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Leiden biology student finalist UN youth delegate 22 October 2021
Roel Wouters (24), a biology student at Leiden University, is a finalist in the election for UN youth delegate for Biodiversity and Food. The digital ...
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Mission successful: deposits on small plastic bottles 29 June 2021
After years of lobbying by environmental activists, a deposit scheme for small plastic bottles is to be introduced on 1 July 2021. One of the leaders ...
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‘We couldn't really celebrate our vaccine being approved, but we were over the moon’ 07 May 2021
On 11 March, pharmaceutical company Janssen received approval to launch its corona vaccine on the European market. This made Janssen the fourth compan...
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Free online course teaches you all about imaging 30 March 2021
How do you microscopically image zebrafish larvae? The new free online course ‘Imaging the Vertebrate embryo’ teaches you all about it. Leiden PhD can...
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Noise pollution affects marine life worldwide 05 February 2021
Man-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 book to improve and promote science with citizens 18 January 2021
The 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 vaccine 11 January 2021
The 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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IBL coordinates project to search for new medicines in marine biodiversity 17 December 2020
Gilles van Wezel of the Institute of Biology Leiden will lead a European consortium to search for new medicines and disease-suppressive microbes while...
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First Dutch field trials with exotic insect to combat invasive plant 22 October 2020
For the first time in the Netherlands, an exotic insect species is released into the wild to combat a harmful plant species. The Japanese knotweed psy...
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Hiroshima Peace Tree comes to Blekerspark 24 September 2020
On 23 September, the Leiden alderman for the Management of Public Space was presented with a Ginkgo Biloba in the Blekerspark. This special 'Peace Tre...
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AI research in Zuid-Holland: three examples 24 September 2020
How designers are even more creative with a robot in their team, how Twitter could predict the stock market, and how to catch a single bacterium in th...
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Academic year Biology starts with 2020 pieces less litter 07 September 2020
The new academic year has started and with it education as well. Associate professor Dennis Claessen and Director of Education Han de Winde from the I...
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Student team invents Suckerspheres: sustainable alternative for microplastic 14 July 2020
A Leiden Groningen student team has reached the European finals of the BISC-E competition. In this annual competition students have to come up with a ...
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Leiden spin-off In Ovo awarded 2.5 million grant 10 June 2020
Leiden biotech company In Ovo, a spin-off of Leiden University, has received a European Innovation Council Accelerator Pilot Grant. In Ovo will use th...
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Omid Karami wins Krijn Rietveld Memorial Innovation Award 05 June 2020
Plant scientist Omid Karami is the first winner of the Krijn Rietveld Memorial Innovation Award. The jury praises the outstanding quality of his scien...