News
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Mysteries in snake venom evolution 08 December 2016
A new analysis of the king cobra genome by Michael Richardson, Christian Henkel (IBL) and collaborators at the IBL and Naturalis, Helsinki and Singapo...
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Delegation of Holland Rijnland visits the Institute of Biology 29 November 2016
On Thursday the 24th of November, Tseard Hoekstra and Jeroen Ververs (members of the delegation Holland Rijnland), Geert de Snoo (Dean Faculty of Scie...
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Most species-rich coral reefs are not necessarily protected 22 November 2016
Coral reefs throughout the world are under threat. After studying the reefs in Malaysia, Zarinah Waheed concluded that there is room for improvement ...
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Opening PoreLab 21 November 2016
PoreLab is officially opened on November 1st, 2016. This new lab located at the Sylvius Laboratory will be working with the latest DNA analysis techno...
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Break-through in the genetic modification of plants 15 November 2016
A collaboration between the IBL and LUMC has resulted in the discovery that the polymerase theta enzyme is essential for the integration of Agrobacter...
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Better and faster ways of searching for antibiotics 27 October 2016
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a major problem worldwide. Molecular biologist Changsheng Wu explored innovative methods of developing new antibioti...
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IBL-research interview: Kirsten Leiss 17 October 2016
Kirsten Leiss, at the IBL since 2001, is developing new ways of crop protection in order to decrease the use of pesticides: As a model she uses the th...
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Six million boost to search for new antibiotics 30 September 2016
Edith Schippers, Minister of Health, will be investing six million euros over the coming four years to boost research on new antibiotics. The programm...
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MOOC ‘Evolution Today’ 30 September 2016
Evolution is all around you every day. This is the message of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) of Leiden University and Naturalis that is offered f...
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Leiden University and Naturalis join forces to launch new ‘Evolution Today’ MOOC 23 September 2016
Evolution is all around you every day. This is the message of the new Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) of Leiden University and Naturalis that begins...
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New IBL-professor in “Ecology of plant-microbe-insect interactions”: Martijn Bezemer 20 September 2016
Martijn Bezemer has been appointed as professor in “Ecology of plant-microbe-insect interactions” within the Faculty of Science at the Institute of Bi...
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Leiden University and LUMC join Netherlands Centre for One Health 19 September 2016
Leiden University and Leiden University Medical Center have joined the Netherlands Centre for One Health (NCOH), further strengthening the academic ne...
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Support the Living Lab for research on hazardous compounds in 36 ditches 19 September 2016
Researchers from the Institute of Environmental Sciences of Leiden University started crowdfunding to raise 15.000 euro to build a laboratory in natur...
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New Directors of Education IBL 05 September 2016
Remko Offringa, Associate Professor in Plant Developmental Genetics, and Associate Professor in Molecular Microbiology Arthur Ram both have been appoi...
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New insights into chemical sensing of the human pathogen for cholera 30 August 2016
The bacterium Vibrio cholerae is a serious threat to our health because it is the causative agent of cholera. Worldwide, over a billion people per yea...