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.
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- 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…
- 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…
- Our Lab at the International Congress for Infant Studies (ICIS) 2026Our Lab’s participation in the International Congress for Infant Studies (ICIS) was a great success! A team of our collaborators — Carolina de Weerth, Beyza Ustun-Elayan, Esmee Breddels, Evie Brinkman, and Noor de Waal — travelled to Panama to…
- Talk at the Argentine EmbassyOn the 12th of June, Carolina de Weert was invited to give a talk on our research for the representatives of the Network of Argentine Scientists and Researchers in the Netherlands, at the Argentine embassy in The Hague. The…
