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'Soil is the basis of our lives' - Martijn Bezemer nominated for Huibregtsen Prize 202304 October 2023Directing soil life and thereby influencing what grows above ground: that is the expertise of Leiden biologist Martijn Bezemer and his colleague Wim v...
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Ionica Smeets wins Iris Medal 202304 October 2023The winner of this year’s Iris Medal for Excellent Science Communication is Professor of Science Communication Ionica Smeets. ‘If there is anyone who ...
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Rob van Nieuwpoort new professor of Efficient Computing and eScience27 September 2023As of 1 October Rob van Nieuwpoort is the new professor of Efficient Computing and eScience at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIA...
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Promising new technique to treat cancer receives NWO grant26 September 2023Biological chemist Nathaniel Martin and his team received an NWO grant to examine how blocking a specific enzyme in our body, NNMT, could be helpful i...
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In Memoriam Johan Lugtenburg25 September 2023The fastest chemical reaction in the universe takes place inside our eyes.
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Why our faculty is the place to be21 September 2023Since the beginning of September, it is a fact: our faculty has a new strategic plan. The plan outlines what we will collectively commit to in the com...
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From forming embryo to cancer metastasis: the significance of collective cell movement21 September 2023Against all expectations, the most common tissue in our bodies behaves differently at different length scales. That’s what physicist Luca Giomi discov...
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Corrugated plastic unveils a new design principle for programmable materials20 September 2023Corrugated plastic turns out to be exemplary of a new class of ‘multistable’ metamaterials that can reversibly change shape. This insight can lead to ...
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Astonishing explorations at the Night of Discoveries19 September 2023It was the Night of Discoveries on Saturday 16 September: a summer encounter between art and science. Leiden researchers from various disciplines insp...
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Organ failure caused by viruses, how does it work? Now there are methods to find out18 September 2023Dying from viral infection due to organ failure and blood loss: we still know little about how it can happen. Among other things, Huaqi Tang developed...
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How bittersweet sugar chemistry targets pathogens15 September 2023The challenge is considerable, but so is the satisfaction when it succeeds: creating complex sugar molecules that play a role in biology. Professor of...
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Nienke van der Marel receives New Horizons Prize15 September 2023Nienke van der Marel has been awarded the New Horizons Prize in physics for her pioneering research on planet formation. This prize is given to young,...
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Star birth: a slow and mysterious drama15 September 2023A star does not just appear in the sky overnight. Its creation takes tens of thousands of years. Twenty years ago, astronomers took a picture of a sta...
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Motion of stars near Milky Way's central black hole is only predictable for few hundred years13 September 2023The orbits of 27 stars orbiting closely around the black hole at the center of our Milky Way are very chaotic. As a result, researchers cannot predict...
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Making better use of our natural resources12 September 2023The availability of natural resources, the energy transition, the importance of circularity and our dependence on China. This and more is what Profess...