Donders Institute
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www.dondersinstitute.nl | Explores the human brain, cognition, and behaviour across various disciplines, including medicine, physics, biology, psychology, AI, and language studies.
🎉 muZIEum reopens its doors this weekend! 👀
After a major renovation, muZIEum will open again — just in time for the Christmas holidays!
In the fully redesigned spaces, new routes and sensory encounters await: a place where you don’t need to see anything to experience everything. 👉
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After a major renovation, muZIEum will open again — just in time for the Christmas holidays!
In the fully redesigned spaces, new routes and sensory encounters await: a place where you don’t need to see anything to experience everything. 👉
muzieum.nl
December 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
🎉 muZIEum reopens its doors this weekend! 👀
After a major renovation, muZIEum will open again — just in time for the Christmas holidays!
In the fully redesigned spaces, new routes and sensory encounters await: a place where you don’t need to see anything to experience everything. 👉
muzieum.nl
After a major renovation, muZIEum will open again — just in time for the Christmas holidays!
In the fully redesigned spaces, new routes and sensory encounters await: a place where you don’t need to see anything to experience everything. 👉
muzieum.nl
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Answer by Ineke van Rossum of the Leiden University Medical Center; editing and translation by Marina Boon: brainhelpdesk.nl/en/vraag/wat...
Do you also have a #brain #question? Ask it at the @dondersinst.bsky.social @brainhelpdesk.bsky.social and we will come up with an #answer!
Do you also have a #brain #question? Ask it at the @dondersinst.bsky.social @brainhelpdesk.bsky.social and we will come up with an #answer!
December 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Answer by Ineke van Rossum of the Leiden University Medical Center; editing and translation by Marina Boon: brainhelpdesk.nl/en/vraag/wat...
Do you also have a #brain #question? Ask it at the @dondersinst.bsky.social @brainhelpdesk.bsky.social and we will come up with an #answer!
Do you also have a #brain #question? Ask it at the @dondersinst.bsky.social @brainhelpdesk.bsky.social and we will come up with an #answer!
🧠💤 #Sleep is crucial for the production of #antibodies, the #clearing of harmful substances from the brain, and the release of #growthhormone. 👶🧒 Some recent examples of sleep benefits according to @dresler.bsky.social. Read the full article here: 👇
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Why we sleep: insights from current research | Radboud University
In the sleep lab of Martin Dresler, scientists work every day to piece together the scientific puzzle of sleep. We spend roughly a third of our lives asleep, switching off for eight hours makes any or...
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December 17, 2025 at 9:51 AM
🧠💤 #Sleep is crucial for the production of #antibodies, the #clearing of harmful substances from the brain, and the release of #growthhormone. 👶🧒 Some recent examples of sleep benefits according to @dresler.bsky.social. Read the full article here: 👇
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2/2 and Prof. @martinavinck.bsky.social for the NONLIN project, which investigates the non-linear mechanisms that underpin human cognition:
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ERC Consolidator Grants for research on methane eaters, air showers and language in our brain | Radboud University
Five Radboud University researchers are set to receive a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Their research covers topics such as methane-eating micro-organisms, air showers f...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
2/2 and Prof. @martinavinck.bsky.social for the NONLIN project, which investigates the non-linear mechanisms that underpin human cognition:
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
www.ru.nl/en/research/...
