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Qihuang prize awarded to Mei Wang 06 December 2018
Dr. Mei Wang, chair of ‘Leiden University - European Center for Chinese Medicine and natural compounds’ has been awarded the ‘Qihuang prize’. The pri...
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Bacteria under stress can live without cell wall 04 December 2018
Thread-like bacteria make cells that no longer have a cell wall under the influence of osmotic stress. A remarkable discovery, since the cell wall ser...
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14 Leiden researchers on highly cited list 03 December 2018
Fourteen Leiden University scientists appear on the 2018 Highly Cited Researchers list, which was announced on 28 November by Clarivate Analytics.
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Unilever Research Prize for master student Lukas Kiefer 28 November 2018
Leiden Biology student Lukas Kiefer has won the Unilever Research Prize 2018 for his research into efficient production of a new antibiotic. Kiefer: ‘...
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Learning together about electron microscopy 22 November 2018
Chinese and Leiden scientists came together in Leiden to study the intricacies of modern visual techniques.
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Janneke Fruin-Helb Scholarship for student Tim Rietbergen 19 November 2018
Tim Rietbergen, master student Evolutionary Biology at Leiden University, won the award for the best Leiden University Fund (LUF) grant application of...
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5.7 million for future-proof lettuce varieties 08 November 2018
A new 5.7 million euro research project will ensure that lettuce will be more resistant to pathogens and climate effects and will grow better in new c...
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Student team iGEM Leiden wins gold in Boston 05 November 2018
The adventure of iGEM Leiden has come to an end. The result: prizes for Best Therapeutic Project and Best Model, a gold medal, a successful crowdfundi...
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Leiden discovery evaluated by world-leading breeding companies 01 November 2018
Various companies in the plant biotech industry will test a recent Leiden discovery in their crops. The ‘Pol Theta’ technology is developed in Leiden ...
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Millions invested in Leiden method of determining sex of chicks before hatching 29 October 2018
Discovering whether a chick is male or female while it is still in the egg. Leiden biotech company In Ovo, a spin-off of Leiden University, has been g...
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City Biologist Menno Schilthuizen wins Jan Wolkers Prize 2018 22 October 2018
The book 'Darwin comes to town’ by Menno Schilthuizen has been awarded the best nature book in the Netherlands. The Leiden biologist received the Jan ...
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Fighting diseases with good bacteria 15 October 2018
Researchers from the Institute of Biology Leiden have discovered how good intestinal bacteria regulate our innate immune system. This surprising disco...
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First Leiden Science Family Day: glitter gel, virtual reality and ice-cold clouds 09 October 2018
The first Leiden Science Family Day on Saturday 6 October was a great success. During the ‘Weekend of Science’ more than 700 visitors, including 350 c...
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The effects of anthropogenic noise 20 September 2018
Hans Slabbekoorn, researcher at the Institute of Biology Leiden, is one of the editors of the latest volume of the Springer Handbook of Auditory Resea...
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K.J. Cath Prize: making a difference by communicating science 03 September 2018
Astronomer and science communicator Pedro Russo is awarded the K.J Cath Prize and € 2,500 for his outreach efforts that bring science to the general p...