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A ‘lock’ to make genetic modification safer23 September 2021Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) could be useful allies in the fight against critical environmental problems. Could because the use of GMOs is st...
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A summer abroad, but then virtually13 September 2021For many students, a summer school abroad is a fun and useful way to spend the summer. This year, because of the travel restrictions, many summer scho...
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Vaccination policy should respond to the motivations of vaccine refusers13 September 2021Research by Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), The Hague University of Applied Sciences and Erasmus University Rotterdam shows that about 15 per...
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Thorbald van Hall delivers inaugural lecture on training the immune system to counterattack escaping tumours10 September 2021On 10 September 2021, Professor Thorbald van Hall from the Department of Medical Oncology in the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) delivered his...
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LUMC professor Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives Spinoza Prize03 September 2021Leiden professor of Cellular Immunology of Parasitic Infections Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives the prestigious NWO Spinoza Prize this year. This, in many...
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EL CID 2021: a great start in a friendly city16 August 2021‘Leiden is small, friendly and welcoming,’ says new first-year student Ayla Russel. Strong wind and heavy showers were forecast for the first in-perso...
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Leiden University signs Southwest Pact in The Hague26 July 2021On average, the residents of The Hague Southwest (Zuidwest) are poorer, have more health problems and a lower level of education than the residents of...
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Vidi grant for seven researchers from Leiden University14 July 2021From malaria parasites as a vaccine to how top-level bureaucrats reach their decisions: seven researchers from Leiden University have received a Vidi ...
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President Annetje Ottow helps fish plastic out of the canal12 July 2021Every Sunday you can help fish plastic and other floating garbage out of the Leiden canals. You can use your own canoe or loan one from Plastic Spotte...
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Covid influences sustainability at Leiden University too in 202005 July 2021The coronavirus pandemic has had us working and studying at home, and this has had a positive effect on Leiden University’s sustainability results. Th...
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Ten lecturers receive Senior Teaching Qualification28 June 2021On 28 June, ten dedicated lecturers received their Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO). Rector Hester Bijl congratulated them in an online meeting. We...
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Support the Rapidemic team and help them develop a mobile testing kit28 June 2021A team of students from Leiden won the iGEM international biology contest in 2020 with their Rapidemic mobile testing kit. The kit makes it easy to de...
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Eight researchers to travel abroad on Rubicon grant21 June 2021Eight young researchers from Leiden University have received a Rubicon grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This will allow them to conduct re...
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‘Mysterious Meniere’s disease is the poor relation in medicine’18 June 2021Meniere’s disease, a disorder of the inner ear, was first described back in 1861, but there’s still no good test or treatment for it. Tjasse Bruintjes...
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Nerve stimulation effective in patients with untreatable cluster headaches17 June 2021Extremely painful chronic cluster headaches – sometimes referred to as ‘suicide headaches’ – can be prevented by stimulating the occipital nerve in th...