Research projects
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Dynamic Assessment of Everyday Communication using Virtual Reality (DCOM-VR)
People with aphasia experience language impairments due to brain damage such as stroke. This project develops a reliable, ecologically valid tool to assess communicative ability, using virtual reality.
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Climate Conversation
This project systematically studies interpersonal communication about climate change both quantitatively and qualitatively. It aims to define, evaluate, and intervene on climate conversation to promote climate action.
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QoLEAD
QoLEAD harnesses the power of AI to deliver appropriate, warm, smart healthcare solutions in three core areas: health, safety, quality of care; social participation and social contact; autonomy, meaning, self-respect.
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What’s BOThering You?
In the project researchers will use AI and take into account the complex nature of student well-being. Information will be used to develop an advanced chatbot that will provide students with personalized support and improve their well-being.
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Get in touch with others through REconnect
REconnect puts you in touch with students from all over the university. Everyone occasionally struggles with meeting new people and finding a connection. We want to make it easier and lower the threshold to talk to others.
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The National Education Lab AI (NOLAI)
At NOLAI, teachers, school leaders, school administrators, teacher trainers, business people and scientists work together to improve primary and secondary (special) education through AI (artificial intelligence).
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i² - The Impossible and the Imaginable
The project explores Marsilius of Inghen’s semantics of imaginable impossibilities, its later reception and possible influences.
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Are glycans crucial determinants of autoantibody reactivity in multiple sclerosis?
In this pilot project the role of glycosylation in the autoantibody response in MS will be unexplored.
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Functional characterisation of the human sialyltransferase isoenzyme family
The project aims to decipher the specific functions of individual STfs isoenzymes to elucidate their biological roles which could warrant further investigation into their roles in diseases as inflammation where glycosylation changes are described.
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Genetic and chemical engineering of sialoglycoproteins in human cells
This project is focused on the use genetic engineering and chemically-modified sugar building blocks to dissect the biosynthetic network of glycosyltransferases.
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Epithelial glycosylation in the human colon and cross-talk with the microbiome
Glycosylation will be studied in vitro with 2D and 3D models, and by using techniques like omics and CRISPR-Cas. This will be done in healthy and diseased settings.
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The molecular basis of the accumulation of cytosolic 5’-nucleotidase 1A in inclusion body myositis
In this project we focus on anti-cN1A response in IBM patients and intracellular accumulation of cN1A. By characterizing tanti-cN1A autoantibodies produced by IBM patients we want to elucidate role of these antibodies in pathogenesis of this disease
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Agglutination assay for rheumatoid arthritis biomarkers
The project aims to make early testing more accessible, both for screening at primary care providers and in countries around the world lacking the infrastructure for more advanced tests.
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Towards a comprehensive understanding of the biochemical function of the human RNase MRP
Precursor of ribosomal RNA, cyclin B2 mRNA and viperin mRNA have been identified as substrates, but evidence for cyclin B2 mRNA cleavage is ambiguous. The goal of the project is to characterize the biochemical function of the human RNase MRP complex.
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Aiming for equality of educational opportunities
In this project, it is explored how various educational actors address inequality of opportunities in education, and we investigate whether a 'serious policy game' can contribute to improved collaboration.
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The Predictive Value of Brain Excitation Levels for Electrical Brain Stimulation
This multi-site research project replicates the SHARP program and investigates the role of excitatory/inhibitory levels in the brain in the effectiveness of electrical stimulation for cognitive training.
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Mary Whiton Calkins (1863 – 1930) and the Rise of Modern Psychology
This PhD project will be the first comprehensive overview study of Calkins’s philosophical thought regarding the foundations, methods and implications of psychology.
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Why the World Has Only One Agent: A Philosophical Comparison of Muslim and Christian Occasionalism
The aim of this research is to compare arguments for and against occasionalism, as well as the underlying worldviews and conceptions of God in the Islamic and Christian traditions.
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The EMOTIV (EEG) project
Investigating children's numerical development using the EMOTIV EPOC X headset in a school setting to enhance understanding and potential interventions for math-related challenges.
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Aphoristic forms of writing in Lebensphilosophie
This research project aims to investigate the historico-philosophical significance of the aphoristic forms of writing that were practiced by authors of the Lebensphilosophie movement.