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Unlocking the secrets of DNA repair: Sarah’s curiosity might lead to new cancer treatmentsCancer research 07 November 2025How do cells repair their damaged DNA—and what happens when that process is hindered and cancer arises? Sarah Moser has taken a closer look during her...
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Huge boost for electron microscopy thanks to NWO grantNational project 04 November 2025Leiden University, together with Utrecht University, the LUMC and 10 other Dutch universities and institutes, has been awarded a grant of more than €3...
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Quantum theater show with Leiden script a big hit among 1600 Amsterdam childrenPHYSICS 03 November 2025Physicists from Leiden University wrote the script and ensured that every experiment in the performance was scientifically accurate. The kickoff of th...
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LACDR launches training programme for innovative drug developmentGrant 31 October 2025The Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) has received a €750,000 grant from ZonMw for QPharmNL. This is a continuing education programme t...
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Researchers unravel mystery behind rare pregnancy disorder31 October 2025Leiden researchers have found clues to why a rare pregnancy disorder is mild in some babies but life-threatening in others. Their discovery opens the ...
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Mini organs-on-chips: an alternative to drug testing on animalsOrgan-on-a-chip 30 October 2025Mini organs-on-chips allow us to study how diseases develop and how drugs work. Although the technology is not new, it is becoming increasingly advanc...
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A faster way to find new medicines – without the limitations of big DNA barcodesDRUG DISCOVERY 30 October 2025Leiden researchers, led by Sebastian Pomplun developed a new method to screen hundreds of thousands of molecules for drug discovery, using mass spectr...
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Gaming your way through a PhD: 'Studying games is not just cool, it's important'PHD RESEARCH 28 October 2025Studying video games for your PhD research. It might sound unlikely, yet it is exactly what PhD candidates Giulio Barbero and Matthias Müller-Brockhau...
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Fourteen Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grant23 October 2025The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 14 Leiden researchers. This grant of a maximum of 850,000 euros will enable them to start ...
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Explosive expansion of invasive marsh frogsStudent project 22 October 2025Exotic marsh frogs from distant lands are colonising the south-east of the Netherlands. This has been demonstrated by biology students from our facult...
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Scientists discover building blocks of life in ice around a forming star in neighboring galaxyAstrochemistry 21 October 2025Astronomers have found complex organic ice outside the Milky Way for the first time. The discovery shows that the building blocks of life could arise ...
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What really happens behind the scenes at a Lorentz Center workshop?PHYSICS 17 October 2025When you imagine a scientific conference, you might think of endless presentations and coffee breaks. But at the Lorentz Center in Leiden, things are ...
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Dick Stufkens Prize 2025 awarded to physical chemist Begüm Demirkurt17 October 2025The Dick Stufkens Prize 2025 for best PhD thesis of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (HRSMC) has been awarded to Begüm Demirkurt for...
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‘If you understand the risks, AI is an incredible tool’Artificial intelligence 16 October 2025Thomas Moerland studied medicine and mathematics in Leiden and has a lifelong fascination with the origins and workings of intelligence. He brought al...
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Why biologist Rafael Martig became an artist: ‘Art opens people’s eyes’Alumnus 15 October 2025In his art, Rafael Martig shows how drastically human activity changes nature. Fieldwork during his studies reinforced this view. ‘On Ameland I found ...