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Inventors with a nose for technology 15 December 2022
Amidst the lathes and welding machines of the Fine Mechanics Department, Emiel Wiegers is working concentratedly on a metal cylinder. He and his colle...
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Max van Duijn and Vasiliki Kosta join The Young Academy 13 December 2022
Leiden researchers Max van Duijn (Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science) and Vasilika Kosta (Leiden Law School, Europa Institute) will join Th...
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Rachel Beckles Willson appointed professor by special appointment: ‘Music is interwoven with the big questions of our time’ 13 December 2022
Rachel Beckles Willson started her career as a concert pianist but was later captivated by the Middle Eastern stringed instrument called the oud. On 1...
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Eduard Fosch-Villaronga & Louk van Doorn win the DT4REGIONS Ideathon on AI Potential for Preventive Healthcare 12 December 2022
eLaw - Center of Law and Digital technologies from Leiden Law School, and the Vascular Surgery Department at Leiden University Medical Centre in the N...
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Medical Delta professor Ariane Briegel: 'I love working with people from different backgrounds' 09 December 2022
Multidrug-resistant pathogens and worldwide pandemics are increasing, making infectious diseases more prevalent. To develop new treatments, deeper kno...
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Nobel Prize winner visited Leiden: 'We have hosted a scientific rockstar' 08 December 2022
On 28 September the famous chemists Carolyn Bertozzi visited Leiden University to speak at the LED3 seminar. Just one week later, she was announced wi...
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Nobel Prize for quantum physics: the circle for Bell's theorem is complete 08 December 2022
This year's Nobel Prize in Physics goes to quantum physics research. The prize will be awarded on December 10 in Stockholm. Physicist Bas Hensen expla...
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Carel ten Cate awarded honorary membership Dutch Society for Behavioural Biology 07 December 2022
Professor emeritus of Animal Behaviour Carel ten Cate is awarded honorary membership by the Dutch Society for Behavioural Biology (NVG). He received ...
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How “giving voice” may lead to silence 02 December 2022
Do we break the silences in our research participants’ stories? When is it ethical to write and not write about what remains unspoken in the social wo...
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Bacteria growing on light and air: a revolution for biotechnology? 30 November 2022
Research to experiment with bacteria that grow like plants has been granted the NWO XS grant. These bacteria use light and carbon dioxide to grow, and...
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Biology student Martijn Verkuilen wins Unilever Research Prize 29 November 2022
Martijn Verkuilen is the winner of the Unilever Research Prize 2022. By transferring DNA from a plant into yeast, he made the first move to produce a ...
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Successful signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding between the CCOE and ISGA/FGGA 28 November 2022
On 24 November a High-Level panel discussion on the occasion of the signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding between the NATO Civil-Militar...
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New book by Sabine Witting on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography 28 November 2022
In this commentary, Sabine Witting, Assistant Professor at eLaw, provides a comprehensive analysis of the Second Optional Protocol to the United Natio...
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Six questions about the book 'Ruminations' by Tahir Abbas 28 November 2022
Tahir Abbas, Professor of Radicalisation Studies at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, is organising a book launch for his new book: 'Rumin...
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Yorum Beekman: ‘I didn’t want to write about people, I wanted to give them a voice’ 28 November 2022
As a woman, working in Japan and Korea can be pretty tough, Yorum Beekman discovered. It prompted her to pursue a PhD on the subject: ‘I thought: hey,...