News
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'A garden on Mars' crowdfunding campaign starts today 22 August 2016
Today, 13 students at Leiden University have started a crowdfunding campaign to collect money for research into the possibilities of growing crops on ...
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Butterflies’ wing patterns change with the seasons 05 July 2016
Tropical butterflies adapt to their environment to improve their chances of survival. The changes are triggered by hormone signals that transmit infor...
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Aggressiveness of cancer cells halted 10 June 2016
Zebrafish-human communication shows that cancer cells lacking a signaling protein are less able to develop aggressive metastatic properties. This disc...
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Aquatic animals harmed by our noise 08 June 2016
Two PhD defences on 9 June by behavioural biologist Errol Neo and underwater acousticianan Özkan Sertlek relate to measuring noise in the North Sea an...
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Scientists discover how to improve the production of antibiotics and enzymes in soil bacteria 02 June 2016
A team of researchers at the Institute of Biology Leiden, in collaboration with scientists from Utrecht University, has discovered a novel approach to...
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Dutch biotech spin-off In Ovo in The Guardian 27 May 2016
The Dutch biotech spin-off In Ovo is the first company to develop a large-scale solution for determining the sex of a chick while it is still in the e...
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One step closer to preventing mass death of roosters 24 May 2016
The Dutch biotech start-up In Ovo is the first company to develop a large-scale solution for determining the sex of a chick while it is still in the e...
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Male birds may sing, but females are faster at discriminating sounds 12 May 2016
It may well be that only male zebra finches can sing, but the females are faster at learning to discriminate sounds. Leiden researchers publish their...
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IBL-research interview: Daniel Rozen 26 April 2016
Daniel Rozen (45), at the IBL since September 2012, uses bacteria in laboratory tests on experimental evolution to study the ecology and genetics of a...
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Mayor of Leiden visits NeCEN 22 April 2016
Last Monday April 18, Bram Koster (professor at the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), professor at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC)) and A...
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Students colonise Mars with E. coli bacteria 21 April 2016
Using E. coli bacteria to convert a toxic compound in the soil on Mars into oxygen to make life on the planet possible. A team of thirteen Leiden stud...
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Science faculties Universitas Indonesia and Universiteit Leiden expand cooperation 14 April 2016
The Science faculties of Universitas Indonesia (UI) and the Universiteit Leiden signed agreements on Tuesday April 12 that will strengthen cooperation...
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Human Frontier Science Program award for Katharina Riebel 31 March 2016
An international research team consisting of Katharina Riebel as leading PI and two international collaborators were awarded a Human Frontier Science ...
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Why fundamental science matters 21 March 2016
Why do we need fundamental science? For a lot of reasons, speakers showed at the Lustrum Symposium ‘Science Matters’. This symposium was held on 18 Ma...
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Female IBL professors on display in the Academy building 10 March 2016
Only one out of six professors in the Netherlands is female. At the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) female professors are in minority as well. Howev...