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‘Building bridges between scientists: that's what we're good at’ 09 August 2023
Two directors. Both professors of mathematics, but one of them is a biologist. One comes, and the other goes. Roeland Merks will succeed Arjen Doelman...
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Roeland Merks new director Lorentz Center 11 May 2023
Roeland Merks is the new director of the Lorentz Center as of 1 September. He has been appointed for a period of five years. In addition, Merks will r...
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Lorentz Medal awarded in Leiden in presence of Minister Dijkgraaf 11 November 2022
Within the scope of Leiden European City of Science, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) presented the quadrennial Lorentz Medal...
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Lorentz Center kicks off lustrum with TEDx talk 27 January 2022
The Lorentz Center is 25 years old. A good reason for them to contribute to a series of TEDx lectures for Leiden City of Science. Arjen Doelman, direc...
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Tracing space ice and the building blocks of life 21 January 2022
An unprecedented space telescope, an astrolab that makes space ice and molecules that may lead to the origin of life… The Ice Age project has all the ...
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Lorentz: celebrated physicist, born mediator 21 October 2019
Emeritus professors Dirk van Delft and Frits Berends both channelled their inner Sherlock Holmes as they delved into the life and work of the great ph...