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Dynamic personalised sarcoma care: implementation of a mathematical prediction app in the clinic22 January 2020A new app provides dynamic predictions of survival for patients suffering from soft tissue sarcoma. It was developed by the mathematical Institute res...
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Two Proof of Concept grants for Leiden15 January 2020Professor of Developmental Biology Christine Mummery and chemist Dr Dennis Hetterscheid have each been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept grant. These gr...
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Bio Science Park: from empty fields to hip neighbourhood13 January 2020New housing in old labs and striking architecture for University buildings and high-tech companies, not to mention waterside parks. An exhibition in O...
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2019 Hall of fame07 January 2020Over the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a...
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Tracers that light up tumours help surgeons07 January 2020How do surgeons avoid causing nerve damage or leaving cancerous cells behind? An interdisciplinary research group at the LUMC hopes to improve operati...
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Watch our Vitality and Ageing Webinar On demand17 December 2019Want to find out more about our master’s programme? Or are you wondering what questions are asked during the Q&A about the content or careers of Vital...
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Relatively large number of female professors at Leiden University12 December 2019Leiden has the second-highest percentage of female professors of all the Dutch universities. These are the results of the annual Women Professors Moni...
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Webinar Week: reaching out to prospective master's students09 December 2019Not all students who are thinking of doing a master’s programme at Leiden University can come to the Master’s Open Day. Hence the first Webinar Week, ...
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Leiden team wins challenge for faster MRI scan through artificial intelligence05 December 2019Researchers from Leiden, in cooperation with Philips, have won a challenge in which international research groups dedicate themselves to accelerating ...
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Snouck Hurgronje Prize goes to Leiden Resuscitation Day05 December 2019Quick resuscitation can save lives, but under 1% of the population of Leiden is a community first responder. Student associations and various partners...
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Better understanding of disease thanks to organs-on-chips02 December 2019For medical research, researchers often recreate tissue in the lab. Organ-on-a-chip technology emulates organs, right down to the blood that flows thr...
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‘Juvenile idiopathic arthritis deserves more attention’25 November 2019More attention should be paid to juvenile idiopathic arthritis. An early diagnosis and robust treatment can prevent irreversible damage. This is what ...
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The promises and the dark side of stem cells21 November 2019Geneticist Hans Clevers will give the first Niko Tinbergen lecture new style on 10 December, which is all about stem cells. The young Leiden professor...
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17 Leiden researchers on highly cited list20 November 2019Seventeen Leiden University scientists appear on the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list, which was announced on 19 November by Clarivate Analytics.
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‘The immune system is a double-edged sword’15 November 2019With cancer, the immune system is a double-edged sword: it can attack tumour cells, but can also help them grow and spread. It is a question of harnes...