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New IBL-professor in “Ecology of plant-microbe-insect interactions”: Martijn Bezemer 20 September 2016
Martijn Bezemer has been appointed as professor in “Ecology of plant-microbe-insect interactions” within the Faculty of Science at the Institute of Bi...
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Leiden University and LUMC join Netherlands Centre for One Health 19 September 2016
Leiden University and Leiden University Medical Center have joined the Netherlands Centre for One Health (NCOH), further strengthening the academic ne...
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Support the Living Lab for research on hazardous compounds in 36 ditches 19 September 2016
Researchers from the Institute of Environmental Sciences of Leiden University started crowdfunding to raise 15.000 euro to build a laboratory in natur...
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New Directors of Education IBL 05 September 2016
Remko Offringa, Associate Professor in Plant Developmental Genetics, and Associate Professor in Molecular Microbiology Arthur Ram both have been appoi...
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New insights into chemical sensing of the human pathogen for cholera 30 August 2016
The bacterium Vibrio cholerae is a serious threat to our health because it is the causative agent of cholera. Worldwide, over a billion people per yea...
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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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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...