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Vidi grants for nine Leiden researchers 23 May 2019
From artificial intelligence to letters from the Dutch East Indies and from breast-cancer gene BRCA-1 to the collaboration between government and oppo...
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Magic moments at Museum Night 20 May 2019
Leiden University opened its doors on Leiden Museum Night, with a whole host of things to see and do at the Academy Building, Hortus botanicus and Old...
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Little proof that doping really works 14 May 2019
The list of substances prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is huge. PhD candidate Jules Heuberger looked at many of these, as well as at...
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MDMA and virtual reality as trauma treatment 14 May 2019
Military veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder often have symptoms that are both chronic and complex. Professor by Special Appointment Eric Verm...
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‘Sickness and health have become a continuum’ 13 May 2019
Professor of Health Psychology Andrea Evers is one of the coordinators of the national Health and Wellbeing programme and of the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus ...
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‘Technological developments should be applied to patient care at a much faster rate’ 03 May 2019
An MRI scanner is much more than a machine alone. It is an extremely versatile technique that provides numerous opportunities for finding out more abo...
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Join the Population Health Management Summer School Fundamentals 29 April 2019
An aging population, rising healthcare costs and technical developments in the medical sector. Do you want to know the best way of dealing with curren...
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€8.5m for research into healthy ageing and vitality 25 April 2019
A large multidisciplinary team of experts on ageing has secured over €8.5m for a major study of which factors and solutions promote healthy ageing and...
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Five Leiden researchers elected as members of KNAW 23 April 2019
Five Leiden researchers have been nominated as members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).They will be inaugurated on 16 Sep...
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Agreement between LUMC and University on hosting IT equipment 11 April 2019
Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) will host some of Leiden University's IT equipment in its data centre. The two organisations signed an agreeme...
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ERC Advanced Grants for two Leiden researchers 28 March 2019
The European Research Commission (ERC) has awarded Advanced Grants to two Leiden researchers. Joke Meijer will be researching the effect of the biolog...
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Free symposium reveals surprising uses of AI 26 March 2019
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help humans in many different ways: from customised medicine and self-driving cars to preserving our cultural heritag...
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Young Academy Leiden: bursting with youthful zeal 21 March 2019
Great things are expected of Young Academy Leiden. The first 13 members of this society for young researchers will provide the Executive Board with fr...
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Master’s Open Day: ‘I’ve mainly come to ask a lot of questions’ 18 March 2019
It was a soggy Friday, but the visitors to the Master's Open Day were made of sterner stuff. Bachelor's students from all around the world defied the ...
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Seven Leiden researchers win €1.5m Vici grant 26 February 2019
Seven Leiden researchers have each been awarded a Vici grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). This will enable them to f...