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‘Children do not fit into the adult mould’Inaugural lecture 11 May 2026The healthcare system still treats children as though they are small adults. And that approach does not work, says Lissy de Ridder, professor and head...
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Internist-infectiologist Meta Roestenberg and Arabist Petra Sijpesteijn elected as members of KNAWRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences 07 May 2026The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) has elected 16 new members, including two academics from Leiden. Internist-infectiologist ...
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‘Only in this way can we be prepared for both known and new infectious diseases’Inaugural lecture 16 April 2026Good and up to date data are crucial for effectively combating infectious diseases and protecting public health. Endowed professor Susan van den Hof a...
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Staying a step ahead of infections that threaten safe transfusion and transplantationInaugural lecture 30 March 2026Preventing viral infections from being transmitted through blood transfusion and organ transplantation lies at the heart of the work of medical microb...
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‘You can be excellent in your field, but that does not make you a good teacher’Inaugural lecture Alexandra Langers 19 March 2026Training students to become medical professionals is an important task of a university medical centre. But teaching does not always receive the space ...
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Tailored solutions for older people with cancer: ‘We need to look at the individual’PhD defence 16 March 2026Half of all people with cancer in the Netherlands are aged 70 or older, and as the population continues to age, this number will only rise. Yet vulner...
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LUMC receives tens of millions for research into new stem cell-based treatments02 March 2026Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), as a partner in the reNEW consortium, is once again receiving tens of millions of euros for research into new...
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DNA study reveals remarkable stability in prehistoric Low Countries populationsPublication in Nature 11 February 2026For thousands of years, the prehistoric communities of the Low Countries followed their own path compared with the rest of Europe. This unique region ...
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Doctors discover a simple method to predict the risk of brain tumour recurrenceResearch 11 February 2026The risk of a brain tumour recurring can be predicted more accurately by counting the number of immune cells in the tumour under a microscope. These a...
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More health, less care: how can we make this happen?Inaugural lecture 09 February 2026Professor of Population Health Management Marc Bruijnzeels calls for a healthcare system in which prevention really works. Together with his team and ...
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How Leiden University is taking action against cancerWorld Cancer Day 04 February 2026One in two people will be diagnosed with cancer. World Cancer Day on 4 February raises awareness of the impact of this devastating disease. Leiden Uni...
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Research improves risk assessment for hereditary breast cancerResearch 28 January 2026Researchers at the LUMC have made a breakthrough in understanding PALB2 mutations, an important cause of hereditary breast cancer. By identifying whic...
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Launch of the Prof. Andrea Evers Fund for Health, Behaviour and SocietyNew fund 26 January 2026In memory of Andrea Evers, Professor of Health Psychology, the Prof. Andrea Evers Fund for Health, Behaviour and Society has been established. With th...
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New platform to accelerate cardiac drug developmentResearch 22 January 2026Researchers from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and the Leiden-based biotech company Ncardia have joined forces to develop a new platform tha...
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New traffic controller discovered on DNA railway15 January 2026A new LUMC study has changed our understanding of how cells work. Researchers have discovered that the CFAP20 protein acts as a kind of ‘traffic cont...