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Professor Ewine van Dishoeck named Citation LaureateAstrochemistry 25 September 2025
Emeritus Professor of Molecular Astrophysics Ewine van Dishoeck has been named a Citation Laureate by Clarivate, a research analytics provider. Clariv...
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What does the Wadden Sea sound like? New research sheds light on porpoises and underwater noiseGrant 24 September 2025
‘Wadden Sea Sounds’ is the name of a new project launched by the Waddenvereniging in collaboration with researchers from Leiden University and the Uni...
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New easy-to-use tuberculosis vaccine patch in developmentPhD defence 23 September 2025
Researchers from Leiden have developed a promising TB vaccine that users can self-administer via a special patch. This could be beneficial for countri...
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From entrepreneur to Director of Operations: ‘I’ve grown along with the institute’New in the CML’s leadership team 22 September 2025
He started out as a temporary staff member at the CML’s education office, and now – eight years later – Jasper Williams is the institute’s new Directo...
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Leiden students build smart antibodies with protein 'Velcro'iGEM-competition 18 September 2025
Nine students dove into a challenging iGEM project this summer. With their idea, they aim to make antibodies more efficient - and in the meantime lear...
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‘Never stop trying’: Barz sees his polymers enter clinical trialsDrug discovery 11 September 2025
A new class of polymers has been used in patients for the first time. The compound is the first new drug solubilising agent in decades. Introduced in...
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Plastics are causing stress to crops (and biodegradable alternatives do too)PHD 11 September 2025
Micro- and nanoplastics cause stress to crops such as lettuce and carrots, PhD candidate Laura Julia Zantis found. This can lead to reduced growth and...
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A future with tailored therapy for patients with atherosclerosisGrant awarded 11 September 2025
Personalised treatment for patients with atherosclerosis. That is what the researchers of the AtheroNeth consortium are working towards. The Dutch Hea...
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Uzbek mathematician refines world-famous theory: ‘So many things are connected’PhD 10 September 2025
Predicting the collective behaviour of systems, like a large group of people electing one of the parties, is no easy task. But there’s a theory that s...
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Sustainability Challenge: students trace plastic pellet pollution in the Port of RotterdamLDE Sustainability Honours 08 September 2025
In the Port of Rotterdam, tiny industrial pellets leak into the environment, causing a form of pollution that’s hard to trace but highly persistent. T...
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Two Leiden teams granted precious research time on ALMA telescopeastronomy 04 September 2025
Leiden Observatory has achieved a rare feat: two of its research teams have been awarded prestigious ALMA Large Programmes, allowing them to study how...
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Looking outward with the strength from withinOpening of the Academic Year 03 September 2025
Connecting as the magic word. Seeking new collaborations, presenting ourselves to the outside world with an open attitude and showing what we do. Duri...
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100 Years of Spin and Lorentz Medal Award CeremonyPHYSICS 03 September 2025
In 1925, two young physicists from Leiden University, George Uhlenbeck and Samuel Goudsmit, proposed a radical idea: spin. Their bold hypothesis quick...
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From a child in the orchard to director of the botanical gardenInterview: A dream came true 03 September 2025
At the age of six, Barbara Gravendeel already knew what she wanted to be: a biologist. The seed was planted in the garden of her childhood home: an ol...
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Two young researchers win Krijn Rietveld Award for innovative research on blood donation and colorectal cancerKrijn Rietveld Award 03 September 2025
One used 3D cell models to study colorectal cancer, while the other used machine learning for more efficient blood donation. For these achievements, M...