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Peter Hovenkamp (65) died in Malaysia
This weekend, the very sad news reached us that former employee Peter Hovenkamp died during an excursion in Malaysia. He was surprised by a flash floo...
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Bas Goulooze wins prestigious prize for research withdrawal symptoms in childrenPharmacometrist Bas Goulooze has won the prestigious Lewis Sheiner Student Session award. He received the prize of 300 euros at the annual conference ...
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Tim van Erven makes computers even smarterIn high school, Tim van Erven read about an artificially intelligent algorithm that could solve mazes. From that moment on, he was sold: ‘There’s some...
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Ida Haisma appointed Director Leiden Bio Science ParkIda Haisma has been appointed Director of the Leiden Bio Science Park. She will lead the transformation of the Leiden Bio Science Park from science pa...
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Nose of E. coli zips open and shutPhD student Wen Yang discovered how certain cell receptors in E. coli bacteria signal 'smells'. With the use of ice-cold electron microscopy microbiol...
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Happy anniversary, liquid helium111 years ago, Heike Kamerlingh Onnis liquified helium for the first time, a tour the force that netted him the Nobel prize. It took a laboratory of a...
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Hubertus Irth named Interim Dean of the Faculty of ScienceThe Executive Board has appointed Professor Hubertus Irth as Interim Dean of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University. Professor Irth will take up ...
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Quantum particles and bacteria without cell walls: KLEIN grant for Beenakker and ClaessenAre Weyl particles the ideal conductors? Do cells without a cell wall play a role in chronic Tuberculosis infections? Carlo Beenakker and Dennis Claes...
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Leiden Science Run will run for endangered scientistsThe Leiden Science Run 2019 is dedicated to Scholars at Risk, a programme of the UAF, an organisation for refugee students. This programme offers enda...
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From wine tears to cloud transport: large mathematical conference in LeidenThe winner of the highest scientific distinction in mathematics, an explanation for wine tears and much more mathematical theory and application. From...
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Six Computer Science master students excel and go to OxfordSix master students of the Computer Science programme will present their papers on future cities at the NetMob conference in Oxford. The six papers we...
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Teaching synthetic molecules how to communicateAlthough Sander Wezenberg just started working in Leiden in March this year, he already managed to win a Vidi grant from NWO. Inspired by nature, Weze...
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MBO Rijnland students animate Leiden physicsThere are miniaturisation beams, microrobots, and ice skaters who suddenly drop into a hole in the ice. Students of the local MBO Rijnland let their i...
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Effect of insecticides on damselflies greater than expectedThe latest research from the Leiden outdoor laboratory ‘Living Lab’ shows that the insecticide thiacloprid strongly influences even the most common an...
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University strengthens ties with IndonesiaThe climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visi...