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Bio Science Park: from empty fields to hip neighbourhood 13 January 2020
New housing in old labs and striking architecture for University buildings and high-tech companies, not to mention waterside parks. An exhibition in O...
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Tracers that light up tumours help surgeons 07 January 2020
How do surgeons avoid causing nerve damage or leaving cancerous cells behind? An interdisciplinary research group at the LUMC hopes to improve operati...
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Watch our Vitality and Ageing Webinar On demand 17 December 2019
Want to find out more about our master’s programme? Or are you wondering what questions are asked during the Q&A about the content or careers of Vital...
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Webinar Week: reaching out to prospective master's students 09 December 2019
Not all students who are thinking of doing a master’s programme at Leiden University can come to the Master’s Open Day. Hence the first Webinar Week, ...
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Leiden team wins challenge for faster MRI scan through artificial intelligence 05 December 2019
Researchers from Leiden, in cooperation with Philips, have won a challenge in which international research groups dedicate themselves to accelerating ...
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Snouck Hurgronje Prize goes to Leiden Resuscitation Day 05 December 2019
Quick resuscitation can save lives, but under 1% of the population of Leiden is a community first responder. Student associations and various partners...
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Better understanding of disease thanks to organs-on-chips 02 December 2019
For medical research, researchers often recreate tissue in the lab. Organ-on-a-chip technology emulates organs, right down to the blood that flows thr...
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‘Juvenile idiopathic arthritis deserves more attention’ 25 November 2019
More attention should be paid to juvenile idiopathic arthritis. An early diagnosis and robust treatment can prevent irreversible damage. This is what ...
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The promises and the dark side of stem cells 21 November 2019
Geneticist Hans Clevers will give the first Niko Tinbergen lecture new style on 10 December, which is all about stem cells. The young Leiden professor...
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17 Leiden researchers on highly cited list 20 November 2019
Seventeen Leiden University scientists appear on the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list, which was announced on 19 November by Clarivate Analytics.
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‘The immune system is a double-edged sword’ 15 November 2019
With cancer, the immune system is a double-edged sword: it can attack tumour cells, but can also help them grow and spread. It is a question of harnes...
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Leiden University advises students to leave Hong Kong 15 November 2019
Leiden University is advising its students to leave Hong Kong and return to the Netherlands. This is due to the worsening situation there.
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First Vitality and Ageing master thesis published as scientific article 30 October 2019
Master Vitality and Ageing’s (V&A) alumnus Willeke Ravensbergen conducted for her master’s thesis research on the impact of combinations of future tre...
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What do you learn when attending an Open Day? 22 October 2019
The Open Day of Leiden University, on Saturday, October 19, 2019 was busy, in a pleasant way. More than 12,500 prospective students and supervisors vi...
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‘Alcohol should be the new smoking’ 21 October 2019
It's time for alcohol to be discouraged as strongly as smoking. This is the message given by Professor of Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine Jeroen Jansen ...