1/2 ERC Consolidator Grants for @stephforkel.bsky.social Forkel, for the project EMERGENCE, which aims to transform our understanding of how language arises from the complex interactions within the connected brain:
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ERC Consolidator Grant of €2 million to map how language emerges in the human brain | Radboud University
Stephanie Forkel has been awarded a prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant worth €2 million to transform our understanding of how language arises from the complex interplay of neural systems in the human ...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:33 AM
1/2 ERC Consolidator Grants for @stephforkel.bsky.social Forkel, for the project EMERGENCE, which aims to transform our understanding of how language arises from the complex interactions within the connected brain:
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www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
🧠📚 #Longread: Parkinson’s is the canary in the coal mine
In The Lancet Neurology, experts map out the historical development of #Parkinson’s and have a #call #to #politicians: If we act now, we can reverse this pandemic. 👇
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In The Lancet Neurology, experts map out the historical development of #Parkinson’s and have a #call #to #politicians: If we act now, we can reverse this pandemic. 👇
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Bas Bloem: Parkinson’s is the canary in the coal mine warning us that our environment is sick | Radboud University
In a recent publication in The Lancet Neurology, Bloem and a group of internationally recognised scientists place Parkinson's in historical perspective, beginning with James Parkinson, who first descr...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:31 AM
🧠📚 #Longread: Parkinson’s is the canary in the coal mine
In The Lancet Neurology, experts map out the historical development of #Parkinson’s and have a #call #to #politicians: If we act now, we can reverse this pandemic. 👇
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
In The Lancet Neurology, experts map out the historical development of #Parkinson’s and have a #call #to #politicians: If we act now, we can reverse this pandemic. 👇
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
👀 🖥️ #NEMO Met behulp van AI schreef journalist Niels Olfert #NEMO door alleen naar de letters te kijken. Lees en zie hoe dat werkt en hoe je in de toekomst er deuren mee kan openen of zelfs koffie zetten: 👇
www.nemokennislink.nl/publicaties/...
www.nemokennislink.nl/publicaties/...
AI en EEG zetten je brein (om) in actie
Je hebt het vast al eens een gezien: zo’n ‘badmuts’ met draadjes, op het hoofd van een proefpersoon of patiënt. We gingen langs bij twee labs, waar AI herseninfo van zo’n EEG-muts koppelt aan acties.
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December 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
👀 🖥️ #NEMO Met behulp van AI schreef journalist Niels Olfert #NEMO door alleen naar de letters te kijken. Lees en zie hoe dat werkt en hoe je in de toekomst er deuren mee kan openen of zelfs koffie zetten: 👇
www.nemokennislink.nl/publicaties/...
www.nemokennislink.nl/publicaties/...
Donders Institute seeks to appoint a new Scientific Director to lead our internationally oriented and interdisciplinary organisation 🌍🧠
Are you ready to help shape the future of brain, cognition, and behaviour research?👇
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Are you ready to help shape the future of brain, cognition, and behaviour research?👇
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
Scientific Director Donders Institute | Radboud University
Do you want to work as a Scientific Director Donders Institute at the Donders Institute? Check our vacancy!
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November 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Donders Institute seeks to appoint a new Scientific Director to lead our internationally oriented and interdisciplinary organisation 🌍🧠
Are you ready to help shape the future of brain, cognition, and behaviour research?👇
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
Are you ready to help shape the future of brain, cognition, and behaviour research?👇
www.ru.nl/en/working-a...
🎓✨ A milestone worth celebrating and framing! 🖼️
Today, the Donders Institute celebrates its #750th #PhD #thesis. The full mosaic of all those thesis covers looks so good, we believe it deserves a spot in a museum.
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Today, the Donders Institute celebrates its #750th #PhD #thesis. The full mosaic of all those thesis covers looks so good, we believe it deserves a spot in a museum.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🎓✨ A milestone worth celebrating and framing! 🖼️
Today, the Donders Institute celebrates its #750th #PhD #thesis. The full mosaic of all those thesis covers looks so good, we believe it deserves a spot in a museum.
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
Today, the Donders Institute celebrates its #750th #PhD #thesis. The full mosaic of all those thesis covers looks so good, we believe it deserves a spot in a museum.
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
🎯🤝🧠 We were happy to welcome an international press delegation to the Donders Brain Museum last week to share the story of how our 1,400+ researchers advance understanding of the human brain, cognition, and behaviour. Thanks for coming, Tack för ditt besök, Vielen Dank für Ihren Besuch!
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
🎯🤝🧠 We were happy to welcome an international press delegation to the Donders Brain Museum last week to share the story of how our 1,400+ researchers advance understanding of the human brain, cognition, and behaviour. Thanks for coming, Tack för ditt besök, Vielen Dank für Ihren Besuch!
