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Vote for the Discoverer of the year 201813 December 2018Which brilliant scientist will be our Discoverer of the year 2018? Will it be a physicist, biologist, drug discoverer or an astronomer? Or an environm...
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Laura Heitman uses her expertise to fight cancer06 December 2018Seven talented female scientists join the fight against cancer of the Oncode Insitute. Laura Heitman of the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research i...
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14 Leiden researchers on highly cited list03 December 2018Fourteen Leiden University scientists appear on the 2018 Highly Cited Researchers list, which was announced on 28 November by Clarivate Analytics.
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Tiny, pain-free vaccinations: microneedles and nanoparticles30 October 2018If it’s up to PhD student Guangsheng Du, patients don’t need to worry about big needles anymore. At the Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research (LACD...
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Millions invested in Leiden method of determining sex of chicks before hatching29 October 2018Discovering whether a chick is male or female while it is still in the egg. Leiden biotech company In Ovo, a spin-off of Leiden University, has been g...
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Rob van Wijk has won the oral presentations of the National PhD Competition during the FIGON Dutch Medicine Days09 October 2018He presented his PhD research entitled “Kick-starting drug development; translational systems pharmacology using innovative zebrafish experiments and ...
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First Leiden Science Family Day: glitter gel, virtual reality and ice-cold clouds09 October 2018The first Leiden Science Family Day on Saturday 6 October was a great success. During the ‘Weekend of Science’ more than 700 visitors, including 350 c...
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Laura Heitman nominated for Prix Galien02 October 2018Laura Heitman of the Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research (LACDR) has been nominated for the Prix Galien Research Award. This important pharmaceut...
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Laura Heitman has received two awards at the EFMC-ISMC 201825 September 2018Laura Heitman won the prize for Young Medicinal Chemist in Academia and the 2017 RSC MedChemComm prize.
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A rock star in a Petri dish18 September 2018Featuring the world’s first neural synthesizer, artist Guy Ben-Ary and his collaborators will perform at the TodaysArt Festival in The Hague on 21 Sep...
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Successful LACDR Spring symposium 201814 September 2018On May 3rd, we had a successful LACDR Spring symposium. Traditionally the Spring symposium is an important platform for our PhD’s. We have highlightin...
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MICA-mediated immunity: a new opportunity for improving corneal graft survival14 September 2018Corneal transplantation is one of the most common human organ transplantations worldwide. Although the 1-year survival rate is as high as 90%, more th...
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Han de Winde steps down as vice-dean of Faculty of Science15 August 2018Han de Winde will step down as a member of the faculty board of the Faculty of Science from 1 September 2018. De Winde had been vice–dean at the facul...
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Tapping new markets for rapid DNA unraveller19 July 2018Researching DNA material for genetic disorders using the most powerful apparatus. This is what GenomeScan, a company on the Leiden Bio Science Park, d...
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Prize for a Young Medicinal Chemist in Academia19 July 2018Laura Heitman is awarded the 2018 EFMC runner-up prize for a Young Medicinal Chemist in Academia