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  • Magical Moons transform children into healthier citizens

    Healthy school lunches in primary schools ensure that children consume more vegetables, both at school and at home. This is supported by research led by Ilse van Lier. Deloitte has utilised her findings to demonstrate that school lunches lead to healthier adults, resulting in reduced healthcare...

    07 April 2025
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    Young girl eating schoollunch
  • Sense the Science @ FSE

    Sense the Science at FSE! Explore the research happening around you. New stories every two weeks. Stay tuned!

    07 April 2025
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    Building
  • Improved wastewater treatment thanks to Systems Biology

    Sebastián Ayala Ruano focused his Systems Biology master’s thesis research on the microbiome of wastewater. His work resulted in a model that predicts how microorganisms in the contaminated water behave and interact. 

    24 July 2025
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    Sebastián Ayala Ruano in his graduation gown
  • One lion, 10 million likes: human-nature interaction at its best

    Lions do swim, but never has a lion been seen swimming a distance stretching over a kilometre. This remarkable observation by nature conservationists reached over ten million people. “People resonate with this kind of animal news," assistant professor Christopher O’Bryan says. 

    07 April 2025
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    Christopher O'Bryan in African dusk standing on his truck
  • Episode 12: Academia and Practice in Financial Services Research

    In this episode, host Chang Sun invited Professor Elisabeth Brüggen to join the DSMINDSETS Podcast. Elisabeth (Lisa) is a Professor for Financial Services at the Department of Marketing & Supply Chain Management under School of Business and Economics (SBE) at Maastricht University. She is also the...

    07 April 2025
    Science & technology
  • Episode 11: Bioinformatics and Systems Biology

    In this episode, host Chang Sun invited Dr. Martina Summer-Kutmon to join the DSMINDSETS Podcast. Martina is an Assistant professor at the Department of Bioinformatics (BiGCaT) and the Maastricht Centre for Systems Biology (MaCSBio).

    07 April 2025
    Science & technology
  • Episode 10: Clinical innovation in radiotherapy

    In this new DSMINDSETS Podcast episode we invited Ana Vaniqui.  Ana worked as an Innovation Physicist at Maastro Clinic for many years where she is also very involved in the research projects. Maastro Clinic is a top recognized clinical institution that provides patient care with radiotherapy and...

    07 April 2025
    Science & technology