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Closing the skills gap for young researchers through innovation and entrepreneurship training12 March 2021The EU-funded project SKIES (SKilled, Innovative and Entrepreneurial Scientists) will train astronomy graduate students in transferable skills for aca...
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Race against time: Helping the Netherlands secure almost 20 million Pfizer vaccines18 February 2021The whole world is waiting anxiously for sufficient supplies of coronavirus vaccines. As Launch Navigator at Pfizer, alumnus Dennis de Mik must help e...
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Medical Delta AI for Computational Life Sciences16 February 2021The fact that scientists are increasingly better able to access molecular cell and tissue data also brings with it a new challenge: how can scientists...
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Noise pollution affects marine life worldwide05 February 2021Man-made sounds in and around the oceans stress marine life and have an impact on marine species and ecosystems by changing the underwater acoustic cl...
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New map of the Netherlands shows where nitrogen reduction will be most effective05 February 2021By reforming agriculture in targeted areas, we can protect the Natura 2000 areas much more effectively. This is what Jan Willem Erisman of Leiden Univ...
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Sculptures provide more diverse view of University’s history04 February 2021Three new initiatives will provide a more diverse view of Leiden’s academic history, literally and figuratively: a historical study on the background ...
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A promising marriage between Siemens and Leiden spin-off Culgi04 February 2021Siemens recently took over the Leiden software company Culgi, founded by professor and inventor J.G.E.M. (Hans) Fraaije. We spoke to him about the alg...
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A podium for science25 January 2021Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and ...
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Francesca Arici wants to raise maths awareness in society21 January 2021Mathematician Francesca Arici has joined the Raising Public Awareness Committee of the European Mathematical Society. She aims to coordinate and unite...
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Report: what does our urban mine have to offer?21 January 2021On 21 January, the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) has released two reports on circular economy and urban mining in the Netherlands. In them...
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Holger Hoos appointed ACM Fellow18 January 2021On 13 January 2020, the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named 95 members ACM Fellows who have demonstrated excellence across many discip...
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New book to improve and promote science with citizens18 January 2021The new open access book The Science of Citizen Science bundles insights into science that is conducted together with citizens, to promote this growin...
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How NeCEN helped develop the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine11 January 2021The Phase 3 clinical trial results of the promising Covid-19 vaccine of Johnson & Johnson are expected this month. The Dutch electron microscopy facil...
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How to share responsibility for polluting the atmosphere?04 January 2021In our globalised economy, goods and services are frequently produced abroad. Is it the producer or the consumer that should be held responsible for g...
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IBL coordinates project to search for new medicines in marine biodiversity17 December 2020Gilles van Wezel of the Institute of Biology Leiden will lead a European consortium to search for new medicines and disease-suppressive microbes while...