News
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Read the online magazine on diversity and inclusiveness 13 December 2016
How can we make sure that everyone feels welcome at our university? Read the highlights from the conference on The Making of an Inclusive Leiden Unive...
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Collaborating on big data to unravel disease processes 05 December 2016
Patients with the same illness often receive the same treatment, even if the cause of the illness is different for each person. This represents a new ...
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Boerhaave Museum and LUMC discover skeleton in manikin 28 November 2016
Leiden's Boerhaave Museum and Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have discovered parts of a skeleton in an 18th-century manikin. The manikin was ...
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Doctors and citizens under fire in conflict zones 25 November 2016
It is time for the international community to put a stop to war crimes – especially against medical personnel, argued international chair of Doctors W...
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Leiden Classics: Inventor of the electrocardiograph 16 November 2016
Many important discoveries have been made in Leiden, and the Leiden Discoveries route guides you through the city to find them. For example, it will t...
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‘The sky is not the limit for Honours students’ 16 November 2016
Making Mars suitable for human habitation or giving first-year lectures as a student. For the past three years, 150 bachelor’s students have followed ...
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Centre for Innovation and LUMC win Surfnet Innovation Challenge 02 November 2016
The Leiden University Centre for Innovation and the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have won the Surfnet Innovation Challenge. The team won th...
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New Code of Conduct on Integrity from 1 November 01 November 2016
The Executive Board has adopted a new Code of Conduct on Integrity for staff. This new code encompasses all the existing regulations within Leiden Uni...
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Student entrepreneurs give HUBspot a lively opening 01 November 2016
Confetti cannons announced the opening of HUBspot, the new venue for innovation and entrepreneurship at the Langegracht in Leiden, on 31 October. But ...
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Cleveringa professor Joanne Liu to give extra lecture 25 October 2016
Cleveringa professor Joanne Liu, international president of Artsen Zonder Grenzen, will give an extra lecture on 24 November. The subject will be how ...
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Go study abroad! 10 October 2016
Are you keen to immerse yourself in a new culture, broaden your horizons and make friends for life? If so, come to the Study Abroad Festival on Friday...
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Six million boost to search for new antibiotics 30 September 2016
Edith Schippers, Minister of Health, will be investing six million euros over the coming four years to boost research on new antibiotics. The programm...
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Youthful DNA in old age 22 September 2016
The DNA of young people is regulated to express the right genes at the right time. With the passing of years, the regulation of the DNA gradually gets...
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Leiden University and LUMC join Netherlands Centre for One Health 19 September 2016
Leiden University and Leiden University Medical Center have joined the Netherlands Centre for One Health (NCOH), further strengthening the academic ne...
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Dating with electrodes struck to your skin 19 September 2016
Four thousand visitors immersed themselves in art and science during Leiden's Night of Art and Science on 17 September. They could choose from dozens ...