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LACDR introduces ‘Digital Labcoat’ for Biopharmaceutical Sciences studentsEducational innovation 30 January 2025Learn to program, gain knowledge of AI methods, or use it in a research project at the LACDR. With the introduction of the innovative digital learning...
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Leiden Science rings in 2025 with inspiring speeches and happy winners09 January 2025An impressive speech by Dean Jasper Knoester, a lecture by top researcher Mario van der Stelt about brain messengers, and the presentation of the facu...
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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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Shocks in space: student Adriaan explores the universe around protostars09 December 2024Protostars, data science, and the James Webb Space Telescope—Adriaan Janssen’s curiosity knows no bounds. As a double bachelor’s student in Physics an...
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How a bachelor’s student contributed to better chemical simulations09 December 2024Doğukan Yilmaz chose a study that aligned with his favourite subjects, and it paid off. For his bachelor thesis, he developed a new model to better pr...
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Can you design super-smart materials with long-term memory that are capable of learning?09 December 2024That was the question physics and mathematics bachelor’s student Daan de Bos set out to explore during his thesis research. Applying machine learning ...
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Energy as a weak spot: a new approach to tackle aggressive breast cancer?06 December 2024Could we stop cancer cells by cutting off their energy supply? That’s what Dione Blok, a bachelor’s student in Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences, aimed to f...
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‘A good teacher always has multiple ways to explain the same concept’29 November 2024Assistant professor Joost Willemse firmly believes that as a teacher, you’re never done learning. ‘Students ask questions about things you’ve never th...
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‘Science isn’t about memorising a textbook’29 November 2024How do you engage students? Sander van Kasteren knows how to do that like no other. ‘He compares immune cells to Pokémon and doesn’t just give informa...
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‘A few nerves before lectures show that my work matters’29 November 2024Giving an incorrect answer as a student in a packed lecture hall can be nerve-wracking. But with Pharmacology teacher Rob van Wijk, you don’t need to ...
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Several Leiden Science students excel and win KHMW Young Talent awards29 November 2024A true shower of awards for students from the Faculty of Science during the annual KHMW Young Talent Awards ceremony. On Monday, 25 November, no less ...
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From collagen to canvas: interactive artwork brings the world between our cells to life25 November 2024What’s really happening in the space between the cells in your body? With the Collagen Canvas project, students from Leiden University invite you to e...
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‘Leiden could raise its profile as an AI expert’13 November 2024‘In the field of AI, Leiden is still a relatively unseen university,’ says Thomas Dohmen. The brand-new Director AI Collaboration Center, would like t...
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‘You don’t need to be Greta Thunberg to make a difference’01 November 2024Sharing his passion for sustainability with students—that’s what Thijs Bosker enjoys most about his work. As an environmental scientist, he conducts e...
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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to an AI model (and rightly so)24 October 2024Not experiments and lab coats, but computers and artificial intelligence: this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to the inventors of the groundbrea...