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Summer school in China: extreme heat and the Chinese Silicon Valley15 August 2019Going to school during the summer holidays? Some of our students accepted the challenge. And they didn’t do that just around the corner. During their ...
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Young scientists meet up at Young Faculty of Science14 August 2019Being an assistant professor can be rather solitary. You often do not have your own research group and also you don't yet have the extensive network o...
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Using tweezers of light to study the misfolding proteins of muscular diseases25 July 2019Alireza Mashaghi from the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) will use state-of-the-art technology to investigate proteins that play a ro...
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Bas Goulooze wins prestigious prize for research withdrawal symptoms in children15 July 2019Pharmacometrist 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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Hubertus Irth named Interim Dean of the Faculty of Science09 July 2019The 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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One step closer to pain-free vaccinations20 June 2019Microneedles are a promising tool for the painless administration of vaccines through the skin. But, are these minuscule needles really effective? PhD...
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Nanoparticles can aid in stroke therapy07 May 2019Tiny selenium particles could have a therapeutic effect on ischemic brain strokes by promoting the recovery of brain damage. Pharmacologists, includin...
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Ensnaring tumours in their own web03 May 2019Erik Danen is looking at how to inhibit tumours that do not respond well to medicine – and he is making some headway. The Professor of Cancer Drug Tar...
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Yoga, inclusiveness and dilemma game at first Science PhD Day26 April 2019Morning yoga, having your resumé checked at the information market, or dancing for inclusiveness: just a small selection of the activities of the firs...
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€8.5m for research into healthy ageing and vitality25 April 2019A large multidisciplinary team of experts on ageing has secured over €8.5m for a major study of which factors and solutions promote healthy ageing and...
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Geert de Snoo new Director of Netherlands Institute of Ecology04 April 2019Professor Geert de Snoo, Dean of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University, has been appointed Director of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIO...
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The Mastermind approach to brain research19 March 2019The brain is a complex organ, and researching medicine to treat brain disorders is equally if not more complex. Elizabeth (Liesbeth) de Lange, Profess...
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Lindsey Burggraaff and Emma Koemans win FameLab heat12 March 2019Which young researchers were best at explaining their research to a general audience? Twelve researchers battled it out at the FameLab heat on 7 March...
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‘Test medicines after five days’05 March 2019What is the best method and time to test the effectiveness of medicines? PhD student Rob van Wijk of the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LAC...
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Leiden University Day in China26 February 2019A Leiden University Day, new agreements on exchanging PhD students and a keynote speech by Geert de Snoo at a popular symposium. In November, a Facult...