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300 million euros for new international stem cell consortium17 December 2021The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), the Danstem Institute from the University of Copenhagen and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in ...
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Veni grant for ten Leiden researchers14 December 2021Ten Leiden researchers have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The grant, of up to 280,000 euros, will enable them to elab...
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Tazuko van Berkel and Noel de Miranda join Young Academy09 December 2021Leiden 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 closer26 November 2021Researchers 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 Rotterdam25 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 2021Prof. 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 2021On 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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Adam Cohen receives Dr. Saal van Zwanenberg Honorary Prize12 November 2021Professor of Clinical Pharmacology Adam Cohen from Leiden University received the prestigious Dr. Saal van Zwanenberg Honorary Prize on 12 November. T...
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Healthy ageing? Shift the focus from the individual to the population11 November 2021David 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 care05 November 2021On 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 blockers05 November 2021Young 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 professors03 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 intelligence08 October 2021Together, 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 researchers04 October 2021Four promising young researchers from Leiden University have received a Rubicon grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This grant will enable th...