469 search results for “biosynthetic pathway” in the Public website
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An overall picture: the environmental impacts of a new solar cell technology
A more efficient solar panel sounds great. But what if these new panels consume more toxic materials, or their production consumes a lot of energy? Leiden environmental scientists, together with colleagues from the Fraunhofer ISE, address this multifaceted question in a new publication in the prestigious…
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How a Spanish post-doc brings her expertise in chemistry to Leiden genetics
Having a bachelor's, a master's and a PhD in Chemistry, Elena Sánchez López shifted to a more biological field of research for her postdoc. She completed all her studies at the University of Alcala, in Spain, before applying for a LEaDing fellowship at Leiden University, a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Cofund…
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New excavation robot shapes future of archaeology
Archaeology has always been at the forefront of innovation. Now, an inventive collaboration between archaeologists Tuna Kalayci and Alex Brandsen brings together the winning combination of robotic technology with an archaeological AI. While an impressive new step in the archaeological technology, this…
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Daan Weggemans on recidivism and reintegration of jihadist former detainees
Terrorism experts Daan Weggemans (Leiden University) and Beatrice de Graaf (Utrecht University) conducted one of the first scientific studies on the societal reintegration of jihadist former detainees. They showed that the reintegration process isn't without problems. Their conlusions are presented…
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Team
The team of WIIS-Netherlands exists out of the board members and the advisory council.
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Problematizing Digital Archaeology: A Call for a Conversation
Lecture
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Workshop: University Education and Student Cultures in Indonesia
Conference
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Monthly Triple E lecture | Van Vuuren | Climate policy post-Paris
Lecture
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Discovery and exploitation of the transcriptional regulatory system of pectinases in Aspergillus niger
PhD defence
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This Week’s Discoveries | 18 December 2018
Lecture
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EMBO Workshop - Plant Genome Stability and Change 2020/2021
Conference
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LDE AI Mixer on disinformation and fake news
Leiden AI Week
- Activating 2D materials for CO2 and CO hydrogenation to higher alcohols: predictive modeling meets experiments
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This Week's Discoveries | 3 March 2020
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Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture by Henrietta Moore: What is prosperity for Africa?
Lecture
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Releasing tension by dancing with balls | English spoken
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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FRESH lecture: Applications of "dual" Metallaphotoredox Catalysis in the Synthesis of Quaternary Carbons
Lecture
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In the gathering shadows of material things
Lecture, Dean's Lecture
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Living Well Within Planetary Limits: is it possible? And what will it take?
Lecture
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LIBC Colloquium
Lecture
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Environmental Humanities LU: Species literacy and the cultural portrayal of animal biodiversity
Lecture
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Reedijk Symposium 2019: Setting molecular chemistry in motion
Lecture
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Linguistic and non-linguistic control mechanisms in bilinguals with neurodegenerative diseases
Lecture, LACG Meetings
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Justice for Syria is possible, but only if political will exists
Atrocities have been the order of the day in Syria since war broke out in 2011, but the perpetrators are rarely tried. According to PhD candidate Elizabeth Van Schaack, the international community could bring justice in Syria, but only if there is political will. PhD defence on 29 April 2020.
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Dick Stufkens Prize 2020 awarded to physical chemist Mark Koenis
The Dick Stufkens Prize 2020 for the best PhD thesis of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry has been awarded to Dr Mark Koenis. Koenis graduated 21 February with the distinction cum laude on his thesis 'Advanced Spectra Analysis to Determine Complex Structure and Chirality'. He describes…
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‘I miss the smell of old paper in the vault’
Curators devote a lot of attention to their collections. How is Martijn Storms, curator of maps and atlases at Leiden University Libraries, managing to do this now he is working from home? And how is Silvia Vermetten digitising Eastern manuscripts from home?
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Leiden University launches Data Science research programme
Leiden University is investing 4 million euros in a new Data Science research programme. This is a joint initiative of all the faculties, headed by Dean Geert de Snoo at the Faculty of Science. The programme will focus on Leiden scientific data.
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‘Like Don Quichot, you have to keep dreaming’
Having a bachelor, master and Ph.D in chemistry, Elena Sánchez López shifted to a more biological research for her postdoc. All of her studies she did at the University of Alcala, in Spain. Way back in medieval times, this city was the place of birth of Miguel de Cervantes, author of the world famous…
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Blog Post | Heritage diplomacy: The case of the British Council's Cultural Protection Fund
Heritage protection is increasingly understood by nations and other actors as playing a critical intersectoral role in supporting wider development and diplomacy outcomes through soft power and cultural relations.
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Science Groot funding for Leiden scientists
Leiden scientists are the main applicants for five projects that have been awarded a Science Groot grant of up to 3 million euros in the Science Domain. In addition, several Leiden scientists are involved in other projects that have been awarded funding.
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Report of the first post-doc meeting
A Personal Report by Matthew Hobson on the First Meeting of Post-doctoral Researchers at the Institute for History.
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Veni subsidies for sixteen Leiden researchers
Sixteen researchers at Leiden University have received a Veni award from the Netherlands Organisation for Academic Research (NWO). This award offers promising young researchers the opportunity to further develop their ideas for a period of three years.
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Talking Out Loud: Towards an Interdisciplinary Approach on Postcolonial and Decolonial Thoughts
Conference
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The Emergence of Democratic Firms in the Platform Economy: Drivers, Obstacles, and the Path Ahead
PhD defence
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Lasse Folke Henriksen
Lecture
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Norms-creation in Cyberspace: What International Law Can Learn From Behavioural Economics
Lecture
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A tale of two spectra: Language experiences and neurocognitive adaptations
Lecture, LACG Meetings
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Online Radicalisation: The Use of the Internet by Islamic State Terrorists in the US (2012-2018)
PhD defence
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Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome: From Clinical to Public Health Perspectives. Results from population-based studies of the Dutch and the Indonesian
PhD defence
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This Week's Discoveries | 22 October 2019
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SRS seminar series
Seminar series
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Between Diversity and Decolonisation: Museums as Media, and the Representation of Ainu in Museums in Japan
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
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Workshop Digital Pasts
Lecture
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Joan van der Waals colloquium
Lecture
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DNA repair in chromatin: the cancer connection
Lecture
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Publications
Recent publications
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Ten lecturers receive Senior Teaching Qualification
On 28 June, ten dedicated lecturers received their Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO). Rector Hester Bijl congratulated them in an online meeting. We asked some of them what this qualification means to them, what they believe ‘good teaching’ entails and what makes them so passionate about education…
- Unraveling the nature and the identity of the active sites in heterogeneous catalysis via structure-dependent microkinetic modeling
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Clefts in Tunen: A biclausal account
Lecture, Com(parative) Syn(tax) Series