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Four Leiden University researchers awarded Vici grantsResearch grants 27 February 2025From research on the first human ancestors to leave Africa to mathematical models in random disturbances. For Leiden researchers have been awarded a p...
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Satellite swarms, random walks and a cup of teaComplex networks 27 January 2025He brings order to chaos and analyses satellite swarms. During his PhD research, mathematician Oliver Nagy delved into random networks and how they re...
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A mathematical three-step rocket helps biologists study tumour blood vessels27 January 2025Koen Keijzer combined three mathematical models into one unified system capable of making meaningful predictions about how cells form blood vessels. T...
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Can you design super-smart materials with long-term memory that are capable of learning?09 December 2024That was the question physics and mathematics bachelor’s student Daan de Bos set out to explore during his thesis research. Applying machine learning ...
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Two ERC Consolidator Grants for Leiden researchers02 December 2024Two Leiden researchers have been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant of up to 2 million euros will enable ...
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Eleven Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grants22 October 2024The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 11 Leiden researchers. This grant of up to 850,000 euros will enable them to develop an in...
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Outbreak of an infectious disease? Mathematics helps in making quick, informed decisions15 October 2024A job thanks to COVID—something not many people can claim. But PhD candidate Vera Arntzen can. Over the past four years, she has mapped two crucial ch...
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New e-value even more flexible: significance level adjustable at a later stage23 September 2024Recently, a paper by Peter Grünwald was published in the prestigious scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Grünwald is f...
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Three quantum-safe cryptography methods standardised for global use19 August 2024Three quantum-safe cryptography methods have been standardised for worldwide use since this week. Léo Ducas co-designed the two primary PQC methods se...
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KiKa grant for mathematician: how statistics helps fight bone cancer12 July 2024Using mathematics to help children with bone cancer. It sounds a little strange, but for statistician Marta Fiocco, it's just her job. She gets a subs...
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Losing count: the mathematical magic of counting curves04 July 2024How can you figure out which points lie on a certain curve? And how many possible curves do you count by a given number of points? These are the kinds...
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No experiments but equations: how Daoyi Wang uses math to understand the world21 June 2024How do you study the growth of microorganisms, the spread of epidemic diseases or the healing of wounds, without actually performing experiments? Daoy...
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What do maths and blood clots have to do with each other?17 June 2024Mathematics can help predict thrombosis. Mathematician Mark Alber has developed models that even aid in suggesting treatments. In the Kloosterman lect...
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Peter Grünwald develops a revolutionary statistical theory with an ERC Advanced Grant11 April 2024Using mathematics to determine whether scientific results are significant or not. Peter Grünwald, full professor of Statistical Learning at the Mathem...
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Grant opens door to decipher the secret sensory world of plants04 April 2024Plants not only sense when they are touched, but they can also adapt to it. For example, by strengthening or defending themselves. But how do plants d...