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Gravitation funding for five projects with Leiden researchers 25 March 2024
The 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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How genetic research contributes to effective lion conservation 19 March 2024
Human measures to protect lions have an impact on the genetic health of populations. Leiden and Kenyan scientists discovered this by analysing the DNA...
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Jointly into the quantum future: ‘A crucial role for education and science communication’ 07 March 2024
The second quantum revolution is in full swing, bringing all kinds of new technologies to within reach, and offering many opportunities as well as cha...
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Plant stress increases: New research with bacteria offers hope 04 March 2024
Soil that is too wet, or too dry. Or with a lot or few nutrients. Due to climate change, the differences are becoming bigger, and plants must increasi...
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Embryos of the bitterling perform a somersault. This teaches us something new about natural selection 20 February 2024
Even embryos can become embroiled in an evolutionary arms race with another species. Leiden biologists demonstrate this with larvae of the rosy bitter...
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Jos Raaijmakers new member KHMW: ‘Build a bridge between science and society’ 19 February 2024
The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) has appointed Jos Raaijmakers, professor of Microbial Interactions and diversity, as a new...
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How oak seedlings teach us more on dune restoration 08 February 2024
What is the best way to restore dune ecosystems? The project TERRA-Dunes researches the role of soil microbes in the development of natural dune areas...
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How fungi are helping us be more sustainable 05 February 2024
Fungi don’t just grow as mould on your bread but can also be used to produce building materials, mushroom leather and meat substitutes. Professor of F...
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Improving nature’s antibiotic 24 January 2024
'What nature made isn’t necessarily an optimized medicine to use in the human body,’ says Professor of Biological Chemistry Nathaniel Martin. That’s w...
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PhD candidates deserve special attention: their new confidential counsellor Annemarie Meijer explains why 23 January 2024
She studied biology in Leiden and never left. Now, as Professor of Immunobiology, Annemarie Meijer has taken on the role of the new confidential couns...
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Status update in the evolutionary race between humans and resistant bacteria: two steps forward for us 17 January 2024
A patent for what may be a potent, new antibiotic. And: a clear overview of promising approaches to overcome a crucial resistance tactic employed by b...
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Together the universities from Leiden and Paramaribo tackle ecological and social challenges 20 December 2023
Research on flora and fauna with attention for economic interests and partnership with the local population. This is all bundled in a cooperation prog...
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Research projects launched into biodiversity in food and horticulture production 19 December 2023
Two Leiden research projects that focus on increasing the biodiversity of Dutch production systems for food and ornamental horticulture have started t...
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Three awarded research projects in NWO-XS call 18 December 2023
Cryogenic memories, antibiotic treatment for urinary tract infections and recycling plastic sustainably. These are the subjects of the three NWO-XS gr...
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Antibiotic resistance: an economic problem universities could help to solve 18 December 2023
Antibiotic resistance is an economic problem. Pharmaceutical companies cannot earn much from antibiotic research, so they do not invest in it. This ma...