News
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38 ditches of Living Lab officially opened 15 June 2017
A better environment starts at the Living Lab. Leiden Scientists investigate the effect of chemical compounds on biodiversity in 38 natural ditches. T...
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Sustainable fishing in one of Malawi’s biggest wetlands 13 June 2017
The Elephant Marsh is one of the biggest wetlands in Malawi and many of the country’s inhabitants rely on it for their small-scale fishing catch. To ...
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WCC award ceremony: Distinctions for leading scientists 30 May 2017
This year, Leiden University is organising the 34th Award Ceremony of the World Cultural Council (WCC). Who will be the prize winners this year?
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Leiden University third in sustainability ranking 22 May 2017
Leiden University is in third place in the SustainaBul sustainability ranking. Students from eleven research universities and nine universities of app...
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School classes visiting the Living Lab 16 May 2017
Coming Friday afternoons, primary school classes will visit the Living Lab! In cooperation with Technolab Leiden, several school visits will be organ...
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A 36-ditch effort 16 May 2017
An Institute of Environmental Sciences, ambitious goals for energy, water and CO2 emissions. Leiden University plans to take the lead on sustainabilit...
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Close collaboration between The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) and CML 21 April 2017
On 19 April, CML researcher Nadia Soudzilovskaia gave an invited talk at The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) about her VIDI-funded wor...
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Towards a liveable future 20 April 2017
Humans have influenced nature since as early as the Ice Age, and over the past century man’s impact has become even greater with our many new technolo...
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Naturalis researcher Koos Biesmeijer appointed professor 12 April 2017
Ecologist Koos Biesmeijer has been appointed professor Natural Capital at Leiden University per 1 March 2017. His chair will be situated at the Instit...
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Change Make Challenge Award for Biology Master student: Gayathri Jaikumar 27 March 2017
Gayathri Jaikamur has been awarded by the Dopper Foundation in the Change Make Challenge. She is a student of Masters Biology (Specialisation: Evolut...
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Research on the effects of pesticides and manure on water quality in ditches 27 March 2017
Radio interview with CML researchers Martina Vijver and Henrik Barmentlo in the NTR radio programme: Nieuws en Co on Friday 24 March 2017. The researc...
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Alumni mentors answer student’s questions 23 March 2017
Students get free advice of Leiden alumni about their career, applying for a job, social networking and more. The Mentor Network is an online platform...
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Dr. Constance Eikelenboom (1921 – 2017) 21 March 2017
Mrs. Dr. Constance (Stans) Eikelenboom passed away on Sunday, March 12th, at the age of 95. She was the founder of the 'Stans Award', a prize which ev...
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Reuse and recycling of mobile phones 13 March 2017
Industrial Ecologist Rene Kleijn has been in the consumer watchdog TV show Radar which has been broadcasted Monday 27th of February at 20:30 (NPO 1). ...
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Best Spanish doctoral thesis in Soil science in 2015 for CML researcher Daniel Arenas Lago 13 March 2017
The Spanish Society of Soil Science has chosen as the best thesis of 2015 (call 2016) in Spain to the CML-researcher Daniel Arenas Lago, for his resea...