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Jan Willem Erisman reinforces Leiden’s environmental research as new professor of Environmental sustainabilityHow can we best deal with the current problems caused by the human impact on the nitrogen cycle? How do we make the transition to a sustainable societ...
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Order your own FGGA hoodie now!Do you work or study at the Faculty of Governance & Global Affairs? Show it, and order your own FGGA hoodie now!
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‘The Rooseveltian Century’: one of the best MOOCs according to New York MagazineAccording to New York Magazine, the massive open online course (MOOC) ‘The Rooseveltian Century’ by Professor by Special Appointment Giles Scott-Smith...
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Ingrid Tieken spellbound by languages of The HagueLinguist Ingrid Tieken-Boon van Ostade retired in July, but is pressing on regardless with her languages in The Hague project. An online tour of her H...
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Scientists find strong evidence that wasting syndrome is the same for all organismsAn interdisciplinary team of Leiden researchers has discovered that wasting syndrome, a severe byproduct of tuberculosis, is the same for all humans a...
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Arianna Pranger: ‘I pack as much creativity as possible into my teaching’Arianna Pranger has lost her heart to teaching. A senior lecturer on the master’s programme in Pharmacy, she is one of the three nominees for the LUS ...
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Funding for three new Humanities’ PhD candidatesThree new PhD candidates at the Faculty of Humanities will receive funding from the Programme Office Sustainable Humanities and NWO. The aim of the gr...
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Electives of Ancient Near Eastern Studies: ‘You can really get a closer look at the subject matter’Are you interested in ancient Egypt, the rich cultural heritage of Mesopotamia or bliblical Hebrew and Aramaic? Students of all faculties can follow e...
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New KiDS result: Universe 10 per cent more homogeneous than assumedNew results from the Kilo-Degree Survey (KiDS) show that the Universe is almost 10 percent more homogeneous than previously thought. The new KiDS map ...
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Paradigm-shifting theory highlights the importance of substrate flexibility in enzymatic reactionsLeiden chemists have proposed a new model for enzymatic reactions, in which the flexibility of the substrate is much more important than previously th...
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Briegel winner in global competition by the Moore FoundationAriane Briegel, Professor of Ultrastructural biology in Leiden, has received a prestigious incentive from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. With ...
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Volkert van Steijn new programme director for MSTAfter many years, Peter Hamersma will retire and resign as Programme Director for the BSc Molecular Science & Technology. His successor is Volkert van...
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How microscopic scallops wanderAll microscopic objects, from enzymes to paint particles, are jittering constantly, bombarded by solvent particles: this is called Brownian motion. Ho...
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Data science at the Netherlands Tax and Customs AdministrationHow can data science improve tax administration? Mark Pijnenburg, a senior data scientist at the Netherlands Tax and Customs Administration, decided t...
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Testing vaccines without laboratory animals?The quality of vaccines is still often tested by using laboratory animals. That has to change, according to researchers from Leiden University and the...