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  • The bachelor’s programme in Medicine at Maastricht University is undergoing a major overhaul. Not only will its curriculum be brought into line with the latest societal and medical developments, but its teaching method will also change. The students who started the English track of the Bachelor of...

  • And how can it be counteracted? According to Luc van Loon, you can become a bodybuilder even after age 80. 'But the disadvantage of our dynamic muscles is that you also lose them quickly when you start using them less. Maintaining muscles is an active process. You have to keep stimulating them.' NUT...

  • Surely there can be no upsides to scrolling each day through platforms that encourage us to compare ourselves unfavourably with others? There are in fact benefits, says Philippe Verduyn, associate professor at the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience. He has spent a decade studying the impact of...

  • Marlies Gijs is doing pioneering work in the booming field of tear-fluid research. The analysis of tear fluid is a promising alternative to more invasive examination methods, which can be both painful and risky. And it is proving its worth in neurological research, with the tears of Alzheimer’s...

  • Rheumatoid arthritis patients with favourable health literacy skills experience less disease burden and have better access to medications than patients with lower health literacy skills.

  • The researchers from Andre Dekker's team have long been seen as the experts in the field of data in healthcare, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and federated deep learning in the Netherlands, and have put themselves on the global data map.

  • The project "BioBased Circular" has received a grant of €338 million in the third round of the National Growth Fund. The School of Business and Economics is represented in this project by Herman Wories, Programme Director at BISCI.

  • The signatories of the Dutch Transparency Agreement raise awareness on the major consequences of an abrupt ban on all animals for research purposes, as petitioned by the European Commission (EC). They plea for acceleration of the current route to alternative testing, instead of a sudden ban.

  • Five NUTRIM researchers honoured with research appointments on Sector Plan Health – theme prevention. Dorus Gevers, Dennis de Ruijter (Health Promotion), Michelle Weijzen (Human Biology), Marcel den Dulk (Surgery) and Brenda Berendsen (Human Movement Sciences) receive a structural U(H)D appointment...

  • On 4 July 2023, Denise Petzold successfully defended her PhD at the Aula in Maastricht.