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Five Veni awards for Leiden Science researchers 31 July 2017
Five promising researchers at Leiden's Faculty of Science have received a Veni award from NWO. They can use the award - of up to 250,000 euros - to ca...
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Veni awards for seventeen young Leiden researches 28 July 2017
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Veni funding to seventeen researchers who recently obtained their PhD. This awa...
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Nanoparticles: a wonder material with a downside? 13 July 2017
Minute nanoparticles are bringing about a completely new industrial revolution. But little is known about the possible dangers to the food chain. An i...
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Macrophages as drivers of an opportunistic infection 07 July 2017
The opportunistic bacterium Burkholderia cenocepacia is feared by cystic fibrosis patients and is emerging in hospital-acquired infections. An interna...
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Startup brings new genetic knowledge to companies 29 June 2017
On 29 June the startup company Future Genomics Technologies will be launched. Its aim is to make DNA technology and research available for businesses ...
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The cognitive abilities of birds 22 June 2017
The recently published book ‘Avian Cognition’ is the first multi-author book to provide a comprehensive treatment of the cognitive abilities of birds ...
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38 ditches of Living Lab officially opened 15 June 2017
A better environment starts at the Living Lab. Leiden Scientists investigate the effect of chemical compounds on biodiversity in 38 natural ditches. T...
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Ewa Snaar-Jagalska appointed as Professor in the field of cellular tumor biology 24 May 2017
From the 1st of April Ewa Snaar-Jagalska has been appointed Professor in the field of cellular tumor biology within the Faculty of Science at the Inst...
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Leiden University third in sustainability ranking 22 May 2017
Leiden University is in third place in the SustainaBul sustainability ranking. Students from eleven research universities and nine universities of app...
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Sound impact on fish populations 11 May 2017
The first of April was the official start of Phase II of the collaborative “PCAD4Cod”-project on the effect of sound on fish populations. Hans Slabbek...
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Pakistan and the Netherlands: combining the best of both worlds 04 May 2017
Majid Khan, born and raised in Pakistan, left his wife and daughter behind to do research in Leiden. After obtaining his PhD, the Netherlands has take...
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Towards a liveable future 20 April 2017
Humans have influenced nature since as early as the Ice Age, and over the past century man’s impact has become even greater with our many new technolo...
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Launching event National Antibiotic Development Platform 20 April 2017
Antibiotic resistance is one of the major threats to human health. This week the National Antibiotic Development Platform, NADP, was officially launch...
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Female songbirds: Make her voice heard! 11 April 2017
Listening to birds and helping science, it is possible. Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) researchers Karan Odom and Katharina Riebel launched a citiz...
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The Evolution of Fangs, Venom, and Mimicry Systems in Blenny Fishes 10 April 2017
Venomous animals serve as models for a variety of mimicry types. Michael Richardson (IBL) and his international colleagues find that a group of fishes...