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Robert Rissmann appointed professor of Translational Dermatology at LACDR-CHDR08 February 2021Pharmacist-clinical pharmacologist Robert Rissmann has been appointed Professor of Translational Dermatology. This extraordinary professorship has bee...
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‘Looking back, this past year will be a very important period in my life’01 February 2021At the Faculty of Science, forty per cent of the employees are of a non-Dutch nationality. Amongst PhDs that is even sixty per cent. How are they doin...
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Animal-free chemical safety testing with new technology ToxProfiler28 January 2021Toxys, Leiden University and Leiden University Medical Center have agreed immediately to commercialise and also develop further the ToxProfiler techno...
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Predicting and preventing Covid-19: 1 million euros for corona research17 December 2020How is it that some covid-19 patients are affected much worse than others? Can we predict beforehand which of them will develop critical symptoms Prof...
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Assessing the safety of chemicals and medicines without laboratory animals02 December 2020One of the holy grails of drug research is to be able to assess the safety of chemicals and pharmaceuticals without using laboratory animals. Research...
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Laura Heitman appointed as Professor of Molecular Pharmacology26 November 2020As of 1 November, Laura Heitman has been appointed full Professor of Molecular Pharmacology at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR). H...
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A multi-million grant to keep the biological clock healthy25 November 2020Dutch researchers are joining forces to conduct research together with a series of societal partners to keep the biological clock healthy in our moder...
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Liesbeth de Lange wins Lewis B. Sheiner Career Prize13 November 2020Pharmacologist Liesbeth de Lange has won the Lewis B. Sheiner Lecturer Award from the International Society of Pharmacometrics (ISoP). As Professor of...
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Two times KNMP Student Award for Leiden students13 November 2020This year, two Leiden master students will be awarded a KNMP Student Award. Both Wisse van Os and Jip Linthorst will receive 1,000 euros from the Roya...
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Steering the immune system with liposomes28 September 2020Liposomes – nano-sized spheres composed of fatty molecules – are very promising for vaccination. Bio-pharmaceutical scientist Naomi Benne discovered t...
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More skills and higher grades: E-learning skills platform continues to be a success21 September 2020After a promising start, also the second pilot of the digital Brightspace skills platform is a success. Third-year bachelor students had thirty new ...
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Leiden University and LUMC strengthen ties with Janssen pharmaceutical company17 September 2020Leiden University, the LUMC and Janssen have signed a partnership agreement stating that they will collaborate in different areas, including infectiou...
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Faculty of Science opens academic year with live stream in homely setting07 September 2020From a white leather armchair, on which Barack Obama once sat, Dean Michiel Kreutzer opened the academic year. This time not with visitors, but comple...
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Four bold Faculty of Science researchers receive NWO XS grants31 August 2020Four scientists from the Faculty of Science will receive a grant of up to 50,000 euros in the Open Competition Domain Science - XS from science financ...
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Three LUF grants for talented Leiden Science researchers25 August 2020Fighting against cancer, antibiotic resistance and disposable plastics: Ahmed Ali, Fredj Ben Bdira, and Valerio Barbarossa receive a LUF grant for the...