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Leiden students work on the next generation of lab-grown mini organsSynthetic biology 09 July 2026With a custom-designed protein and a strong team effort, Leiden's iGEM team hopes to improve organoids: tiny lab-grown organs that could advance resea...
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‘My dream is to be able to see how the cell’s entire repair machine works’Inaugural lecture 06 July 2026How do cells protect our DNA from damage? Professor of Human Genetics Martijn Luijsterburg studies how DNA repair offers insight into fundamental biol...
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Heart valve disease: ‘We want to prevent it.’Inaugural lecture 01 July 2026Heart valve diseases are becoming easier to treat, but there is still much to discover about the cause and progression of these diseases. That is the ...
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‘Just because something is technically possible doesn’t mean we should do it’Inaugural lecture 18 June 2026In a world where medical advances are progressing rapidly, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Ben Cohlen argues that these must always go hand in...
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Leiden highlights strong life sciences position to European CommissionerLeiden Bio Science Park 15 June 2026European Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva (Startups, Research and Innovation) visited the Leiden Bio Science Park on 12 June to see how the Leiden lif...
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Students come up with creative solutions to make Leiden-Noord healthierTeaching 01 December 2025Nearly 100 students from Leiden University, University of Applied Sciences Leiden and mboRijnland worked together to improve the health of Leiden-Noor...
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Keuzegids: seven top bachelor's programmes at Leiden University27 November 2025Leiden University has seven top-rated bachelor's programmes according to Keuzigids universiteiten 2026, a consumer guide to university programmes. Thi...
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Delegation from Nagasaki University visits Leiden UniversityCollaboration 27 May 2025A delegation from Nagasaki University visited Leiden University at the end of May. Ikematsu Kazuya, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Nagasaki Univer...
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AI internship for students on reducing administrative burden in healthcare11 March 2025Health and well-being staff spend at least 25 per cent of their working hours on admin.* Time that could be used for care. Much of this work could be ...
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A real professor in the classroom: ‘What do you like best about your work?’Meet the professor 07 February 2025Each year on the university’s birthday, children at primary schools in Leiden and The Hague have a lesson from a professor – about children’s rights a...
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Jan Anthonie Bruijn: The world cannot survive without interdisciplinary knowledgeAfscheidscollege 03 February 2025‘Wonder is the beginning of insight. Don’t let that academic curiosity erode.’ This was Jan Anthonie Bruijn’s call to administrators and funding bodie...
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Keuzegids: six top bachelor's programmes at Leiden University19 December 2024Leiden University has six top bachelor's programmes according to Keuzigids universiteiten 2025, a consumer guide to university programmes. This puts L...
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 202417 December 2024Connecting scientific fields, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind in...
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LUMC first medical programme to include AI in curriculum06 August 2024How do you make effective use of AI and medical technology? And what role do you play in this as a doctor? This is what the LUMC/Leiden University is ...
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Young people’s experience of mental health problems help improve medical training and practice11 July 2024LUMC Curium and the Dutch National Youth Council (NJR) have been working together for over five years on integrating young people’s lived experiences ...