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How NeCEN helped develop the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine 11 January 2021
The Phase 3 clinical trial results of the promising Covid-19 vaccine of Johnson & Johnson are expected this month. The Dutch electron microscopy facil...
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NWA subsidy for four Leiden science communication projects 21 December 2020
A festival that combines music and science, and a digital 'time machine' for science history: four Leiden projects that focus on science communication...
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‘My mother couldn’t attend my wedding due to corona measures’ 18 December 2020
At the Faculty of Science, forty per cent of the employees are of a non-Dutch nationality. Amongst PhDs that is even sixty per cent. How are they doin...
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IBL coordinates project to search for new medicines in marine biodiversity 17 December 2020
Gilles van Wezel of the Institute of Biology Leiden will lead a European consortium to search for new medicines and disease-suppressive microbes while...
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It’s all about the cell wall for brand-new professor Dennis Claessen 16 December 2020
Dennis Claessen has been appointed professor of Molecular Microbiology at the Institute of Biology Leiden. With his teaching and research on the cell ...
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Young Talent Incentive Award for Leiden biology student 01 December 2020
Biology student Britt van Kasterop has received a Holland Society Young Talent Award for her excellent results in the first year of study. The online ...
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Bacteria that degrade plastic: Unilever Research Prize for master’s student Jo-Anne Verschoor 26 November 2020
Jo-Anne Verschoor wins the Unilever Research Prize 2020. The master's student in Biology developed a method to test whether bacteria are capable of de...
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A multi-million grant to keep the biological clock healthy 25 November 2020
Dutch researchers are joining forces to conduct research together with a series of societal partners to keep the biological clock healthy in our moder...
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Leiden students win grand prize at iGEM international biology competition 23 November 2020
The Leiden iGEM team has won the grand prize at the iGEM international biology competition. The students won a further five prizes, including those fo...
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Blog post: The nose of this wormy-shaped bacterium has a surprising symmetry 13 November 2020
For the first time ever, Leiden biologists have found that the ‘nose’ of spirochetes – worm-shaped bacteria – have a two-fold symmetry. A remarkable d...
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Leiden alternative to plastic microparticles wins second prize in European student competition 09 November 2020
A team of students from Leiden and Groningen took the second prize at the European final of the BISC-E sustainability competition. Last June, the team...
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Veni grants for eleven Leiden researchers 05 November 2020
Eleven Leiden researchers have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The grant will enable them to develop their research ide...
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Underwater noise affects marine animals’ relationships. But to what extent? 02 November 2020
Human activity at sea makes a terrible racket. To what extent does this disturb marine animals? PhD candidate Annebelle Kok studied the effect on harb...
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Clever variant of antibiotic bypasses resistance in bacteria 30 October 2020
Biological chemist Nathaniel Martin is going to test an alternative antibiotic that can combat common resistant bacteria such as MRSA. For this purpos...
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MIGRADROME: new study on the impact of vessel sound pollution on fish behaviour 30 October 2020
Fishes rely heavily on sound to find their way during migration or dispersal. Many species are affected by noise pollution. Hans Slabbekoorn from the ...