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Oncode Accelerator launched: patients at the centre of innovative cancer drug development 08 September 2023Providing each cancer patient with the right treatment remains a challenge. Oncode Accelerator aims to change this by innovating the way we develop ca...
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Internationalisation enriches: malaria research in Indonesia and lectures by professors from Nigeria 24 August 2023Georgia, Ukraine, Palestine, Tunisia, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Nigeria, Suriname and Brazil: Leiden University has secured...
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How does our physical environment affect our health? 17 August 2023The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) has received a 4m grant for the ECOTIP project. In this project researchers will study how our physical en...
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Veni grants for 16 Leiden researchers 03 August 2023Sixteen researchers at Leiden University are to receive a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). These awards off...
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Young researchers looking for partnerships in Indonesia 17 July 2023A number of young researchers recently took part in a knowledge mission to Indonesia, aiming to build a lasting relationship with the country. How did...
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New Master’s programme in Transfusion Medicine and Cellular and Tissue Therapies 14 July 2023LUMC and Leiden University will start the new two-year online master's program in Transfusion Medicine and Cellular and Tissue Therapies from October ...
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These are the nominees for the Leiden Teaching Prize 2023 04 July 2023Paul Gobée (LUMC), Kirsty Rolfe (Humanities) and Frank Takes (Science) have been nominated for the Leiden Teaching Prize 2023.
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Funding for four Leiden studies in the fight against arthritis 28 June 2023Four researchers from Leiden University will receive funding from arthritis foundation ReumaNederland over the next five years. This should facilitate...
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Helping GPs identify patients with persistent somatic symptoms earlier 26 June 2023Medical psychologist Willeke Kitselaar developed a model that helps identify patients with persistent somatic symptoms earlier, based on an extensive ...
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Endowed Professor Tineke Abma: ‘Help older people feel like they belong’ 20 June 2023Older people are often approached from the perspective of their limitations when there is often much they still can and want to do. People with dement...
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Separating AI fact from fiction at the AI & Society Conference 12 June 2023Researchers and policymakers are welcome to attend the AI & Society Conference in The Hague on Friday 23 June. The SAILS interdisciplinary research pr...
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Why we should handle antibiotics with care 02 June 2023More and more people worldwide have infections caused by bacteria that are resistant to many types of antibiotic. Why is this and how big of a problem...
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Echoes of the future 30 May 2023If an echo (or ultrasound) detects heart or other defects in a foetus, parents face difficult decisions. Then some idea of their child’s shorter and l...
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Five tips for Museum Night Leiden 30 May 2023Saturday 3 June will see the 15th edition of Museum Night Leiden. Students and researchers from Leiden University are once again on the programme this...
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Quality of life is sometimes more important to the elderly than a cure 09 May 2023Geriatrics needs to radically change. This is what Simon Mooijaart, Professor of Internal Medicine (specialising in geriatrics), will say in his inaug...