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Executive Board of the University asks University Council for advice on activating person counters/sensors 12 January 2023
The Executive Board of Leiden University has asked the University Council to advise on its proposed decision to reactivate the person counters/sensors...
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Healthy soil for a healthy gut 12 January 2023
How does the soil we grow our vegetables in, affects the health of our gut? And does a healthy soil gives crops a better quality and taste? These are...
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Presentations on Child Law master's theses to Ministry of Justice and Security 12 January 2023
On Tuesday 10 January 2023, former master’s students in Child Law – Fien Bouwmeester, Renee Muller, Imaani Stegeman, Demi Onclin and Rosa Passchier – ...
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Specialised immune cells have potential for new cancer immunotherapies 12 January 2023
Researchers from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) have discovered how specialised immune cells can detec...
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2023 Meijers Lecture and prize winners 12 January 2023
The 2023 Meijers Lecture was held on Tuesday 10 January 2023, delivered this year by Dr Tirza Cramwinckel. Following the lecture, the annual Meijers p...
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New Year’s speech 2023 & Meijers Medal 12 January 2023
On Tuesday 10 January, the Meijers Lecture was held followed by the New Year’s reception in the restaurant of the Kamerlingh Onnes Gebouw. Dean Joanne...
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Bonobos, unlike humans, are more interested in the emotions of strangers than acquaintances 11 January 2023
Humans and bonobos show striking similarities as well as differences when they see pictures of conspecifics. Both are more interested in photos of con...
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Director of the MIVD General Swillens visits ISGA to talk about intelligence cooperation 11 January 2023
On 15 December, Director of the MIVD General Jan Swillens, visited the Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) to give a lecture on internatio...
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Hybrid fieldwork: from emergency solution to research enrichment 11 January 2023
You have prepared a research project, put together a plan, and you are ready to travel to the country where you will be conducting your fieldwork. Wha...
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Peter Rodrigues ‘The boundaries for discrimination have shifted’ 11 January 2023
The judicial authorities are looking into the possibilities for prosecution for the slogans that were projected on the Erasmus Bridge in Rotterdam on ...
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European grant to research colonial medical experiments: 'Should we keep using this data?' 10 January 2023
When we think of unethical medical experiments, we tend to think first of Nazi Germany. What is less well known is that experiments were also carried ...
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ROBUST AI programme receives 25 million euros from Dutch Research Council 10 January 2023
The ROBUST consortium, which is the initiative of the Innovation Center for Artificial intelligence (ICAI), has received 25 million euros from the Dut...
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Tanja Masson-Zwaan on 'Spraakmakers' about mining the moon 10 January 2023
Commercial parties offering space travel, space waste, claiming the moon, potentially exploiting resources ... It’s going to get busy in space in the ...
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Medical Delta Professor Eline Slagboom: ‘The delta region is where everything comes together’ 10 January 2023
Professor Eline Slagboom has been studying multiple generations of families for over 20 years. She collects data on why some people age healthily and ...
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Annual overview Leiden2022: Leiden Law School 10 January 2023
A presentation on the latest developments in artificial intelligence and law, several public lectures on Criminal Justice, and a brand new trial in wh...