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NWO grant for optimal design of complex and distributed cyber-physical systemsNWO awarded a grant for novel research on Complex and Distributed Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). The grant will fund a four-year research project in wh...
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Detecting pediatric cancer with bacteriaAriane Briegel wants to use bacteria to detect cancer at an early stage. Together with postdoc Alise Muok, she is developing a method to quickly and c...
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Dana Rademaker excels and wins Unilever Research PrizeDana Rademaker has won the Unilever Research Prize, which she received together with 2,500 euros at the Unilever’s Foods Innovation Centre on 12 Decem...
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‘We’re a spaceship with limited supplies’From the discovery of exoplanets to the hunt for extraterrestrial life. At the Astronomy Gala on 17 December in the concert hall in Leiden, astronomer...
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Mathematical model predicts drug concentration in the brainDo medicines arrive in the right amount at the right spot in our brain? By making a model that depicts our brain in small 'brain blocks', PhD student ...
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Student hauls in NWO grant for research into 'rejuvenating gene'Master's student Thalia Luden receives an NWO grant for her research proposal about a gene that brings flowering plants back into a growth phase. Comp...
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Ad IJzerman Highly Cited Researcher 2019Ad IJzerman was elected Highly Cited Researcher in the 2019 Web of Science mapping of research achievements. As defined by the Web of Science team a...
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Niko Tinbergen lecture 2019: Stem cells, mini organs and eternal lifeThree speakers, three fascinating science stories and a well-filled lecture hall. The Niko Tinbergen Lecture had a successful restart on 10 December 2...
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Hans Sigrist Prize for astronomer Ignas SnellenOn Saturday 7 December, Leiden professor of Observational Astrophysics Ignas Snellen received the Hans Sigrist Prize from the University of Bern. The ...
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Relatively large number of female professors at Leiden UniversityLeiden has the second-highest percentage of female professors of all the Dutch universities. These are the results of the annual Women Professors Moni...
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Huub de Groot breaks down artificial photosynthesisIn a promotional video for the SUNRISE initiative, prof. Huub de Groot explains the impact and ideas behind artificial photosynthesis.
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Searching explanations for mysterious structures in protoplanetary disksIn the discs of dust and gasses around young stars, mysterious structures occur. Together with professor Ewine van Dishoeck, PhD student Paolo Cazzole...
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Vote for the Discoverer of the YearWhich brilliant scientist will be our Discoverer of the Year 2019? Will it be a physicist, biologist, drug discoverer or an astronomer? Or an environm...
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Combined technique measures nanostructures ten times better than beforeResearchers at Leiden University and TU Delft have combined two techniques that are used to measure the structure of biomolecules, creating a method t...
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Improving therapeutic vaccinesChemist Sander van Kasteren aims to accurately map how our immune system responds to vaccines, particularly those aimed at curing diseases like cancer...