News
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Laura Steenbergen in the mediaPsychologist Laura Steenbergen appears in the media from time to time talking about the gut-brain ax.
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Funding for three new Humanities’ PhD candidatesThree new PhD candidates at the Faculty of Humanities will receive funding from the Programme Office Sustainable Humanities and NWO. The aim of the gr...
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Corona measures: is enforcement also possible in the home?The number of cases of coronavirus in the Netherlands is on the rise. Some mayors are now calling for measures that are more far-reaching than those a...
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Leiden student associations urge students to socially distanceIn a joint letter, the Leiden student associations have appeal to students to practise 1.5m distancing and to only meet others if they are fit and wel...
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Electives of Ancient Near Eastern Studies: ‘You can really get a closer look at the subject matter’Are you interested in ancient Egypt, the rich cultural heritage of Mesopotamia or bliblical Hebrew and Aramaic? Students of all faculties can follow e...
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New KiDS result: Universe 10 per cent more homogeneous than assumedNew results from the Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS) show that the Universe is almost 10 percent more homogeneous than previously thought. The new KiDS map ...
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How EL CID week can go ahead after allWhen the government introduced its corona measures, the future of EL CID suddenly looked uncertain. But this annual introduction week will start on 5 ...
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Jorrit Rijpma on BNR radio about the call for European travel guidelinesOn 30 July, Jorrit Rijpma spoke on Dutch BNR news radio programme Spitsuur about the call from ANVR, the Dutch travel sector organisation, for Europea...
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Paradigm-shifting theory highlights the importance of substrate flexibility in enzymatic reactionsLeiden chemists have proposed a new model for enzymatic reactions, in which the flexibility of the substrate is much more important than previously th...
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Ben de Jong Discusses Secret Messages Send by Number Stations on Dutch NPO Radio 1Ben de Jong, a guest lecturer at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, appeared as a guest on NPO Radio 1 to discuss number stations that are ...
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Leiden student associations join together on online platformThe Local Chamber of Associations (PKvV) has launched an online media platform that brings together all 24 Leiden student associations. It developed t...
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‘I can do more with questions than exclamation marks'The life and career of art historian and Leiden alumna Gerdien Verschoor (1963) followed quite a remarkable path before she was appointed director of ...
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Briegel winner in global competition by the Moore FoundationAriane Briegel, Professor of Ultrastructural biology in Leiden, has received a prestigious incentive from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. With ...
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'Making wearing face masks mandatory violates constitutional rights'The Dutch government will be unable to make wearing face masks mandatory in public spaces in the short term, according to three constitutional and adm...
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Volkert van Steijn new programme director for MSTAfter many years, Peter Hamersma will retire and resign as Programme Director for the BSc Molecular Science & Technology. His successor is Volkert van...