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ERC Starting Grants for five young researchers from Leiden University 03 September 2020
The ERC Council has awarded Starting Grants to five promising Leiden researchers. With an impressive three laureates, the Faculty of Social and Behavi...
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Scientists find strong evidence that wasting syndrome is the same for all organisms 10 August 2020
An interdisciplinary team of Leiden researchers has discovered that wasting syndrome, a severe byproduct of tuberculosis, is the same for all humans a...
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Arianna Pranger: ‘I pack as much creativity as possible into my teaching’ 10 August 2020
Arianna Pranger has lost her heart to teaching. A senior lecturer on the master’s programme in Pharmacy, she won the LUS Teaching Prize 2020. The prog...
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Phenomix Field Lab offers promising healthcare solutions 13 July 2020
In the Phenomix Medical Delta Field Lab, which was officially opened on Thursday 9 July, scientists, healthcare institutions and businesses work toget...
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Leiden-Delft-Erasmus collaboration brings self-learning healthcare system a step closer 10 July 2020
More effective diagnosis and prognosis than ever, with less intrusive medical screening? Scientists from Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam are well on the w...
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‘There’s still much to discover in developmental biology’ 25 June 2020
It is the dream of Professor Susana Chuva de Sousa Lopes to grow fertile egg cells in the lab. But she says there is a long way to go in her disciplin...
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How Leiden's drug pioneers have switched to Covid research 22 June 2020
From studying molecules in the blood of corona patients to developing a new concept for vaccines. The Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR)...
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New professor wants to improve care for sarcoma patients 17 June 2020
Doctors should work with patients with bone and soft-tissue tumours to find the best personal treatment strategy says Prof. Michiel den de Sande. He h...
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LUMC involved in development of novel drugs to treat and prevent SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses 10 June 2020
The Department of Medical Microbiology at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) is researching antiviral drugs that could treat and prevent SARS-CoV...
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Grant for Elastix medical imaging software 03 June 2020
LUMC researcher Marius Staring will receive a $ 200,000 grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to improve the accessibility, interoperability and e...
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Finding the cause of memory loss 02 June 2020
Memory loss and confusion are signs of Alzheimer’s disease. Physicists Serge Rombouts and Martina Huber have developed new methods to help medical sci...
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LUMC to build largest stem cell facility in the Netherlands 28 May 2020
The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) will start construction this year of the largest non-profit stem cell and gene therapy facility in the Net...
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First clinical trial with genetically modified malaria vaccine completed 20 May 2020
In an innovative study, Radboudumc and LUMC jointly tested a candidate vaccine based on a genetically weakened malaria parasite. The results of this c...
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Remembrance Day: remembering forgotten victims and their stories 23 April 2020
Remembrance Day on 4 May may be different this year, but it will make no less of an impression. Ethan Mark, who specialises in modern Japanese history...
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Working in intensive care: ‘You can make a real difference here’ 16 April 2020
Many alumni are frontline health workers and are working day and night to treat thousands of corona patients. Intensivist Michael Frank (53) is one of...