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Grant opens door to decipher the secret sensory world of plants04 April 2024Plants not only sense when they are touched, but they can also adapt to it. For example, by strengthening or defending themselves. But how do plants d...
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A staff exchange with your European peers: ‘Everyone could benefit from this’03 April 2024Fancy seeing how your job is done at a university abroad? Project Managers Christina Schlüpen and Jeannette de Wolf from the Leiden Institute of Chemi...
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Student cleans up archival data and uncovers two stellar cocoons03 April 2024While investigating 16 years of images of young stars from a retired astronomical camera, Leiden master's student Sam de Regt discovered that two of t...
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How cells determine the fate of proteins (and can we do it too?)02 April 2024Cells in our bodies are often threatened by errors in our own proteins. The FLOW consortium, comprising scientists from various institutions including...
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Antwerp Honorary Doctorate for Marc Koper: Significant recognition for sustainable energy research02 April 2024A festive and honourable visit to our southern neighbours for professor Marc Koper. On Thursday 23 March, he received an honorary doctorate at the Uni...
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With this algorithm, new medicines can be found more quickly27 March 2024Did he dare take a gamble with his PhD research? Jeroen Methorst didn’t have to think long about it. It could fail or turn out very well. The latter i...
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‘Maybe interdisciplinarity could function as a way to change the university’25 March 2024This year, in a three-part symposium series, we are exploring how interdisciplinary collaboration can be promoted at the university. In the second ses...
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Stunning James Webb images show birth and death of massive stars25 March 2024The James Webb Space Telescope continues to surprise us with stunning pictures, but of what exactly? Astronomer Nienke van der Marel shows with three ...
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Gravitation funding for five projects with Leiden researchers25 March 2024The Advanced Nano-electrochemistry Institute Of the Netherlands (ANION) consortium will receive 23.6m euros in Gravitation funding for research on imp...
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No hunger, and not too much global warming? Current UN plan misses opportunities22 March 2024The United Nations fall short in their recently published guide to address hunger without surpassing the 1.5-degree climate threshold. This initial ve...
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Minor Violence Studies: interesting encounters and flying wooden blocks21 March 2024The English taught interdisciplinary minor Violence Studies looks into various facets of interpersonal violence. Is this minor for all Leiden students...
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New generation galaxy formation simulations on the horizon – Evgenii Chaikin received his doctorate with honours21 March 2024Simulations of galaxy formation provide much more information about galaxies than a telescope. Simulations have been improving significantly in recent...
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1 million to halt atherosclerosis progression21 March 2024Treating atherosclerosis with an anti-inflammatory drug. Amanda Foks receives €499.987,00 from the Dutch Heart Foundation to investigate this over the...
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Quality of master’s programmes assessed in new guide21 March 2024The Air and Space Law (Advanced LL.M.) master’s programme at Leiden University is among ten ‘excellent master’s programmes’ at Dutch universities. Thi...
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How genetic research contributes to effective lion conservation19 March 2024Human measures to protect lions have an impact on the genetic health of populations. Leiden and Kenyan scientists discovered this by analysing the DNA...