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Luis Salome Abarca about plant chemicals and the Hortus botanicus 02 October 2019
What chemicals do plants have available, and what happens if they use them when faced with bacteria or fungi? That is what PhD candidate Luis Salomé A...
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Dutch National Research Agenda supports five ‘Leiden’ public-private projects 12 June 2019
The Dutch National Research Agenda announced today that it will provide 17 research projects with a total of 61 million euros in funding. Researchers ...
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Caterpillars listen to voicemail by eating soil 20 March 2019
Leaf-eating caterpillars greatly enrich their intestinal flora by eating soil. Even effects of plants that previously grew in that soil can be found b...
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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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Amy Montanje receives the 'Kees Bakker Award' 07 January 2019
Leiden Biology student Amy Montanje received the annual award for being the best BSc-student in 2018 from the “Stichting Professor Dr. K. Bakker-fonds”.
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Janneke Fruin-Helb Scholarship for student Tim Rietbergen 19 November 2018
Tim Rietbergen, master student Evolutionary Biology at Leiden University, won the award for the best Leiden University Fund (LUF) grant application of...
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5.7 million for future-proof lettuce varieties 08 November 2018
A new 5.7 million euro research project will ensure that lettuce will be more resistant to pathogens and climate effects and will grow better in new c...
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Leiden discovery evaluated by world-leading breeding companies 01 November 2018
Various companies in the plant biotech industry will test a recent Leiden discovery in their crops. The ‘Pol Theta’ technology is developed in Leiden ...
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New Scientific Director for the Institute of Biology Leiden 06 August 2018
Gilles van Wezel has been appointed the new Scientific Director of the Institute of Biology Leiden starting September 1st, 2018. Van Wezel succeeds H...
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Research platform in dunes opened 04 July 2018
With the sowing of the last experimental plot, new research platform TERRA-Dunes was officially opened on 29 June 2018. The experiment has a fundament...
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Leiden discovery leads to new ageing cream and chicken feed 02 July 2018
What do a novel anti-ageing ingredient for cosmetics and a new type of chicken feed have in common? They were both produced using a new solvent develo...
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Institute of Biology Leiden assessed as excellent 25 June 2018
An external visitation committee gave the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) an outstanding assessment. In terms of research quality and relevance to s...
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The underwater Hobbit – a new shrimp species 08 June 2018
‘In a hole under water there lived a hobbit’: a new species of shrimp named after Bilbo Baggings. Biology student Werner de Gier described this newly ...
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Martienke Baaij receives the “Kees Bakker Award” 26 April 2018
Leiden Biology student Martienke Baaij received the annual award for being the best BSc-student in 2017 from the “Stichting Professor Dr. K. Bakker-fo...
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What plant genes can teach us 15 March 2018
Just like us, plants also produce growth hormones, and they also go through an ageing process. The study of the genes and mechanisms behind these proc...