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The Cell Observatory just got upgraded, and here is why06 December 2019The European Commission has officially established Euro-BioImaging – which provides life scientists with open access to a broad range of technologies ...
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How our single-celled relatives package their DNA05 December 2019A group of single-celled organisms organises its DNA in a similar way to higher organisms such as plants, animals, and fungi. However, the way package...
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17 Leiden researchers on highly cited list20 November 2019Seventeen Leiden University scientists appear on the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list, which was announced on 19 November by Clarivate Analytics.
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ERC Starting Grant for Roxanne Kieltyka: stem cells in gels15 November 2019Chemist Roxanne Kieltyka has received an ERC Starting Grant of 2 million euros. In her lab, she creates gels that mimic the instructive material that ...
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The chemistry behind cancer drugs: searching for fewer side effects11 November 2019PhD candidate Dennis Wander searches for the best of both worlds. That is to say: a cancer drug that is effective and also has minimal side effects. T...
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The healing power of light15 October 2019Light makes us flourish – in this respect we humans are just like a rose or an azalea. Light can also be used to treat people who are ill. In Leiden, ...
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Dick Stufkens Prijs 2019 awarded to electrochemist Thom Hersbach14 October 2019The Dick Stufkens Prize 2019 for the best PhD thesis of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (HRSMC) will be awarded to Thom Hersbach. I...
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Record sum Leiden Science Run for refugee scholars01 October 2019The Leiden Science Run 2019 has raised a record sum of 12,135 euros for refugee student foundation UAF. No less than 101 teams – also a record – and t...
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Michiel Kreutzer new Dean of the Faculty of Science26 September 2019Professor Michiel Kreutzer has been appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University. He will take up the role on 1 January 2020. At p...
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The Netherlands as an international centre for quantum technology17 September 2019State secretary Mona Keijzer received the National Agenda on Quantum Technology from Robbert Dijkgraaf on 16 September. With this agenda, Dutch knowle...
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Dialogue, collaboration and quantum: opening academic year Faculty of Science03 September 2019With a call for dialogue and collaboration, vice dean Bart de Smit kicked off the new academic year for the Faculty of Science on Tuesday 3 September....
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Five ERC Starting Grants for young researchers from Leiden03 September 2019The ERC has awarded a Starting Grant to five promising researchers from Leiden. Two are from the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, one is fr...
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Young scientists meet up at Young Faculty of Science14 August 2019Being an assistant professor can be rather solitary. You often do not have your own research group and also you don't yet have the extensive network o...
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Sugarcoating the search for a new vaccine01 August 2019A vaccine based on sugar coats does have the potential to combat a multi-resistant staphylococcus. That is what Jeroen Codée and his colleagues from U...
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Sylvestre Bonnet receives an ERC grant for light-activated chemotherapy25 July 2019Chemist Sylvestre Bonnet has received a Proof of Concept grant from the European Research Council (ERC). With the grant of 150,000 euros, Bonnet will ...