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In his inaugural address on 11 October, Professor Gijs Goossens, Professor of Cardiometabolic Physiology of Obesity, highlighted the crucial role adipose tissue plays in our metabolism and overall health. The more we understand about this complex chronic condition, the better we can address the associated health risks, such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Concentration problems. Troubles with planning. Quickly getting distracted. These are all familiar symptoms of ADHD. More and more UM students report ADHD problems to Disability Support. In what ways is ADHD getting in the way of studying? And how can you reduce ADHD symptoms during your studies? We talked about these issues with Sigrid Péters and Kristie Stoelers, who both work at Disability Support, and biological psychologist dr. Martijn Arns of Brainclinics Foundation. Arns has observed an important relation between ADHD symptoms and sleep.
Berta Cillero Pastor is an Associate Professor and group leader at the MERLN Institute for Technology-Inspired Regenerative Medicine. Her research is centred around mass spectrometry (imaging) to gain insights into molecules in cells and tissues for biomedical research. With this technique, changes at the molecular level become visible that would otherwise be imperceptible.
How useful are numbers without context? They aren’t, and it shows from a phone conversation we had with Ionica Smeets. We talked to her in preparation of the theatre lecture Numbers don’t lie, which she gives in Maastricht on March 25.