News
-
Support the LUMC’s corona research23 March 2020Scientists at the LUMC are working hard on potential virus inhibitors, antiviral screening and a treatment for COVID-19. SteunLeiden.nl has started a ...
-
Therapeutic vaccine boosts survival rate in cervical cancer patients19 March 2020A therapeutic vaccine against HPV-16 (type 16 human papillomavirus) improves the survival rate in cervical cancer patients. A new study by ISA Pharmac...
-
‘You want to train doctors who will keep asking critical questions’09 March 2020Determined, innovative lecturers are the driving force behind our teaching. Alexandra Langers, a specialist in gastroenterology and hepatology at the ...
-
Science Groot funding for Leiden scientists24 February 2020Leiden scientists are the main applicants for five projects that have been awarded a Science Groot grant of up to 3 million euros in the Science Domai...
-
‘Coeliac disease diagnosis is often overlooked or delayed’21 February 2020Although coeliac disease, an autoimmune disorder that makes you gluten intolerant, occurs in 1% of the population, its diagnosis is often delayed or c...
-
“You cannot predict the future, but you can think about it!” Master’s Vitality and Ageing visits Vilans!20 February 2020As part of the career orientation of the Master’s Vitality and Ageing, students visit various healthcare, policy and research organisations throughout...
-
Four Leiden professors appointed to KHMW20 February 2020Four Leiden University professors have been appointed to The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities. Andrea Evers, Erwin Muller, Sjaak Neefj...
-
When will there be a coronavirus vaccine?18 February 2020The genetic code of the new coronavirus has been found: it is closely related to the SARS virus from 2003. Professor of Molecular Virology, Eric Snijd...
-
‘You learn so much more than during your studies’14 February 2020Graduates Bruno and Plym took part in the National Think Tank last year. Together with 20 other students and recent graduates, they spent four months ...
-
A real professor in the classroom07 February 2020A school lesson by a professor, for instance about the history of Africa, the climate or research and healthcare. A hundred Leiden professors told pri...
-
Awards for three Leiden Partnership projects with industry sector28 January 2020NWO is funding three partnership projects with the industry sector. The projects relate to speeding up the search for new medicines, studying the chan...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...