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Tazuko van Berkel and Noel de Miranda join Young Academy 09 December 2021
Leiden researchers Tazuko van Berkel (Greek and Latin Language and Culture) and Noel de Miranda (Tumour Immunology, LUMC) will join the KNAW’s Young A...
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User-friendly test brings global elimination of leprosy closer 26 November 2021
Researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) are working on the first diagnostic test for leprosy that can be used outside a laborator...
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Healthcare and population health: AI research in Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam 25 November 2021
‘Our health is the area that stands to gain most from artificial intelligence.’ The three universities in Zuid-Holland are helping make these gains. T...
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Medical Delta professor Marcel Reinders: ‘You need collaboration to make a real impact’ 25 November 2021
Prof. Marcel Reinders is a data science specialist at Delft University of technology. Using smart algorithms, he searches for links in complex data. F...
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‘Integrated palliative care matters to everyone’ 12 November 2021
On Friday 12 November Professor of Palliative Medicine Yvette van der Linden will give her inaugural lecture entitled: ‘Timeless’. How do we spend our...
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Healthy ageing? Shift the focus from the individual to the population 11 November 2021
David van Bodegom, Professor of Vitality in an Ageing Population, will give his inaugural lecture on 11 November, also titled Vitality in an Ageing Po...
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Medical Delta professor Jaap Harlaar: ‘This form of collaboration is in my blood’ 11 November 2021
Hundreds of thousands of Dutch people suffer from pain caused by knee osteoarthritis and the number is rising fast. Prof. Jaap Harlaar specialises in ...
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Michiel van de Sande delivers inaugural lecture on advancing sarcoma care 05 November 2021
On 5 November 2021, Professor Michiel van de Sande of the Department of Orthopedics in the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) delivered his inaug...
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Young transgender people are able to decide about puberty blockers 05 November 2021
Young transgender people are able to decide together with their parents on a reversible intervention with puberty blockers. These are the results of a...
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Five Leiden professors installed as Medical Delta professors 03 November 2021
On 2 November, nine professors were simultaneously inaugurated as ‘Medical Delta Professor’ at Leiden University, LUMC, Delft University of Technology...
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LUMC, Leiden University and Philips intensify collaboration for faster MRI with the aid of artificial intelligence 08 October 2021
Together, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden University and Philips are one of the 17 AI labs within the ROBUST consortium that will rece...
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Rubicon grant for four Leiden researchers 04 October 2021
Four promising young researchers from Leiden University have received a Rubicon grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This grant will enable th...
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A ‘lock’ to make genetic modification safer 23 September 2021
Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) could be useful allies in the fight against critical environmental problems. Could because the use of GMOs is st...
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A summer abroad, but then virtually 13 September 2021
For many students, a summer school abroad is a fun and useful way to spend the summer. This year, because of the travel restrictions, many summer scho...
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Vaccination policy should respond to the motivations of vaccine refusers 13 September 2021
Research by Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), The Hague University of Applied Sciences and Erasmus University Rotterdam shows that about 15 per...