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Understanding the building blocks of life better24 January 2020With a grant from NWO, Thomas Hankemeier will develop new methods to better understand the dynamics of the building blocks of life, such as cells, enz...
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‘A good lecturer treats students as young professionals from the start’20 January 2020Passionate, innovative lecturers are the driving force behind our education. Janine Geerling, former assistant professor of the Bio-Pharmaceutical Sci...
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A fatty solution for eczema14 January 2020Pharmacologist Walter Boiten developed a new method to determine the amount of lipids in a person's skin. With this method he tested the effects of a ...
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Tracking genes to fight breast cancer13 January 2020PhD student Esmee Koedoot studied the underlying processes responsible for metastases in a dangerous type of breast cancer. She hopes to find new poss...
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Faculty of Science starts new year with awards for talents07 January 2020Mathematician Robbin Bastiaansen, physicist Irene Battisti, pharmacist Fouzia Lghoul-Oulad Saïd and physics and astronomy student Maite Boden are the ...
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Amanda Foks receives ERA-CVD consortium grant06 January 2020Amanda Foks (Division of BioTherapeutics) has been awarded a Horizon 2020, ERA-CVD joint transnational cardiovascular research grant. She will lead a ...
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Ilze Bot receives prestigious grant from the Dutch Heart Foundation02 January 2020Just before Christmas, three talented scientists received good news: they are receiving a personal research grant from the Dutch Heart Foundation. Ilz...
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Mathematical model predicts drug concentration in the brain17 December 2019Do medicines arrive in the right amount at the right spot in our brain? By making a model that depicts our brain in small 'brain blocks', Esmée Vendel...
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Ad IJzerman Highly Cited Researcher 201913 December 2019Ad IJzerman was elected Highly Cited Researcher in the 2019 Web of Science mapping of research achievements. As defined by the Web of Science team a...
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The Cell Observatory just got upgraded, and here is why06 December 2019The European Commission has officially established Euro-BioImaging – which provides life scientists with open access to a broad range of technologies ...
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17 Leiden researchers on highly cited list20 November 2019Seventeen Leiden University scientists appear on the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list, which was announced on 19 November by Clarivate Analytics.
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Pharmacologist Elizabeth de Lange receives Honorary Doctorate in Pharmacy from Uppsala University12 November 2019Professor of Predictive Pharmacology Elizabeth de Lange has received an Honorary Doctorate from the Faculty of Pharmacy of Uppsala University. She wil...
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Prestigious award for pharmacologist Meindert Danhof09 October 2019Meindert Danhof is the 2019 recipient of the Høst Madsen Medal for his pioneering work in systems pharmacology. He received the award on 22 September ...
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LACDR excels at the FIGON Dutch Medicine Days08 October 2019The Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) received no less than three awards during the Figon Dutch Medicine Days. Bas Goulooze won the PhD...
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Two Bio-Pharmaceutical Scientists win KNMP Student Award08 October 2019Two former Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences students win the KNMP Student Award this year. Esmée de Zwaan for her research into new therapeutic strategies,...