The Developmental Psychobiology Lab’s (DPB lab) research focuses on early life influences on development. During pregnancy and the early postnatal years, environmental factors are more likely to exert programming, or long-term, effects on the child’s development. Our lab’s research includes three lines: first, influences of prenatal maternal mental wellbeing on children’s health and behavioural development; second, development of the physiological stress system in children, and its relation to behavioural and emotional regulation and physical health. And third, the development of the intestinal microbiota and its relation to children’s health, behavioural and emotion regulation, and physiological stress system.
Latest news
- Beyza receives ZonMw Off Road grantWe are delighted to share that Beyza Ustun-Elayan, postdoctoral researcher, has been awarded a ZonMw Off Road grant in October 2026! Beyza is one of 24 researchers selected for this grant, which supports creative and unconventional ideas in biomedical…
- Open day RadboudUMCSunday 4 October, our lab (Developmental Psychobiology lab) participated in the Radboudumc Open Day! We represented the Donders Institute in a lively hall filled with families and children eager to discover more about the fascinating research taking place at…
- ISPNE conference in ErlangenThe 56th International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology conference was held from 2-5 September 2026 in Erlangen, Germany. The topic was Stress in Motion: From Signals to Society. The program was strong and very interesting for our research group. We were…
- Talk at the VierdaagseOn Sunday, July 19th, one of our PhD students, Ciske Jansen, gave a talk at Radboud Wetenschappen. The event, held at Stadseiland Stek at WonderWaal as part of the first day of the Vierdaagse festivities, brought together speakers from…
