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Leiden quantum technology research very successful in funding call10 January 2024No less than six Leiden projects received a grant for quantum research from the national growth programme Quantum Delta NL and the NWO. After all, in ...
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In Memoriam - Professor Bert Peletier05 January 2024On December 16, 2023, our respected and beloved former colleague prof.dr.ir. Bert Peletier passed away.
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Mathematics across borders: Peter Stevenhagen in Pakistan18 December 2023Peter Stevenhagen delivered daily lectures at the Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering in Lahore, in collaboration with ICTP, a well-known...
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These researchers turn mathematical models into healthcare solutions12 December 2023Two Leiden researchers have demonstrated how mathematics can improve our healthcare. Daniel Gomon has developed a model that contributes to the qualit...
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Verifying the correctness of mathematical theorems with a computer12 December 2023How correct are mathematical theorems? And is all the theory around them correct? To find out, mathematics student Dominique Lawson converted a mathem...
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How ‘sleeping’ microorganisms can determine the fate of a population12 December 2023Microorganisms that temporarily ‘go to sleep’ play an important role in the evolution and survival of a population. Mathematician Shubhamoy Nandan con...
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Jan Vonk appointed full professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute06 December 2023As of 1 November, Jan Vonk has been appointed full professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute (MI). The institute is delighted with Jan’s ...
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New professor David Holmes engages with age-old counting problems06 December 2023As of 1 October, David Holmes has been appointed full professor of Pure Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute (MI). His work lies at the intersect...
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Honouring a mathematical legacy: Edixhoven fellow tries to understand millennia-old problems19 October 2023Not all problems are easy to solve, but with enough bright minds, you make progress step by step. ‘The kind of problems I am interested in have been o...
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Michel Mandjes appointed professor at the Mathematical Institute15 September 2023As of 1 September, Michel Mandjes has been appointed full professor of Probability and Operations Research at the Mathematical Institute. He succeeds ...
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Why the mathematics of operations research is so fascinating – even for a layperson29 August 2023Floske Spieksma will give her inaugural lecture as Professor of Mathematics of Operations Research on 1 September. A discussion about mathematical mod...
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How cells talk by pulling on a fibre network11 August 2023Mechanics play a larger role in blood vessel formation, and other developmental biology, than previously thought. Cells appear to respond to mechanica...
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Veni grants for 16 Leiden researchers03 August 2023Sixteen researchers at Leiden University are to receive a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). These awards off...
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You should eat herring on the coast and not in Maastricht05 July 2023For thirty years, the Dutch Newspaper AD conducted an annual search for the best herring. This came to an end when economist Ben Vollaard, based on a ...
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'Maths is just plain fun'06 June 2023Gianne Derks is the MI’s new scientific director from 1 May. She has worked abroad longer than in the Netherlands and, after more than 27 years in Sur...