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MasterMinds Challenge named best educational innovation 16 February 2022
The Master of Medicine at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) has won the national biennial award for best educational innovation in medical teach...
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Drugging the undruggable: NWO Open Competition grant for Alireza Mashaghi 04 January 2022
Finding structure in disordered proteins and developing drugs for undruggable diseases: it might sound like mission impossible, but pharmacologist Ali...
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These Science students excelled and won a KHMW Young Talent Prize 06 December 2021
No fewer than seven Leiden FWN students received a Young Talent Award from the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences on Monday, 29 November. Mark van den Bo...
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These eleven Leiden Science researchers are among the most highly cited 19 November 2021
Eleven researchers of the Faculty of Science are on the 2021 Highly Cited Researchers list of Clarivate Analytics. Only 0.1 per cent of researchers ar...
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NWO grant for research facility into the impact of environmental factors on health 21 May 2021
What is the influence of non-hereditary factors on our health, such as lifestyle, diet and exposure to harmful substances? The Exposome-Scan project, ...
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Lindsey Burggraaff wins Krijn Rietveld Memorial Innovation Award 10 March 2021
Data scientist Lindsey Burggraaff has won the second edition of the Krijn Rietveld Memorial Innovation Award. She receives the prize for her research ...
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Erik Danen part of NWO Perspectief grant for organ-on-chip 10 March 2021
A consortium of research groups, including that of LACDR professor Erik Danen, will use an NWO Perspective grant of nearly five million euros to build...
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Three LUF grants for talented Leiden Science researchers 25 August 2020
Fighting against cancer, antibiotic resistance and disposable plastics: Ahmed Ali, Fredj Ben Bdira, and Valerio Barbarossa receive a LUF grant for the...
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Ad IJzerman wins prestigious Nauta Pharmacochemistry Award 22 April 2020
Professor of Pharmacochemistry Ad IJzerman has won the Nauta Award for his years of research into signal processing proteins that are interesting for ...
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Honorary Doctor Elizabeth de Lange honoured in Uppsala 05 February 2020
Professor Elizabeth de Lange was honoured on 31 January by the University of Uppsala, which appointed her Honorary Doctor at the end of 2019. During t...
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Amanda Foks receives ERA-CVD consortium grant 06 January 2020
Amanda Foks (Division of BioTherapeutics) has been awarded a Horizon 2020, ERA-CVD joint transnational cardiovascular research grant. She will lead a ...
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Pharmacologist Elizabeth de Lange receives Honorary Doctorate in Pharmacy from Uppsala University 12 November 2019
Professor of Predictive Pharmacology Elizabeth de Lange has received an Honorary Doctorate from the Faculty of Pharmacy of Uppsala University. She wil...
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Prestigious award for pharmacologist Meindert Danhof 09 October 2019
Meindert Danhof is the 2019 recipient of the Høst Madsen Medal for his pioneering work in systems pharmacology. He received the award on 22 September ...
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Two Bio-Pharmaceutical Scientists win KNMP Student Award 08 October 2019
Two former Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences students win the KNMP Student Award this year. Esmée de Zwaan for her research into new therapeutic strategies,...
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Pharmacologist Rob van Wijk is highlighted author of the month 26 September 2019
Pharmacologist Rob van Wijk is the Highlighted Trainee Author in the October 2019 issue of the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. ...