Tiny selenium particles could have a therapeutic effect on ischemic brain strokes by promoting the recovery of brain damage. Pharmacologists, includin...

The message in the university newsletter read: ‘Wanted: enthusiastic young scientist interested in presenting his/her research to a broad audience’. I...

Erik Danen is looking at how to inhibit tumours that do not respond well to medicine – and he is making some headway. The Professor of Cancer Drug Tar...

Morning yoga, having your resumé checked at the information market, or dancing for inclusiveness: just a small selection of the activities of the firs...

A large multidisciplinary team of experts on ageing has secured over €8.5m for a major study of which factors and solutions promote healthy ageing and...

My last opponent finishes his question and looks at me expectantly. I smile relieved (I know this answer) and begin to speak: “I think that is a very ...

Professor Geert de Snoo, Dean of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University, has been appointed Director of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIO...

The brain is a complex organ, and researching medicine to treat brain disorders is equally if not more complex. Elizabeth (Liesbeth) de Lange, Profess...

Which young researchers were best at explaining their research to a general audience? Twelve researchers battled it out at the FameLab heat on 7 March...

The organization RIVM has recently updated the Dutch list of so-called substances of very high concern and has added 9 CMR chemicals to their list.

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What is the best method and time to test the effectiveness of medicines? PhD student Rob van Wijk of the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LAC...

Students who started with a bachelor or master programme in academic year 2015/2016 are no longer entitled to a basic grant and are covered by the loa...

Amanda Foks received the Senior Postdoc Dekker grant from the Dutch Heart Foundation to investigate age-associated (dysfunctional) immune responses in...

A Leiden University Day, new agreements on exchanging PhD students and a keynote speech by Geert de Snoo at a popular symposium. In November, a Facult...