🎓🌍🤝 “I had a fantastic time at Western Institute for Neuroscience. I expanded my professional network and learned a lot about their scientific culture. ” — Lucas Billen
Lucas shows exactly why international exchange matters. Curious about the exchange possibilities? 👇
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Lucas shows exactly why international exchange matters. Curious about the exchange possibilities? 👇
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Mobility Opportunities between the Donders Institute and Western University | Radboud University
The Donders Institute and the Western Institute for Neuroscience (WIN) at Western University (Ontario, Canada) are delighted to continue their mobility collaboration.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🎓🌍🤝 “I had a fantastic time at Western Institute for Neuroscience. I expanded my professional network and learned a lot about their scientific culture. ” — Lucas Billen
Lucas shows exactly why international exchange matters. Curious about the exchange possibilities? 👇
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
Lucas shows exactly why international exchange matters. Curious about the exchange possibilities? 👇
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
🥇 🎉 Yesterday, at the Computable Awards, an event with over 20,000 votes cast. Advanced Neural Control to Restore Brain Function was voted best healthcare project! Curious about the project? Read the article previously featured in ICT&health:
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November 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🥇 🎉 Yesterday, at the Computable Awards, an event with over 20,000 votes cast. Advanced Neural Control to Restore Brain Function was voted best healthcare project! Curious about the project? Read the article previously featured in ICT&health:
www.icthealth.nl/nieuws/unive...
www.icthealth.nl/nieuws/unive...
🎉 Bas Bloem has received the Robert A. Pritzker Prize for Leadership in Parkinson’s Research from the The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. 'We keep pushing the boundaries of science, care and creativity until Parkinson’s stops.' 👇
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Radboudumc-neurologist Bas Bloem receives international prize for Parkinson’s research - Michael J. Fox Foundation Pritzker Prize honors work integrating science, care and community for people with Pa...
17 November 2025
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November 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🎉 Bas Bloem has received the Robert A. Pritzker Prize for Leadership in Parkinson’s Research from the The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. 'We keep pushing the boundaries of science, care and creativity until Parkinson’s stops.' 👇
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🌱 The Donders Research Stimulation Funds give early-career scientists the freedom to build something new from the bottom up like the #Neuro-#AI #Focus #Group.
A new round of the Donders Research Stimulation Funds is open until December 1st. 👇
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A new round of the Donders Research Stimulation Funds is open until December 1st. 👇
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Donders’ Research Stimulation Funds: call for new collaborations and focus groups | Radboud University
At the Donders Institute, new ideas often begin at the crossroads of disciplines. Through its Research Stimulation Funds, the institute encourages researchers to explore collaborations.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🌱 The Donders Research Stimulation Funds give early-career scientists the freedom to build something new from the bottom up like the #Neuro-#AI #Focus #Group.
A new round of the Donders Research Stimulation Funds is open until December 1st. 👇
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
A new round of the Donders Research Stimulation Funds is open until December 1st. 👇
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
🧠 🎥 Elk brein uniek? In de nieuwste Radboud Reflects-lezing gaan onderzoeker Amy De Roubaix PhD en filosoof Leon de Bruin in gesprek over #neurodiversiteit — van #autisme en #ADHD tot #dyslexie: 👇
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Neurodiversiteit: elk brein uniek? | Amy De Roubaix en Léon de Bruin
YouTube video by Radboud Reflects
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November 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
🧠 🎥 Elk brein uniek? In de nieuwste Radboud Reflects-lezing gaan onderzoeker Amy De Roubaix PhD en filosoof Leon de Bruin in gesprek over #neurodiversiteit — van #autisme en #ADHD tot #dyslexie: 👇
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-uH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-uH...
💪🧠🥦 Can lifestyle slow Parkinson’s disease?
Increasing physical activity, reducing stress, and improving nutrition can not only alleviate Parkinson’s symptoms, they may even slow the progression of the disease. Curious about the latest recommendations? 👇
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Increasing physical activity, reducing stress, and improving nutrition can not only alleviate Parkinson’s symptoms, they may even slow the progression of the disease. Curious about the latest recommendations? 👇
www.radboudumc.nl/en/news-item...
