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Making sustainable biotechnology a reality: joined forces aim to improve biocatalysts 24 April 2024
Everything biobased: Plastic, medicine and fuel. It seems like a futuristic utopia. But for how long? A collaboration of researchers now proposes an ...
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Interdisciplinary book symposium: ‘Confronting Colonial Objects’ 24 April 2024
OpinioJuris, one of the world’s leading international law blogs, has hosted an interdisciplinary online symposium on Professor Carsten Stahn’s new boo...
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Bob van Oosterhout: ‘Music is the common thread in my life’ 23 April 2024
In addition to his Film and Literature Studies, Bob van Oosterhout is a bassoonist with several orchestras. He is going to Milan with the student choi...
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Cycling away from inequality 22 April 2024
A bike tour is probably not the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about inequality. However, students of a Master Honours Challenge came up...
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Two researchers receive Rubicon grant for research abroad 22 April 2024
Uncovering ageing processes in the brain and research on the use of the word ‘that’. Thanks to a Rubicon Grant, two Leiden researchers who were recent...
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Buzzing decline: Dutch landscape is losing insect-pollinated plants 22 April 2024
The Netherlands is losing plant species that rely on pollination by insects. Leiden environmental scientist Kaixuan Pan demonstrates this after analys...
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Carbohydrate chemistry champion: Hermen Overkleeft claims prestigious award 19 April 2024
Professor Hermen Overkleeft has received the esteemed Roy L. Whistler International Award in Carbohydrate Chemistry for 2024 by the International Carb...
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‘Children’s healthcare rights deserve more attention’ 19 April 2024
‘Children’s rights are somewhat of a poor relation’, says Professor of Law and Health Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorm. In her inaugural lecture, she will em...
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Carlotta Rigotti at the ViolenceStop project 18 April 2024
On 25 March and 4 April 2024 Carlotta Rigotti joined the ViolenceStop project, a collaboration between Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium) and Univer...
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New publication on fairness, AI and recruitment 18 April 2024
Carlotta Rigotti and Eduard Fosch-Villaronga have published a new article that offers an insightful and critical literature review on fairness and AI ...
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Symposium on ten years of progress for children's rights: OPIC 18 April 2024
In a collaborative effort between the Leiden Children’s Rights Observatory, the Leiden Law Academy, UNICEF and the Petitions Section of the Office of ...
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With 30 million dollars, this consortium aims to tackle tuberculosis 17 April 2024
Thanks to a clever research method, progress is being made in the quest for better tuberculosis medications. Within an American consortium that receiv...
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The Netherlands and China work together to improve their wastewater management 17 April 2024
Netherlands and China can learn from each other to handle household and livestock wastewater more sensibly. In the FOREWARD project, scientists from L...
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Christa Tobler speaks about ‘CJEU case law on gender diversity and discrimination’ 17 April 2024
On 16 April 2024, ERA (Europäische Rechtsakademie / European Law Academy) organised an online conference on the subject of 'Legal Aspects of Gender Id...
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Atherosclerosis resembles an autoimmune disease. Marie Depuydt graduated on this topic, with honours 17 April 2024
In addition to cholesterol and high blood pressure as risk factors for atherosclerosis, we may need to address our own immune system to prevent a hear...