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PhD candidates deserve special attention: their new confidential counsellor Annemarie Meijer explains why 23 January 2024
She studied biology in Leiden and never left. Now, as Professor of Immunobiology, Annemarie Meijer has taken on the role of the new confidential couns...
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In memoriam Jan Zaanen 1957-2024: The universe in a speck of rusting copper 22 January 2024
This Thursday, January 18th 2024, our esteemed colleague Jan Zaanen passed away. Jan was one of our star scientists, larger than life, with an unabash...
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Developing methods on remote sensing detection of archaeological features in Colombia with LDE grant 18 January 2024
A Leiden-Delft-Erasmus research team has been awarded a LDE Global Support Grant to develop reusable algorithms in the remote detection of non-orthogo...
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Black hole one year later: proof of a persistent shadow 18 January 2024
The brightness peak of the ring around M87's supermassive black hole has shifted 30 degrees counterclockwise in a year. This is shown by new images re...
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Children's stories as a window to investigate empathy 17 January 2024
Researcher Max van Duijn and PhD student Bram van Dijk apply language models to stories told by children to investigate empathy. For this research, th...
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Status update in the evolutionary race between humans and resistant bacteria: two steps forward for us 17 January 2024
A patent for what may be a potent, new antibiotic. And: a clear overview of promising approaches to overcome a crucial resistance tactic employed by b...
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‘Legal AI is a bit of a Wild West right now’ 15 January 2024
A growing number of AI tools are being developed for the legal sector, to help professionals search lengthy texts or check court rulings. Leiden SAILS...
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Post-quantum cryptography should keep our DigiD, bank accounts and state secrets safe 15 January 2024
Our banking, DigiD and sensitive medical data: what if our entire digital infrastructure can no longer be trusted? Jelle Don has this question permane...
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'Working with PhD candidates gives me energy' 11 January 2024
Erik Danen is the new Dean of the Graduate School from 1 January. He is a professor at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research and conducts resea...
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Starting the new year together: these are the winners of faculty awards 10 January 2024
A beautiful speech by vice-dean Bart de Smit, a mini-lecture on exoplanets and the presentation of three faculty awards. That's how we started the new...
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Leiden quantum technology research very successful in funding call 10 January 2024
No less than six Leiden projects received a grant for quantum research from the national growth programme Quantum Delta NL and the NWO. After all, in ...
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Koos Biesmeijer and Claire van Megen nominated for Person of the Year 09 January 2024
Koos Biesmeijer, Professor of Natural Capital, and Claire van Megen, an Educational and Child Studies student, are in with a chance of winning Leiden’...
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Annemarie Meijer appointed as confidential advisor for PhD candidates 09 January 2024
As of 1 January 1, 2024, Annemarie Meijer is the new confidential advisor for PhD candidates of the Faculty of Science. Meijer succeeds Jan Boersema, ...
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Reliable research with virtual patients 09 January 2024
The right medicine in the right dosage for every patient, that is something medical science aspires. 'Personalised medicine' is the term for that. But...
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Supercomputer ALICE is even more powerful, and that is good news for many disciplines 03 January 2024
Supercomputer ALICE has been expanded, making it even more powerful and faster. This means researchers and students can work with heavier models. From...