• Public website
• Student website
• Staff website
• Organisational structure
• Library website

272 search results for “taal immune responses” in the Staff website

• 
  Elly Taal PhD candidate

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  e.taal@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

• Transcriptional regulation of effector-triggered immunity (ETI): from tissue to cells Event - 3 June 2026

  PhD defence

• Grants for research on immune cells, vegan cheese and PFAS detection News - 21 April 2026

  Researchers at the Faculty of Science work at the frontiers of knowledge every day, tackling today’s major societal challenges. Their work is recognised through grants, prizes and other awards. We highlight some of these achievements below.

• 
  Max Joosten Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.a.joosten@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Responsible collaboration

  When you work with partners from home or abroad, these collaborations must be safe and responsible.

• 
  Bart Roep Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

  b.o.roep@lumc.nl | 071 5263869

• Targeting the immune system to inhibit atherosclerosis News - 12 December 2023

  A new treatment for atherosclerosis showed promising results in isolated cells but proved to be less effective in initial animal tests. Bachelor student Biopharmaceutical Sciences Willemijn van der Heijden aimed to understand why. She investigated whether the formation of a protein layer around the…

• Turning the tables on tuberculosis: boosting our own immune forces News - 2 February 2026

  Tuberculosis bacteria survive by hiding in our immune cells. In her PhD research, biologist Salomé Muñoz Sánchez explores how boosting the body’s own defenses might outsmart this deadly pathogen. Her work reveals two key proteins that help immune cells destroy the bacteria.

• Leila Akkari appointed Special Professor of Cancer–immune interactions News - 8 January 2026

  Leila Akkari was appointed Special Professor of Cancer-immune interactions at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC) on 15 December. Akkari is a researcher at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), where she studies the relationship between cancer cells and the immune system, with a particular focus…

• 
  Agnieszka Kazimierczuk Guest Researcher

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  a.h.kazimierczuk@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Jin Yan PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.yan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Jennifer Schense External PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  j.m.schense.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278586

• 
  Henk Kelderman Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  h.kelderman@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Cornelis Hokke Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

  c.h.hokke@lumc.nl | 071 5265065

• protection strategies: Ding lab receives 2.4M grant to investigate plant immunity News - 10 January 2022

  Plant biologist Pingtao Ding, assistant professor at the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), has received a 2.4 million European grant from the European Research Council (ERC). This ERC Starting Grant for promising young researchers allows him to unravel the molecular mechanisms by which plants resist…

• Responsible Removals: Holistic Portfolio Design, Systems Integration, and Equitable Allocation of Carbon Dioxide Removal Event - 13 May 2026

  PhD defence

• Leiden University outlines approach to responsible collaboration following advice of Committee on Human Rights News - 23 April 2026

  Leiden University is announcing its approach for sensitive collaboration with external partners. This has been prompted by the ongoing, troubling situation in the Middle East and the recent advice from the Committee on Human Rights and Conflict Areas regarding current collaboration with Israeli part…

• 
  Margo Dona Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  m.a.dona@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Maria Yazdanbakhsh Afdelingshoofd afdeling parasitologie LUMC

  Faculty of Medicine

  m.yazdanbakhsh@lumc.nl | 071 5265067

• 
  Isabella Brunner

• 
  Andrea Bartolucci Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  a.bartolucci@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506

• 
  Annemarie Meijer Professor

  Faculty of Science

  a.h.meijer@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274927

• 
  Mark van Buchem Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

  m.a.van_buchem@lumc.nl | 071 5264376

• 
  Cornelis van Kooten Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

  c.van_kooten@lumc.nl | 071 5262148

• 
  Frank Baas Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Medicine

  f.baas@lumc.nl |

• 
  Patrick van Hage PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  p.van.hage@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274950

• 
  Alex Geert Castermans Professor of Civil Law

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.g.castermans@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277400

• 
  Huub de Groot Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Science

  groot_h@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274539

• 
  Anneke Monsma PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  a.p.monsma@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Werken aan een effectiever malariavaccin News - 28 April 2023

  In het Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum wordt gewerkt aan de ontwikkeling van een nieuw malariavaccin dat effectiever is dan de huidige vaccins.

• 
  Maurijn van der Zee Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  m.van.der.zee@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274885

• 
  Lioe-Fee de Geus-Oei Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

  l.f.de_geus-oei@lumc.nl | 071 5269111

• 
  Irene Pascual Garcia PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  i.pascual.garcia@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Safety, responsibility and connection: especially now News - 15 January 2024

  We, the Executive Board and deans, have recently heard from different sources that the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues to evoke strong feelings of tension, anxiety and insecurity within our university community. We take this very seriously and so are once again addressing you all.

• 
  Marieke Tollenaar Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.s.tollenaar@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273454

• 
  Melanie Fink Associate professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  m.fink@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• 
  Eamon Aloyo Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  e.t.aloyo@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009195

• A quick call with Petra Slabber about Emergency Response Day News - 7 November 2022

  Every year, the first Monday in November is Emergency Response Day: the opportunity to recognise the importance of emergency response officers. At Leiden University over 400 enthusiastic and dedicated emergency response officers make sure our students and staff are safe, says emergency response training…

• Looking beyond labels Course

  Diversity

• 
  Joost Beltman Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  j.b.beltman@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274323

• AI Lab launched for effective and responsible supervision News - 30 October 2023

  How can you increase the effectiveness of inspectors using responsible artificial intelligence (AI)? This is the question the Innovation Center for Artificial Intelligence (ICAI) Lab AI4Oversight is tackling. By developing algorithms and methods, they try to provide optimal support for, for example,…

• 
  Jip Stam External PhD Candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  j.stam@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276360

• Bioorthogonal tools to study fatty acid uptake in immune cells Event - 13 January 2026

  PhD defence

• 
  Noortje Dannenberg PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  n.dannenberg@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275075

• 
  Arthur Ram Professor

  Faculty of Science

  a.f.j.ram@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274914

• 3D-printed mini-tumours: a leap forward in improving cancer immunotherapy News - 3 September 2024

  Leiden researchers have developed a groundbreaking model to advance cancer immunotherapy. Using a 3D printer, they create mini-tumors within an environment that closely mimics human tissue. They have also developed a method to monitor real-time interactions of these mini-tumours with immune cells during…

• 
  Paul Parren Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

  p.w.h.i.parren@lumc.nl | 071 5269111

• 
  Laura Bosmans Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  l.a.bosmans@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274378

• 
  Jill de Mol Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  j.de.mol@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276051

• 
  Serkan Aslan PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  s.aslan@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275919