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
💪🧠🥦 Can lifestyle slow Parkinson’s disease?
Increasing physical activity, reducing stress, and improving nutrition can not only alleviate Parkinson’s symptoms, they may even slow the progression of the disease. Curious about the latest recommendations? 👇
www.radboudumc.nl/en/news-item...
Increasing physical activity, reducing stress, and improving nutrition can not only alleviate Parkinson’s symptoms, they may even slow the progression of the disease. Curious about the latest recommendations? 👇
www.radboudumc.nl/en/news-item...
This Sat: Meet Donders scientists at NEMO during Museum Night! 👊🏃🥶 Explore stress reactions with @epanlab.bsky.social & decision-making with Hanneke den Ouden:
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October 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This Sat: Meet Donders scientists at NEMO during Museum Night! 👊🏃🥶 Explore stress reactions with @epanlab.bsky.social & decision-making with Hanneke den Ouden:
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OPEN PHD POSITION - Come join our group! The IMPRS at @mpi-nl.bsky.social is offering an PhD position on modelling structured meaning in the brain, supervised by me and Helen De Hoop at the Centre for Language Studies in the @dondersinst.bsky.social -
www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... #NeuroJobs #cogsci
www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... #NeuroJobs #cogsci
IMPRS PhD Fellowships 2026 | Max Planck Institute
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October 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
OPEN PHD POSITION - Come join our group! The IMPRS at @mpi-nl.bsky.social is offering an PhD position on modelling structured meaning in the brain, supervised by me and Helen De Hoop at the Centre for Language Studies in the @dondersinst.bsky.social -
www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... #NeuroJobs #cogsci
www.mpi.nl/imprs-phd-fe... #NeuroJobs #cogsci
🧠 Assistant professor Janita Bralten receives #Vidi grant to study the link between #psyche, #body, and #insulin.
🎯 She applies diabetes research methods to psychiatry to find biological groups that could receive to more personalised treatments.
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🎯 She applies diabetes research methods to psychiatry to find biological groups that could receive to more personalised treatments.
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Janita Bralten receives NWO Vidi grant for research into link between psyche, body and insulin | Radboud University
Assistant professor Janita Bralten (Radboudumc, Donders Institute) has received a Vidi grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO).
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October 23, 2025 at 7:49 AM
🧠 Assistant professor Janita Bralten receives #Vidi grant to study the link between #psyche, #body, and #insulin.
🎯 She applies diabetes research methods to psychiatry to find biological groups that could receive to more personalised treatments.
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
🎯 She applies diabetes research methods to psychiatry to find biological groups that could receive to more personalised treatments.
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
Shrinkage of a specific part of the brainstem can forecast decline in balance and coordination of people with the rare brain disorder spinocerebellar #ataxia #SCA1.
These findings suggest that MRI measurements could become a valuable tool for future treatment.
www.radboudumc.nl/en/research/...
These findings suggest that MRI measurements could become a valuable tool for future treatment.
www.radboudumc.nl/en/research/...
New MRI discovery helps track disease progression earlier in rare brain disorder
21 October 2025
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October 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Shrinkage of a specific part of the brainstem can forecast decline in balance and coordination of people with the rare brain disorder spinocerebellar #ataxia #SCA1.
These findings suggest that MRI measurements could become a valuable tool for future treatment.
www.radboudumc.nl/en/research/...
These findings suggest that MRI measurements could become a valuable tool for future treatment.
www.radboudumc.nl/en/research/...
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Answer by Marina Boon of the @radboudumc.bsky.social ; editing and translation by Sjoerd Murris (PhD):
brainhelpdesk.nl/en/vraag/how...
Do you also have a #brain #question? Ask it at the @dondersinst.bsky.social @brainhelpdesk.bsky.social and we will come up with an #answer!
brainhelpdesk.nl/en/vraag/how...
Do you also have a #brain #question? Ask it at the @dondersinst.bsky.social @brainhelpdesk.bsky.social and we will come up with an #answer!
October 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Answer by Marina Boon of the @radboudumc.bsky.social ; editing and translation by Sjoerd Murris (PhD):
brainhelpdesk.nl/en/vraag/how...
