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Plastic Soup Surfer calls for sustainable academic year 04 September 2017
One person can already make a difference, and if all students and academics were eco-friendly, the world would be a much more sustainable place. Plast...
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A thousand new students discover The Hague 29 August 2017
The number of students at Leiden University in The Hague is growing every year. From 21 to 25 August more than a thousand new students were given an i...
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ERC grants for four Leiden scientists 14 August 2017
Four scientists from Leiden University have each been awarded a Starting Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant, worth up to two mil...
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‘New students, tomorrow's world needs you! 14 August 2017
'Today is the start of EL CID, the first of three introduction weeks at Leiden University. A new influx of students is ready and waiting, eager to get...
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New online Dutch course for international students 09 August 2017
Asking the way to the beach in Scheveningen or buying cheese on the market in Leiden. With the new online Dutch & More language course, prospective in...
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Veni awards for seventeen young Leiden researches 28 July 2017
The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has awarded Veni funding to seventeen researchers who recently obtained their PhD. This awa...
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DNA dating at Lowlands 26 July 2017
Why do opposites attract? According to Karin van der Tuin, researcher at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), it could be because of your DNA. The...
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Rubicon grants for two Leiden researchers to study abroad 13 July 2017
Two researchers at Leiden University who have recently received their doctorates have been awarded Rubicon grants to carry out research abroad. Both w...
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Kurt Deketelaere (LERU) first recipient of Scaliger Medal 28 June 2017
Professor Kurt Deketelaere (KU Leuven and LERU) will receive the first Scaliger Medal, a new award offered by Leiden University to honour people or or...
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Twentieth anniversary of the Lorentz Center: developing ideas in a scientific bubble 27 June 2017
The 20th anniversary of the Lorentz Center will be celebrated on 28 June 2017 with the opening of an exhibition in the Oude UB. For two decades alread...
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Cancer research focusing on quality of life 21 June 2017
Cancer is one of the main causes of death in the Netherlands. Leiden researchers are working to improve the treatment of different types of cancer in ...
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Make your choice! Three introduction weeks for students at Leiden University 24 May 2017
Leiden or The Hague? Dutch or English? These two questions decide which introduction week new students at Leiden University can best choose: EL CID, ...
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Gravitation grants for three major research programmes 04 May 2017
Three major research projects involving Leiden scientists have been awarded a grant from NWO’s Gravitation Programme. The projects are on innovation p...
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Almost 19 million euros for development and study of organs-on-chips 02 May 2017
It sounds futuristic, but it is possible: the creation of miniature organs of patients in order to study them and see how diseases develop and can be ...
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Four Leiden University researchers receive Rubicon Grants 20 April 2017
Four Leiden researchers, who have recently obtained their PhDs, will receive a Rubicon Grant from NWO to conduct research abroad. A total of 22 scient...