News
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A computational tool that will transform bacterial genome analysis 26 April 2024
Whether a microbe is beneficial or harmful to a plant can now be accurately predicted with high accuracy thanks to bacLIFE. This bioinformatic tool wi...
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Remarkable achievement: Leiden professor appointed AAAS Fellow 26 April 2024
Carlo Beenakker has been appointed a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the organisation behind the journal Sci...
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Simulation of infant gut makes predictions about optimal milk 25 April 2024
David Versluis successfully simulated an infant gut virtually. This is crucial for research on improvements in formula milk. Currently, such research ...
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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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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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Gilles van Wezel steps down as SD of the IBL: Hubertus Irth appointed as temporary replacement 22 April 2024
Gilles van Wezel will step down as Scientific Director (SD) of the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) as of June 17th. He has held this position since ...
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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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What’s Your Story?: diversiteit in een kaartspel 18 April 2024
The JEDI Fund supports projects that promote diversity and inclusivity within the university. One of these projects is the card game called ‘What’s Yo...
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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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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...
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‘Scientists should be careful when interpreting results of AI models’ 16 April 2024
Anthropologist Rodrigo Ochigame studies how AI is changing the practice of scientific research. From astrophysics to mathematics to climate science, t...
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Miranda van Eck new Scientific Director of the LACDR institute 16 April 2024
As of 1 September Miranda van Eck will be the new Scientific Director of the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research. She succeeds Hubertus Irth, who...
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Scientists discover the largest stellar black hole in the Milky Way 16 April 2024
A European team of astronomers has discovered the largest stellar black hole in the Milky Way. It is more than thirty times as massive as our sun and ...
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New Science Library Open 15 April 2024
From study places to consulting collections and from a meeting with your faculty liaison to getting books after opening hours: the new Science Library...