On 31st December 2022 the second CANDY project period has officially ended. This means the first 3 years have been completed and the CANYD consortium had to submit a detailed progress report to our funding organisation, the European Commission. Although we encounter a...

At this year's annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR), 3rd - 6th May in Stockholm, our CANDY consortium was well presented and among the senior PIs also our Early Career Researcher had the chance to present their work and results in...

In January 2023 we finally could meet for our first face-to-face General Assembly Meeting within our CANDY project. This special occasion deservs also a special location: Paris. After 3 years of online and virtual meetings, we were very happy that so many consortium...

In October 2022, the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) announced within their annual Congress its new ECNP Executive Committee for 2022 - 2025. The commitee is led by Martien Kas from the University of Groningen, who is also part of teh CANDY...

CANDY has completed its first Periodic Report and its has been approved by our EIC-Project Office. Please find here the publishable summary of the first 18 months of our exciting project. Summary of the context and overall objectives Between 50 to 75 million children...

After two years of restriction and no face-to-face meetings, we put all our hopes in the 3rd CANDY General Assembly Meeting ito finally meet in Nijmegen. The Hotel was chosen, the meeting room booked, however beginning of February we had to take the decision to -...

With their research on “Ultrasound Monitoring for Ultra Refined Animal Experiments ('UltraEx') they submitted a proposal for the 2021 Holland High Tech competition. The project aims to precisely localize ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) of rodents in a social context....

Lucas Noldus becomes professor of Behavior, Information Technology and Innovation at Radboud University. Beginning of November, Lucas Noldus gave his inaugural speech as professor at Radboud University. In front of colleagues, friends and family he gave a presentation...

Conference abstract of CANDY Partner University of Groningen has been selected as one of the best abstract at ECNP 2021. Congrats to Freja Østergaard and Martien Kas!Østergaard, F., & Kas, M. (2021). The sensory profile of Nrxn1α gene knockout mice based on local...

The European funded research project CANDY investigates the biological links between these neurodevelopmental disorders and co-occurring somatic illnesses and how treatment and monitoring of affected patients can be improved. The project has started on 1st of January...