in-depth research will be rewarded and not, as it happens now, sensational findings. “With the competition model in science, you can hardly afford to find nothing.” Hans van Vinkeveen Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience According to editors in chief Gerjo Kok and Gjalt-Jorn Peters, the cases of fraud–though not only in psychology–forced them to face the facts. They point out that a lot of research cannot be repeated successfully, which seems to suggest that much more published research falls short. Everyone also knows the cause—the system of publish or perish. Kok: “You can hardly afford to find nothing.” Peters: “Research that produces …
… 25 februari 2021 Zoekresultaten It has long been known that the use of antipsychotics often causes weight gain. However, in a recent meta-analysis of more than 400 studies, researchers at Maastricht University (UM) have now shown that all antipsychotics have this effect. The scientists also included recently introduced antipsychotics in their study. The findings were recently published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE . … overweight, and certainly those who are obese, also face stigma, which means that those with a psychiatric illness find themselves doubly stigmatised. The effect of switching to other antipsychotics to prevent weight gain is very limited at best. The researchers therefore advocate focusing on prevention during the treatment by immediately offering patients lifestyle advice. If a patient has already experienced weight gain, this should be addressed through personalised advice on diet and exercise before trying a switch to a different antipsychotic. Analysis The meta-analysis was carried out by researchers at the Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology at Maastricht University and is a follow-up to a previous analysis from 2014. The research was led by psychiatrist Dr Maarten Bak. ‘Antipsychotics are still very much necessary to enable …
… 9 maart 2023 Zoekresultaten Do vegetables taste better if you get to choose? With her research, Rosalie Mourmans, PhD student at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, tries to answer this question. This research earned her a place among the ten finalists of the Klokhuis Science Prize: a prize for interesting scientific research aimed at children aged 9 to 12. The prize aims to familiarise young audiences with scientific research in the Netherlands. … the vegetable. In short: choosing for yourself makes food tastier! Vote for Rosalie! Rosalie can win the Klokhuis Science Award if she gets the most votes. Would you like to help? You can vote for her project until Saturday 18 March via this link (website in Dutch). On Sunday 19 March, the prize will be awarded: an episode of the popular youth programme Het Klokhuis will be dedicated to the winning research. Vote now! … Do vegetables taste better if you get to choose? With her research, Rosalie …
… 22 maart 2018 UM researchers find that sensation seeking is a decisive factor in participating in painful experiments Zoekresultaten What makes some people volunteer in unpleasant, painful experiments, while others do not? According to a recent article by researchers of the Maastricht University Faculty of Psychology and the KU Leuven, sensation seeking is a decisive factor. This finding suggests that sample bias might influence the results of experimental pain research. In a typical pain research, participants experience painful and unpleasant stimuli, such as electric shocks. It is then researched how people react differently to the stimuli under different conditions such as a low and high predictability. …
… 6 juli 2018 Zoekresultaten Research Talent is an NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research) funding scheme for young and talented upcoming researchers that have demonstrated ambition to pursue a career in science. “This is a great compliment, of course! I’ve been working hard for several years to build my skills as a researcher. But I realise luck plays a part, and that I wouldn’t have made it without the support of my supervisors and the UM” In her work Mathilde poses three major questions: Are their differences in the brains of transgenders and cisgenders (people …