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A small step on platinum, a giant leap for electrochemistry: A more realistic picture of platinum electrodes02 February 2026Current electrochemical theory does not adequately describe realistic platinum electrodes. Scientists at Leiden University have now, for the first tim...
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From lab to startup: scientist develops new treatment for nerve painChangemakers 27 January 2026What do you do when a discovery in the lab shows real promise? Scientist Mirjam Huizenga founded a startup to develop a new treatment for nerve pain c...
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Leila Akkari appointed Special Professor of Cancer–immune interactionsAppointment 08 January 2026Leila Akkari was appointed Special Professor of Cancer-immune interactions at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC) on 15 December. Akkari is a rese...
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Evolve: 3rd recruitment call open!18 December 2025The European Union has awarded a COFUND grant to a consortium of researchers from the universities of Groningen and Leiden for a collective PhD progra...
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Eleven Open Competition Domain Science ENW XS grants for Leiden researchersGrant 09 December 2025Eleven researchers from Leiden University have been awarded an Open Competition Domain Science ENW XS grant by the Dutch Research Council for their re...
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‘To truly understand the brain, we must understand the chemistry’PhD defence 27 November 2025How do fats and enzymes in the brain contribute to multiple sclerosis? In his PhD research, Daan van der Vliet combined chemistry and neuroscience to ...
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Three Leiden researchers receive NWO Open Competition grant for innovative scienceRESEACH GRANTS 24 November 2025Sustainable biotechnology, new insights into genome evolution and combining forces in mathematics. The NWO has awarded grants to these three innovativ...
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Craig Crews awarded the Havinga Medal 202514 November 2025Professor Craig M. Crews of Yale University (USA) is the recipient of the 2025 Havinga Medal.
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Huge boost for electron microscopy thanks to NWO grantNational project 04 November 2025Leiden University, together with Utrecht University, the LUMC and 10 other Dutch universities and institutes, has been awarded a grant of more than €3...
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Dick Stufkens Prize 2025 awarded to physical chemist Begüm Demirkurt17 October 2025The Dick Stufkens Prize 2025 for best PhD thesis of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (HRSMC) has been awarded to Begüm Demirkurt for...
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‘It’s quite something to be on that list of names’Gold medal for Koper 28 August 2025Marc Koper, Professor of Catalysis and surface chemistry, has been awarded the EuChemS Gold Medal 2026. The prize is awarded every two years and recog...
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Thirteen NWO Open Competition XS grants for Leiden researchersResearch funding 12 August 2025From medicines from snake venom to supercrops and the origin of words. Thirteen researchers from Leiden University will receive Open Competition XS gr...
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Three innovative research projects awarded Open Competition Science-M fundingNWO 31 July 2025
Tracking mucus-eating bacteria, mapping the complexity of planetary nebulae and a signalling pathway in cancer. These three Leiden projects have been ...
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Lessons from Nobel Laureates: curiosity, risk-taking and personal conversations24 July 2025What do you do when you get the chance to meet Nobel Prize winners in your field? You say ‘yes’, of course! Two young chemists from Leiden had the opp...
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Veni grants for 18 Leiden researchers17 July 2025Eighteen researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This grant gives promising young resea...