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What does the Wadden Sea sound like? New research sheds light on porpoises and underwater noiseGrant 24 September 2025‘Wadden Sea Sounds’ is the name of a new project launched by the Waddenvereniging in collaboration with researchers from Leiden University and the Uni...
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Together the universities from Leiden and Paramaribo tackle ecological and social challenges20 December 2023Research on flora and fauna with attention for economic interests and partnership with the local population. This is all bundled in a cooperation prog...
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Adapting to climate change: mutation enables flour beetles to speed up their development13 November 2023Leiden biologists have found a mutation in flour beetles that allows them to speed up their development. They think that more insects can change their...
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A lifeline for Leiden research – TB solution a step closer thanks to this Indonesian university07 November 2023Herman Spaink knows of many substances that may help combat tuberculosis. Lab space to study them safely is very limited in Leiden. A brand-new lab at...
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The biologist who wants to sound a different note in his field23 February 2023Hans 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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Free online course teaches you all about imaging30 March 2021How do you microscopically image zebrafish larvae? The new free online course ‘Imaging the Vertebrate embryo’ teaches you all about it. Leiden PhD can...
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Noise pollution affects marine life worldwide05 February 2021Man-made sounds in and around the oceans stress marine life and have an impact on marine species and ecosystems by changing the underwater acoustic cl...
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Snake venom glands grown in lab23 January 2020For the first time, researchers were able to grow organoids from snake venom glands. The lab-grown 3-D structures can produce snake venom molecules. T...
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Plastic nanoparticles make larval zebrafish hyperactive24 October 2019Nanoplastics influence the behaviour of larval zebrafish, says new research by the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) and the Institute of Environmenta...
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Birds around airports may be deaf and more aggressive27 August 2019Birds around airports are more aggressive and sing as if they have hearing loss. Collaboration between researchers of Manchester Metropolitan Universi...
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FameLab: young scientists take the stage26 February 2019In FameLab contestants explain their research to the public in a three-minute presentation – without using PowerPoint or other presentation tools. The...
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Fighting diseases with good bacteria15 October 2018Researchers from the Institute of Biology Leiden have discovered how good intestinal bacteria regulate our innate immune system. This surprising disco...
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Deep sea research with microphone24 August 2018‘Even at the deepest point in the ocean you can still hear the noise from boats,' says biologist Hans Slabbekoorn. ‘And that's while sound is the most...
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Changing soundscapes23 July 2018Hans Slabbekoorn, researcher at the Institute of Biology Leiden, is from the 16th to the 26th of July on board of the Pelagia, the Dutch national sea ...
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Female songbirds: Make her voice heard!11 April 2017Listening to birds and helping science, it is possible. Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) researchers Karan Odom and Katharina Riebel launched a citiz...