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Science faculties Universitas Indonesia and Universiteit Leiden expand cooperation 14 April 2016
The Science faculties of Universitas Indonesia (UI) and the Universiteit Leiden signed agreements on Tuesday April 12 that will strengthen cooperation...
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Human Frontier Science Program award for Katharina Riebel 31 March 2016
An international research team consisting of Katharina Riebel as leading PI and two international collaborators were awarded a Human Frontier Science ...
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Why fundamental science matters 21 March 2016
Why do we need fundamental science? For a lot of reasons, speakers showed at the Lustrum Symposium ‘Science Matters’. This symposium was held on 18 Ma...
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Female IBL professors on display in the Academy building 10 March 2016
Only one out of six professors in the Netherlands is female. At the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) female professors are in minority as well. Howev...
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Completion of the Science Campus 03 March 2016
The first phase of the construction of the new building for the Faculty of Science is finished. The Cell Observatory of the Institute of Biology Leide...
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How Charles Darwin became an Honorary Doctor in Leiden 11 February 2016
Charles Darwin received an Honorary Doctorate from Leiden University on 9 February 1875. What traces did he leave behind in Leiden?
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Qualifying round of Famelab on 16 February in Leiden 08 February 2016
Which two scientists will present their research best in three minutes? It could be the one with the most supporters.
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Citizens help chart flu development 02 February 2016
People are keen to make a contribution that will be valuable for scientific research. Many thousands are taking part in the Major Flu Survey. Leiden r...
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New IBL-professor in Ultrastructural Biology: Ariane Briegel 08 January 2016
Ariane Briegel has been appointed Professor in the fìeld of Ultrastructural Biology within the Faculty of Science at the Institute of Biology from the...
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Discoverer of the Year, Best Dissertation and Education prize 2015 05 January 2016
During the Faculty of Science New Year's reception, Daniël Rozen was named Discoverer of the year 2015. Nienke van der Marel and Koen van der Maaden b...
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Zebrafish models for disease and environmental stress 01 January 2016
We use zebrafish as a model organism to study human development and disease as well as animal welfare and environmental impact.
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Phyto-pharmaceuticals and gene targeting 01 January 2016
We exploit secondary metabolites of plant to develop pharmaceutical compounds and we genetically modify plant genomes to improve crops.
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Microbial protection of food crops and human health 01 January 2016
We investigate bacteria and fungi to understand their malicious or beneficial impact on food crops and their pathogenic or antibiotic role in human he...
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“Kees Bakker" award for Bregje Brinkmann 22 December 2015
Leiden Biology student Bregje Brinkmann received the annual award for being the best BSc-student in 2014 from the “Stichting Professor Dr. K. Bakker-f...
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PhD thesis award for Biologist Chris Jacobs 22 December 2015
Chris Jacobs, former PhD-student of the IBL, received the national “Dissertation Award” for best PhD thesis of the year on insects. The award was hand...