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New classification for tropical plant group PhyllanthusThere is much wrong with the taxonomy of the plant genus Phyllanthus. Roderick Bouman of the Hortus botanicus Leiden has developed a new phylogeny for...
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New book to improve and promote science with citizensThe new open access book The Science of Citizen Science bundles insights into science that is conducted together with citizens, to promote this growin...
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Artificial intelligence helps in the search for new antibioticsWith the search for new antibiotics becoming increasingly urgent, artificial intelligence offers valuable help. Smart software developed by Leiden PhD...
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Nathaniel Martin: why won’t antibiotics cure us anymore?Current means of fighting bacteria are no longer as good as they used to be because of antibiotic resistance. These days, people are dying from bacter...
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How NeCEN helped develop the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccineThe Phase 3 clinical trial results of the promising Covid-19 vaccine of Johnson & Johnson are expected this month. The Dutch electron microscopy facil...
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NWA subsidy for four Leiden science communication projectsA festival that combines music and science, and a digital 'time machine' for science history: four Leiden projects that focus on science communication...
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‘My mother couldn’t attend my wedding due to corona measures’At the Faculty of Science, forty per cent of the employees are of a non-Dutch nationality. Amongst PhDs that is even sixty per cent. How are they doin...
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IBL coordinates project to search for new medicines in marine biodiversityGilles van Wezel of the Institute of Biology Leiden will lead a European consortium to search for new medicines and disease-suppressive microbes while...
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It’s all about the cell wall for brand-new professor Dennis ClaessenDennis Claessen has been appointed professor of Molecular Microbiology at the Institute of Biology Leiden. With his teaching and research on the cell ...
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Young Talent Incentive Award for Leiden biology studentBiology student Britt van Kasterop has received a Holland Society Young Talent Award for her excellent results in the first year of study. The online ...
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Bacteria that degrade plastic: Unilever Research Prize for master’s student Jo-Anne VerschoorJo-Anne Verschoor wins the Unilever Research Prize 2020. The master's student in Biology developed a method to test whether bacteria are capable of de...
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A multi-million grant to keep the biological clock healthyDutch researchers are joining forces to conduct research together with a series of societal partners to keep the biological clock healthy in our moder...
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Leiden students win grand prize at iGEM international biology competitionThe Leiden iGEM team has won the grand prize at the iGEM international biology competition. The students won a further five prizes, including those fo...
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Blog post: The nose of this wormy-shaped bacterium has a surprising symmetryFor the first time ever, Leiden biologists have found that the ‘nose’ of spirochetes – worm-shaped bacteria – have a two-fold symmetry. A remarkable d...
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Leiden alternative to plastic microparticles wins second prize in European student competitionA team of students from Leiden and Groningen took the second prize at the European final of the BISC-E sustainability competition. Last June, the team...