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Three Leiden researchers receive Rubicon Grant for research abroad30 September 2020Chemist Liubov Belyaeva, psychologist Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam and LUMC researcher Elisa Giacomelli have received a Rubicon Grand and will therefore ...
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Which antibodies are most effective against coronavirus?22 September 2020Researchers Indu Khatri, Frank Staal and Jacques van Dongen from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have published a perspective article in Front...
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Leiden University and LUMC strengthen ties with Janssen pharmaceutical company17 September 2020Leiden University, the LUMC and Janssen have signed a partnership agreement stating that they will collaborate in different areas, including infectiou...
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How sustainable does the University want to be by 2030?07 September 2020Leiden 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 vaccine07 September 2020Leiden 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 University03 September 2020The 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 organisms10 August 2020An 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 2020Arianna 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 solutions13 July 2020In 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 closer10 July 2020More 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 arthrosis29 June 2020Arthrosis 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 2020It 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 Prize23 June 2020Ton 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 Neefjes23 June 2020Sjaak 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 research22 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)...