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‘But how many bacteria live on my hands, then?’ Micro-day in photos 01 November 2022
From 22 to 24 October, researchers of the MARBLES-project informed museum visitors about microbes: bacteria and fungi that live all around us. The eve...
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Researchers tackle antibiotic-resistant bacteria 06 May 2022
When a bacterium becomes more resistant to one antibiotic, it sometimes becomes more sensitive to another. To better understand this interaction, rese...
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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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Academic year Biology starts with 2020 pieces less litter 07 September 2020
The new academic year has started and with it education as well. Associate professor Dennis Claessen and Director of Education Han de Winde from the I...
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Arthur Ram receives NWO grant to improve enzyme factory 06 April 2020
This year, microbiologist Arthur Ram will start new research on producing useful enzymes in bulk. Ram receives an NWO grant for this project that will...
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From stress to success: Vici grant for Dennis Claessen 20 February 2020
Why do some bacteria lose their protective cell wall under the influence of stress? Microbiologist Dennis Claessen of the Institute of Biology Leiden ...
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Parade of creative science communication products 23 December 2019
From bedtime stories about mathematics to podcasts about microplastics and games on weeds: master students from the Science Communication & Society tr...
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Niko Tinbergen lecture 2019: Stem cells, mini organs and eternal life 13 December 2019
Three speakers, three fascinating science stories and a well-filled lecture hall. The Niko Tinbergen Lecture had a successful restart on 10 December 2...
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The promises and the dark side of stem cells 21 November 2019
Geneticist Hans Clevers will give the first Niko Tinbergen lecture new style on 10 December, which is all about stem cells. The young Leiden professor...
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How mammoth poop contributes to antibiotics research 18 November 2019
PhD student Doris van Bergeijk brought 40,000-year-old bacteria from mammoth poop back to life. She hopes to find new information that can help resear...
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Gravitation Grant: more than twenty million for sustainable crops 02 September 2019
The project MiCRop receives 20.3 million euros from the Gravitation programme of the Dutch Research Council (NWO). MiCRop will unravel the microbial c...
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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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Fifty Shades of Stress 15 May 2018
The challenge: Building a tool to detect chemical compounds that individually cause non-lethal stress to bacteria, but that are lethal in combination....
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Launching event National Antibiotic Development Platform 20 April 2017
Antibiotic resistance is one of the major threats to human health. This week the National Antibiotic Development Platform, NADP, was officially launch...
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Microbial protection of food crops and human health 01 January 2016
We investigate bacteria and fungi to understand their malicious or beneficial impact on food crops and their pathogenic or antibiotic role in human he...