News
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How sustainable does the University want to be by 2030? 07 September 2020
Leiden University has become more sustainable in the past few years, but it could do better, particularly in the area of teaching and research. A stud...
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LUMC and CHDR to test Janssen Vaccines’ candidate corona vaccine 07 September 2020
Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and the Centre for Human Drug Research (CHDR) are taking part in the phase 2 clinical trial of Janssen Vaccine...
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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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New professor fosters multidisciplinary approach to arthrosis 29 June 2020
Arthrosis needs a multidisciplinary approach, says Professor Jaap Harlaar. He brings experts from different university medical centres together to unr...
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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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Immunologist Ton Schumacher wins NWO Stevin Prize 23 June 2020
Ton Schumacher, professor by special appointment in Immunotechnology at the LUMC and group leader of Molecular Oncology and Immunology at the Netherla...
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Spinoza Prize for Leiden cell biologist, immunologist and chemist Sjaak Neefjes 23 June 2020
Sjaak Neefjes, Professor of Chemical Immunology at Leiden University, will receive the NWO Spinoza Prize this year. The Spinoza Committee called Neefj...
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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...