Do you also have a #brain #question? Ask it at the @dondersinst.bsky.social @brainhelpdesk.bsky.social and we will come up with an #answer!
brainhelpdesk.nl/en/vraag/how...
Do you also have a #brain #question? Ask it at the @dondersinst.bsky.social @brainhelpdesk.bsky.social and we will come up with an #answer!
👏 Peter Hagoort, emeritus director of the Max Planck Institute and co-founder of Donders Institute, has been made a Fellow of the British Academy. “A great honour to be elected by colleagues from another country.” More information:
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October 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
👏 Peter Hagoort, emeritus director of the Max Planck Institute and co-founder of Donders Institute, has been made a Fellow of the British Academy. “A great honour to be elected by colleagues from another country.” More information:
www.mpi.nl/news/peter-h...
www.mpi.nl/news/peter-h...
🎈 Ready for a (B)rainy weekend? 🧠☔
Vandaag nemen wetenschappers van het Donders Institute het Donders Brein Museum over tijdens het Weekend van de Wetenschap! Tussen 12:00 en 17:00 uur ga je op wetenschappelijke safari!
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Vandaag nemen wetenschappers van het Donders Institute het Donders Brein Museum over tijdens het Weekend van de Wetenschap! Tussen 12:00 en 17:00 uur ga je op wetenschappelijke safari!
www.ru.nl/donders-inst...
October 4, 2025 at 7:44 AM
🎈 Ready for a (B)rainy weekend? 🧠☔
Vandaag nemen wetenschappers van het Donders Institute het Donders Brein Museum over tijdens het Weekend van de Wetenschap! Tussen 12:00 en 17:00 uur ga je op wetenschappelijke safari!
www.ru.nl/donders-inst...
Vandaag nemen wetenschappers van het Donders Institute het Donders Brein Museum over tijdens het Weekend van de Wetenschap! Tussen 12:00 en 17:00 uur ga je op wetenschappelijke safari!
www.ru.nl/donders-inst...
🎉 Veni Grant for Nicky Scheefhals to study “mix-and-match” synapses in the brain. Using stem cells and the microSCOOP 🔬, she can isolate and study these synapses in detail.
This could open new paths for autism and developmental disorder research. Read more 👇
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This could open new paths for autism and developmental disorder research. Read more 👇
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Veni award for Nicky Scheefhals: How “Mix and Match” synapses keep our brains flexible | Radboud University
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.
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September 25, 2025 at 11:59 AM
🎉 Veni Grant for Nicky Scheefhals to study “mix-and-match” synapses in the brain. Using stem cells and the microSCOOP 🔬, she can isolate and study these synapses in detail.
This could open new paths for autism and developmental disorder research. Read more 👇
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
This could open new paths for autism and developmental disorder research. Read more 👇
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
🌍 Today is the last day of Postdoc Appreciation Week #PAW_NL.
Paula Fikkert, Dean of the Faculty of Arts reflects on her time as a postdoc and the role postdocs currently have: “Postdocs are indispensable." Read the full story: 👇
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Paula Fikkert, Dean of the Faculty of Arts reflects on her time as a postdoc and the role postdocs currently have: “Postdocs are indispensable." Read the full story: 👇
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“A wonderful time, but with a lot of uncertainty” – Paula Fikkert on postdocs | Radboud University
During Postdoc Appreciation Week, we reflect on the value of postdocs. For Paula Fikkert, dean of the Faculty of Arts and researcher, it is a familiar theme: “I am an expert by experience, spending te...
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September 19, 2025 at 8:31 AM
🌍 Today is the last day of Postdoc Appreciation Week #PAW_NL.
Paula Fikkert, Dean of the Faculty of Arts reflects on her time as a postdoc and the role postdocs currently have: “Postdocs are indispensable." Read the full story: 👇
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...
Paula Fikkert, Dean of the Faculty of Arts reflects on her time as a postdoc and the role postdocs currently have: “Postdocs are indispensable." Read the full story: 👇
www.ru.nl/en/donders-i...