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Nose of E. coli zips open and shut 11 July 2019
PhD student Wen Yang discovered how certain cell receptors in E. coli bacteria signal 'smells'. With the use of ice-cold electron microscopy microbiol...
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Hubertus Irth named Interim Dean of the Faculty of Science 09 July 2019
The Executive Board has appointed Professor Hubertus Irth as Interim Dean of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University. Professor Irth will take up ...
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Quantum particles and bacteria without cell walls: KLEIN grant for Beenakker and Claessen 08 July 2019
Are Weyl particles the ideal conductors? Do cells without a cell wall play a role in chronic Tuberculosis infections? Carlo Beenakker and Dennis Claes...
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Counting plants and small freshwater creatures for citizen science 17 June 2019
Local residents, scientists and students are investigating riverbanks in Leiden for the 'Bank Plants' citizen science project. Which plant species are...
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Dutch National Research Agenda supports five ‘Leiden’ public-private projects 12 June 2019
The Dutch National Research Agenda announced today that it will provide 17 research projects with a total of 61 million euros in funding. Researchers ...
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Student team hopes to heal skin with squid protein 03 June 2019
Eleven ambitious Leiden students hope to heal burns with a special substance from squid teeth. They are taking part in the international iGEM competit...
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European collaboration shines a light on enzyme discovery for industry 27 May 2019
A European consortium has provided a disruptive technological breakthrough to allow the discovery and characterization of novel enzymes for industrial...
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Magic moments at Museum Night 20 May 2019
Leiden University opened its doors on Leiden Museum Night, with a whole host of things to see and do at the Academy Building, Hortus botanicus and Old...
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Yoga, inclusiveness and dilemma game at first Science PhD Day 26 April 2019
Morning yoga, having your resumé checked at the information market, or dancing for inclusiveness: just a small selection of the activities of the firs...
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Geert de Snoo new Director of Netherlands Institute of Ecology 04 April 2019
Professor Geert de Snoo, Dean of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University, has been appointed Director of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIO...
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Lizah van der Aart makes glossy about PhD research 04 April 2019
After four years of hard work, the time has finally come: your thesis is finished. But who of your family and friends will ever read it? Biologist Liz...
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@ThroughOcular shows the beauty of plants, fungi and algae 28 March 2019
Beautiful microscopic specimens play the leading role in the course 'Biodiversity Plant' for first-year Biology students. Normally these are put back ...
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Life Sciences Café visits NeCEN 26 March 2019
On 21 March The Netherlands Centre for Electron Nanoscopy (NeCEN) hosted the Life Sciences Café. Around 60 people from neighbour companies from the Le...
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Caterpillars listen to voicemail by eating soil 20 March 2019
Leaf-eating caterpillars greatly enrich their intestinal flora by eating soil. Even effects of plants that previously grew in that soil can be found b...
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‘Test medicines after five days’ 05 March 2019
What is the best method and time to test the effectiveness of medicines? PhD student Rob van Wijk of the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LAC...