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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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Three new Leiden members of KNAW 30 April 2020
KNAW has elected eighteen new members, including two professors at Leiden University and one who studied and obtained his PhD in Leiden. The New Acade...
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‘I miss the smell of old paper in the vault’ 28 April 2020
Curators devote a lot of attention to their collections. How is Martijn Storms, curator of maps and atlases at Leiden University Libraries, managing t...
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Royal Distinction for archaeologist Maarten Jansen 24 April 2020
On 24 April it was announced that, following his farewell, archaeologist Professor Maarten Jansen was appointed Knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion....
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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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USC online sports a big success 20 April 2020
How can you stay fit during quarantine? The University Sports Centre may be closed, but online it's even more 'open' than usual.
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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...
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Leiden collaboration supports development of vaccine against coronavirus 15 April 2020
The Department of Medical Microbiology of Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) will investigate the efficacy of a new experimental vaccine from the...
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Help track coronavirus with the LUMC’s COVID Radar app 07 April 2020
Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) has just launched its COVID Radar app. Users of the app are asked to regularly complete a short questionnaire ...