News
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De Lange appointed Professor of Predictive pharmacology 14 March 2018
As of 1 March 2018, Elizabeth (Liesbeth) de Lange has been appointed as Professor of Predictive pharmacology at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Re...
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Female talent in the spotlight 07 March 2018
The representation of women in science is improving, also at the Faculty of Science. On 8 March – International Women's Day – we highlight the work of...
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Discoverer of the Year bridges science and medicine 14 February 2018
Fascinated by science since high school, Alireza Mashaghi Tabari is driven to explore new ways of thinking in medicine. With a strong academic network...
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Altering the appearance of macrophages to prevent atherosclerosis 08 February 2018
It might be possible to prevent atherosclerosis by changing the appearance of macrophages, cells of the immune system that for example digest foreign ...
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Leiden breakthrough in research on nanotherapy 29 January 2018
Nanoparticles that transport medicines to a specific part of the human body are usually broken down in the liver prematurely. Jeroen Bussmann from Lei...
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Alireza Mashaghi Tabari is Discoverer of the Year 2017 09 January 2018
With a large majority of votes, drug researcher Alireza Mashaghi Tabari was chosen Discoverer of the Year 2017 of the Faculty of Science. This was ann...
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NWO awards funding for LACDR research project to develop novel engineering approaches to study cancer immunity 22 December 2017
As part of the HTSM2017 funding program, the LACDR division for Systems Biomedicine and Pharmacology received 1.08 million euros for a research projec...
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Immune system important in atherosclerosis 18 December 2017
The immune system plays an important role in the development of atherosclerosis, the underlying cause of cardiovascular diseases. Thomas van der Heijd...
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Vote for Discoverer of the Year 14 December 2017
Who will be our Discoverer of the year 2017? Which one of these brilliant researchers deserves this prize for their efforts according to you? As of no...
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Tailored medicines 06 December 2017
Medicines do not follow the one size fits all principle, because genetic differences can influence their efficiency. That is what research by PhD cand...
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Medicine development is hunting magic bullets 30 November 2017
Medicines are becoming increasingly precise and innovative, but at the same time increasingly expensive. With their innovations, it is up to universit...
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Inhibiting protein production potentially a weapon against Alzheimer’s 22 November 2017
Inhibiting specific protein production in the human body can serve as a crucial weapon in the fight against Alzheimer's, Eline van Maanen believes. Ph...
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Alireza Mashaghi appointed Adjunct Professor at Fudan University 31 October 2017
Alireza Mashaghi, a principal investigator at the Division of Systems Biomedicine and Pharmacology has been appointed Adjunct Professor at the Ocular ...
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Successful symposium Present-day Practicals. 12 October 2017
On the 29th of August 2017 Janine Geerling and Marjo de Graauw, together with their collaborating partners at Kryt B.V., organized a national symposiu...
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Promising new collaborations with Institut Teknologi Bandung 17 September 2017
The Faculty of Science forges new research collaborations with the Institut Teknologi Bandung in Indonesia in the fields of tropical diseases, e.g. tu...