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Indonesia and Leiden University have a shared history – and a shared future19 June 2019Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will head a delegation that is visiting Indonesia at the end of June. The visit is to celebrate the 50th anniversary o...
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Dutch National Research Agenda supports five ‘Leiden’ public-private projects12 June 2019The Dutch National Research Agenda announced today that it will provide 17 research projects with a total of 61 million euros in funding. Researchers ...
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Vidi grants for nine Leiden researchers23 May 2019From 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 Night20 May 2019Leiden 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 works14 May 2019The 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 treatment14 May 2019Military 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 2019Professor 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 2019An 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 Fundamentals29 April 2019An 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 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...