News
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The African lion consists of two subspecies 17 March 2015
Biologist Laura Bertola argues that the traditional separation of lions into African and Asian subspecies is incorrect. She has discovered that Africa...
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Update national FameLab competition 01 March 2015
Biologists Michelle Spierings and Ryan Bogaars will both join the Dutch Final of the FameLab Competition on April 21st in Museum Boerhaave, Leiden.
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NWO-grant for degration of biomass 01 March 2015
Dr. Erik Vijgenboom (IBL) and Dr. Peter Punt (IBL/TNO) obtained a new NWO-grant for their project FILAZYME to develop filamentous micro-organisms for ...
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Leiden heat of FameLab Competition 01 February 2015
Biologists Michelle Spierings and Ryan Bogaars are 2 of the 4 winners of the Leiden heat for the international FameLab competition in talking science ...
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‘Discoverer of the Year’, best dissertation and Education Award 2014 06 January 2015
At the New Year’s reception of the Faculty of Science on 6 January, it was announced that Annelien Zweemer, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, ...
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IBL-strategy meeting in Noordwijkerhout 01 January 2015
Scientific director Herman Spaink brought almost all scientific staff members of our institute together in Noordwijkerhout for a two-day meeting about...
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Snake Evolution 01 January 2015
A study by an international group of scientists headed by Prof. Michael Richardson showed that asymmetry in the snake lungs manifests itself early in ...
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Dennis Claessen: “Teacher of the Year 2014” 01 January 2015
Students of the Faculty of Science have chosen Dennis Claessen (IBL) as the best teacher of last year.
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IBL symposium “Integrative Biology towards Healthy Communities” 01 December 2014
On Monday the 8th of December, the annual symposium of the IBL will be organized at the main building of the LUMC Leiden. This year’s theme is “Integr...
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Golden medal for project ELECTRACE 01 December 2014
A team of students from Leiden University, TU Delft and Rotterdam University won a golden medal during the International Genetically Engineered Machin...
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New STW-grant to redirect the plant micro biome: “Back to the Roots” 01 December 2014
Professors Jos Raaijmakers (NIOO) and Gilles Van Wezel (IBL) received an STW Perspectief- grant of €3 million from the Dutch Technology Foundation and...
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In memoriam: Jacob Leendert (Jaap) Dubbeldam (1935-2014) 01 December 2014
Professor Jaap Dubbeldam passed away on the 19th of November at his home in Leiderdorp.
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New STW-grant for study on crop protection 01 November 2014
Dr. Kirsten Leiss and Prof. Peter Klinkhamer received 900.000 euro’s from “Stichting Toegepaste Wetenschappen (STW)” and the company “Rijk Zwaan” to d...
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Open Day Success 01 November 2014
The Open Day of Leiden University, on the 8th of this month, was a success again: 483 prospective students came to find out what Leiden has to offer. ...
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“Kees Bakker" award for Thijmen Breeschoten 01 October 2014
Leiden Biology student Thijmen Breeschoten received the annual award for being the best BSc-student in 2013 from the “Stichting Professor Dr. K. Bakke...