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First patients start earning discounts with healthy living03 July 2018Heart patients who maintain a healthy lifestyle can start earning discounts at shops or for trips out. The Tergooi Hospital is the first in the Nether...
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Green light for Leiden supercomputer22 June 2018From simulations of galaxies to analyses of MRI scans: scientific research needs more and more computing power. Leiden University is planning to set ...
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Make your choice! Three introduction weeks for students at Leiden University12 June 2018Leiden or The Hague? Dutch or English? These two questions decide which introduction week new students at Leiden University can best choose: EL CID, H...
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Leiden University Fund awards grants12 June 2018Over thirty research projects have been awarded a grant from the Leiden University Fund (LUF). The academics each receive a sum of between 5,000 and 2...
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Student Centre in The Hague opens this autumn08 June 2018From this autumn, students at Leiden University will be able to use the new student centre in The Hague. The building offers space for student organis...
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Vidis for nine Leiden researchers01 June 2018Nine talented Leiden researchers have been awarded a Vidi subsidy by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Vidis are intended fo...
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Jet Bussemaker appointed Professor of Science, Policy and Impact in Healthcare24 May 2018Jet Bussemaker, former Minister of Education, Culture and Science, has been appointed Professor at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Leiden...
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From practical cookbook session to practical research session24 May 2018How do I conduct research? How do I structure, conduct and record what I’ve thought of and done? The Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences Programme didn’t just...
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'Without empathy, you can't give good care'01 May 2018Patients who feel understood will recover faster. But how can doctors become more empathetic? By reading literary works, suggests emeritus Leiden Prof...
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European first: Leiden specialists use fluorescence in removal of lung tumour24 April 2018A team of surgeons at Leiden University Medical Center and the Centre for Human Drug Research have removed a lung tumour that they pinpointed using fl...
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17 mln subsidy to develop electron microscopy in the Netherlands13 April 2018The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) has made a subsidy of 17 million euros available to further develop a Netherlands network f...
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Subsidies for high-grade research facilities12 April 2018Three projects with Leiden researchers are to receive a subsidy from NWO for the construction or renovation of large-scale research facilities. They w...
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The stories behind the women's portraits09 March 2018An anatomical model of a heart, a mechanical digger or photos of mother and grandmother. Research interests and personal motivations have been given a...
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Jet Bussemaker: ‘Emotions always run high in discussions on female emancipation'08 March 2018At the Annie Romein-Verschoor Lecture on 8 March, former Minister of Education Jet Bussemaker expressed her surprise at the commotion again raised by ...
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Leiden University appointed extra 25 female professors in 201708 March 2018Last year Leiden University appointed an extra 25 female professors. With these appointments the Executive Board has increased the percentage of women...