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Can we make bioplastics with artificial photosynthesis? 05 June 2023
Mimicking photosynthesis to produce bioplastics sustainably and efficiently. Researchers from the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) and the Leiden Ins...
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Music sensitivity parrots put to the test 30 May 2023
A meeting place for singing parrots. That is one of the ambitions of Michelle Spierings’ new project. With her awarded NWO XS grant, she wants to test...
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Five tips for Museum Night Leiden 30 May 2023
Saturday 3 June will see the 15th edition of Museum Night Leiden. Students and researchers from Leiden University are once again on the programme this...
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Looking at the big world of microbiology through the smallest lenses 08 May 2023
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, the father of microbiology, died 300 years ago. 2023 has therefore been designated the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek year. The new Un...
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Two Leiden professors appointed KNAW members 25 April 2023
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) announced on 25 April that it has appointed 18 new members. These include Leiden professors ...
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Alumnus Sangbreeta Moitra: a passionate speaker with a background in neuroscience 20 April 2023
Her plan was to obtain a PhD, but, during her master’s, alumnus Sangbreeta Moitra discovered that her true interest is in applying neuroscience in eve...
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Educational adventures in the tropics: discovering rainforests in Borneo 11 April 2023
Photographing fluorescent flowers, searching for frogs and shooting tropical cucumbers out of trees: this is only a small part of the course Tropical ...
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What Darwin couldn’t see: Expedition to uncover invisible life in Galápagos 22 March 2023
An international research team is to search for invisible life in the Galápagos Islands. The diversity of bacteria and other microscopic organisms may...
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Malformations in heart, eyes and nervous system: Nano-plastics disrupt growth 13 March 2023
Nano-plastics cause malformations. Meiru Wang, researcher at the Institute of Biology Leiden, looked at the extreme effects polystyrene nano-particles...
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The biologist who wants to sound a different note in his field 23 February 2023
Hans Slabbekoorn researches animal sounds and the effect of the noise we humans make on these animals. He is also committed to making his discipline m...
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Robo-bird teaches young zebra finches to sing 15 February 2023
How do young zebra finches learn to sing? A research team led by researcher Katharina Riebel has developed a ‘RoboFinch’ to study just that. She and c...
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Leiden math trail renewed 13 February 2023
Updated walking instructions, and refreshed texts and questions. After six years, the Leiden math trail has been revamped. From high school students t...
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PhD candidate Auke-Florian Hiemstra named Person of the Year 26 January 2023
Auke-Florian Hiemstra, an external PhD candidate at Naturalis Biodiversity Center, is the Leidsch Dagblad Person of the Year 2022. With more than 1,00...
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Healthy soil for a healthy gut 12 January 2023
How does the soil we grow our vegetables in, affects the health of our gut? And does a healthy soil gives crops a better quality and taste? These are...
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Biology student Sander van Zon: ‘We can still learn so much more about lichens’ 06 January 2023
Lichens enthusiast Sander van Zon was eager to use his knowledge for his internship. He wrote an excellent thesis on lichens’ biodiversity in the city...