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ESOF session on vaccines: ‘Infectious diseases know no borders’ 04 July 2022
How can Europe lead the way in vaccine development that is fast and for all? To answer this pressing question, Professor of Vaccinology Meta Roestenbe...
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Vidi grants for 12 researchers from Leiden University 30 June 2022
An impressive 12 researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an 800,000-euro grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will enable them...
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First patient in the Netherlands successfully treated with stem cell gene therapy 22 June 2022
Researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have successfully used stem cell gene therapy to treat a baby with the severe congenital ...
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Can you predict a migraine attack? 20 June 2022
A chair tipping over serves as a metaphor for a migraine attack in Thijs Perenboom’s PhD research at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). He wants...
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Video series: Why Latin America matters 07 June 2022
Latin America matters! With its rich history, culture, its impressive resilience and creative innovation in the face of such a diverse array of challe...
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'Migraine requires a gender-specific approach' 30 May 2022
Migraine is a brain disease. If it were simple, we would have solved it already'. That is the title of the inaugural lecture delivered by Professor of...
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‘Sleep should play a greater role in lifestyle research’ 20 May 2022
Sleep disorders have a significant influence on our physical and emotional health. Sleep should therefore receive more attention within lifestyle medi...
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‘Using real-world data to enhance our healthcare system’ 17 May 2022
On 16 May 2022, Professor Michel Wouters from the Department of Biomedical Data Sciences at the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), will deliver ...
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Video series: The value of collaboration with Indonesia 16 May 2022
Researchers from Leiden and Indonesia work together on a range of projects on topics such as disappearing languages and cultures, the role of Islam, c...
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Sexuality in the consulting room embarrasses oncologists 06 May 2022
Cancer treatments often have an impact on people’s sexual health, but doctors and nurses do not discuss topics such as sexuality and intimacy with pat...
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BEAT-COVID team discovers sugar-coated antibodies that predict disease progression 03 May 2022
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from 15 departments at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) realised they could do more for pati...
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ERC grant to improve post-vaccination protection in low-income countries 26 April 2022
Maria Yazdanbakhsh, Professor of Parasitology at the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant of 2.5 million eu...
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ERC Advanced Grants for four Leiden researchers 26 April 2022
From a new generation of antibiotics and more-effective vaccines to a map of dark matter and new light on Hindu traditions. Four researchers from Leid...
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Comenius Senior Fellow grants for three Leiden lecturers 21 April 2022
Three lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded a 100,000-euro Comenius Teaching Fellowship within the scope of the Senior Fellows programme....
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Four Leiden researchers awarded Rubicon grants 14 April 2022
Four promising young researchers will be able to conduct two years of research at a university abroad thanks to a Rubicon grant from the Dutch Researc...