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Scientists find strong evidence that wasting syndrome is the same for all organisms 10 August 2020
An interdisciplinary team of Leiden researchers has discovered that wasting syndrome, a severe byproduct of tuberculosis, is the same for all humans a...
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Balanced lethal systems: a quick guide by Ben Wielstra 07 July 2020
Ben Wielstra studies balanced lethal systems, in which half of the offspring die before birth. In the journal Current Biology, he explains in an acces...
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Annemarie Meijer new training coordinator in European network 09 June 2020
The new project INFLANET will train young scientists in Europe to become experts in inflammation research. Professor Annemarie Meijer from the Institu...
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Hans Slabbekoorn receives NWA grant to study fish around wind farms in the North Sea 04 June 2020
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) awarded behavioural biologist Hans Slabbekoorn (Institute of Biology Leiden) a grant of 750,000 euros to study fish a...
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Digital dissection and remote microscopy lessons 03 April 2020
Due to the corona crisis, they had to switch to online education halfway during their course: associate professor Marcel Schaaf and PhD candidate Mich...
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Mathematical model helps to explain the formation of spine and ribs 23 March 2020
Mathematical biologists from Leiden have developed a model that helps to explain how the spine and vertebrae, among other things, form during embryoni...
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Leiden biology appreciated with large NWO grants 24 February 2020
A Vici grant and a Science-GROOT: scientists from the Institute of Biology Leiden have been awarded prestigious grants from the Dutch Research Council...
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Snake venom glands grown in lab 23 January 2020
For 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 hyperactive 24 October 2019
Nanoplastics 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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Ben Wielstra about newts, bizarre evolution and Naturalis 30 September 2019
Newts of which half of the offspring die before birth. Evolutionary biologist Ben Wielstra is investigating how this can exist in nature. In his resea...
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Attacking tuberculosis bacteria: an interview with Mónica Varela 23 September 2019
This summer postdoctoral researcher Mónica Varela from the Institute of Biology Leiden was awarded a Veni grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO)....
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Birds around airports may be deaf and more aggressive 27 August 2019
Birds 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 stage 26 February 2019
In 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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Untangling the Evolution of a Balanced Lethal System 22 February 2019
Ben Wielstra strives to unravel the evolution of balanced lethal systems. On 1 February he started his own lab at the Institute of Biology Leiden. Wie...
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Proactive personality has stronger wake-sleep rhythm 24 January 2019
Proactive zebrafish appear to have a much stronger wake-sleep rhythm than reactive fish. In the most reactive fish, rhythmicity appears to be lacking ...