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Sarah de Rijcke wins ERC Starting GrantWith a success rate of approximately one in ten, receiving an ERC Starting Grant is a notable achievement. Recently, the European Commission announced...
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Hortus botanicus first Dutch garden to receive accreditation from Botanic Garden Conservation InternationalHortus botanicus Leiden is the first Dutch garden to receive an accreditation from Botanic Gardens International (BGCI). The Conservation Practitioner...
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On safari in the Bio Science ParkIt is a warm day. The sun is shining brightly while biologist Marco Roos makes his way through the bushes towards a peculiar little plant. Insects buz...
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Francien Dechesne will give a Tegenlicht-talk at LowlandsOm Saturday August 18, Francien Dechesne (eLaw) and Holger Hoos (LIACS) will give a VPRO Tegenlicht-talk at the Lowlands festival
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Protecting children is what inspires Cleveringa professor Dettmeijer-VermeulenCorinne Dettmeijer-Vermeulen, the well-known legal expert and Leiden University alumna, was for many years the National Rapporteur on Trafficking in H...
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From scientific idea to promising new drugMany pharmaceutical companies no longer have their own lab and are working more closely with universities and start-ups of scientists. Professor of Sc...
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Another gold for botanical artist Esmée WinkelAlumna Esmée Winkel, scientific illustrator and botanical artist, has been awarded a gold medal by the British Royal Horticultural Society for a serie...
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Changing soundscapesHans Slabbekoorn, researcher at the Institute of Biology Leiden, is from the 16th to the 26th of July on board of the Pelagia, the Dutch national sea ...
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What Trump's European visit didn't deliverProfessor Rob de Wijk (International Relations) monitored Donald Trump's recent visit to Europe. We discussed the outcomes of the different summits wi...
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Tapping new markets for rapid DNA unravellerResearching DNA material for genetic disorders using the most powerful apparatus. This is what GenomeScan, a company on the Leiden Bio Science Park, d...
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Chinese delegation visits Leiden HortusIn the interests of knowledge exchange and research, a delegation from the China Academy of Chinese Medicinal Sciences (CACMS) in Beijing paid a visit...
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Film funded with ERC grant in premiere at Mexican film festivalThe feature drama film In Times of Rain will have its world premiere at the Guanajuato International Film Festival (#GIFF 2018) in Mexico. The film is...
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Impact Project at CWTSSince 1 April 2018, a new project on impact has been pursued by CWTS, coordinated by Anne Beaulieu. The project has been the occasion to focus on a nu...
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From a bold e-mail to a dream internship: take the initiative!Imagine: you walk into a museum, see something that catches your eye and before you know it, you have an internship. This is what happened to history ...
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Physics Summer School kicks offFrom July 22nd to August 1st, the Leiden Institute of Physics organizes its annual summer school, titled ‘Modern Physics at all Scales’.