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€8.5m for research into healthy ageing and vitality25 April 2019A 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 KNAW23 April 2019Five 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 equipment11 April 2019Leiden 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 researchers28 March 2019The 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 AI26 March 2019Artificial 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 zeal21 March 2019Great 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 2019It 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 grant26 February 2019Seven Leiden researchers have each been awarded a Vici grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). This will enable them to f...
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FameLab: young scientists take the stage26 February 2019In FameLab contestants explain their research to the public in a three-minute presentation – without using PowerPoint or other presentation tools. The...
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Record number of visitors to Bachelor's Open Day: ‘My mum misses me already’25 February 2019What can you expect from studying in Leiden or The Hague? Which programme should you choose? Should you join a student association and will you need t...
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Jet Bussemaker: ‘Health care is a social matter, not just a medical one’14 February 2019Why are we unable to address health-care inequality? This was the topic of the inaugural speech of Professor Jet Bussemaker on Friday 15 February 2019...
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Wanted: research questions for citizen science11 February 2019How many species of butterfly are living in my garden? Do I recognise the Leiden dialect? What is the air quality like in my area? Do you have a quest...
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Leiden University celebrates 444th birthday with residents of Leiden and The Hague08 February 2019Leiden University celebrated its 444th anniversary with a historical procession on 8 February. It celebrated this year’s Dies Natalis in time-honoured...
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LUMC-Campus The Hague aims for a healthier region23 January 2019How can we use Population Health Management to help the citizens of The Hague get and stay healthier? This was the key question during the 5th Working...
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Pitch your research at Famelab22 January 2019
Can you talk for three minutes in glowing terms about your science or medical research? If so, sign up for the Leiden preliminary round of FameLab, th...