2,331 search results for “development disease” in the Public website
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Preventing heart attacks by earlier detection of cardiovascular disease
In the Netherlands, 1.55 million people suffer from cardiovascular diseases. Yet, acute cardiovascular events, such as a heart attack or stroke, often occur unexpectedly. That is because many people do not know they are at risk for such an event. Immunological researcher Amanda Foks and her colleagues…
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Institute of Biology
Nature is a never-ending source of inspiration for the researchers at the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL). Based on a better fundamental understanding of nature, they are able to seek solutions in the area of health and biodiversity. The theme of IBL is ‘Harnessing biodiversity for health.’
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New treatments for life-threatening disease sepsis
Due to the increasing resistance to certain antibiotics, the life-threatening condition sepsis is becoming harder to treat. For her PhD project, Leiden pharmacologist Feiyan Liu used mathematical modeling to find out how antibiotics can be used more effectively to cure sepsis.
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Deciphering the link between Iron and Brain Disease
Aceruloplasminemia is a very rare, genetic disease accompagnied with iron accumulation that causes movement disorder and brain damage at early age.
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Media use and brain development during adolescence
Nowadays children grow up with social media. This may influence the development of brain regions involved in social interaction. In their review article in Nature Communications, Crone and Konijn illustrate how neuroscience can contribute to a better understanding of how media and peers influence adolescents'…
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Maia Casna investigates respiratory disease in the past with an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant
Every year, an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant is awarded to a prospective PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology. This year, the grant went to Maia Casna, enabling her to study respiratory disease in the past. ‘My hypothesis is that the rapid formation of cities in the medieval Netherlands, must…
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Collaborating on big data to unravel disease processes
Patients with the same illness often receive the same treatment, even if the cause of the illness is different for each person. This represents a new step towards ultimately being able to offer every patient more personalised treatment.
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Changing enzymes for clean energy and disease prevention
They can play a role in metabolic disorders and can break down tough plant fibers: β-glycosidases are enzymes that play many roles in nature. Fredj Ben Bdira changed these enzymes in order to enhance the production of clean energy and to improve the treatment of patients with metabolic diseases.
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Kiki Zanolie
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
c.k.k.zanolie@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3838
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Anna van Duijvenvoorde
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.c.k.van.duijvenvoorde@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3853
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Arnout Koornneef
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.w.koornneef@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1861
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Inaugural lecture: Research into accelerating rare disease research through registries
On 3 April, Professor Syed Faisal Ahmed from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) will give his inaugural lecture ‘Strength in Numbers’. He will emphasise the benefit of registries to rare disease research.
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AI in Neuroscience: Development of Methods to make Personalized Predictions for Migraine and Stroke from E-Health Sensor Data
The research of this PhD project can be subdivided into two main disease areas: migraine and stroke. For both we will be investigating how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) techniques can be used to study these afflictions, their (early) detection, and their potential treatment.
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Peer feedback in teacher professional development
This dissertation set out to provide both an integrated framework for the practices of teacher peer feedback and an in-depth understanding of teacher peer feedback in the Chinese vocational education context.
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Development and evaluation of evidence based self-help and online programs for people with a somatic stressor and depressive symptoms
What is the effectiveness of (booklet or online) self-help programmes for people with somatic stressors and depressive symptoms? What works best for whom? How to improve motivation and adherence?
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Immunity, Infection and Tolerance
The LUMC has a longstanding tradition researching the role of the immune system in infectious diseases, transplantation and auto-immune diseases.
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Jyothi Thrivikraman
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
j.k.thrivikraman@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Tim Koppert
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
t.y.koppert@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Maia Casna
Faculteit Archeologie
m.casna@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marit Ruitenberg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.f.l.ruitenberg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Katja Cardol
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
c.k.cardol@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5697
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comprehensive understanding of (facilitating) teacher professional development
What are ‘missing links’ in research on teacher professional development trajectories? We focus on the role and development of teacher facilitators in designing and implementing (collaborative) professional development trajectories.
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Researchers tackle antibiotic-resistant bacteria
When a bacterium becomes more resistant to one antibiotic, it sometimes becomes more sensitive to another. To better understand this interaction, researchers from the Leiden Institute of Biology (IBL) and the Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research (LACDR) under supervision of Daniel Rozen and Coen…
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Foreign capital and colonial development in Indonesia
The proposed research program studies the impact of private foreign investment on development in Indonesia during the years c. 1910-1960.
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Andrea Spruijt
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.m.spruijt@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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David Zetland
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
d.j.zetland@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9312
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Zijian Li
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
z.li.20@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Inge van der Weijden
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
i.c.m.van.der.weijden@cwts.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6073
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Maria Gabriela Palacio Ludeña
Faculty of Humanities
m.g.palacio.ludena@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2189
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Marieke Bos
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.g.n.bos@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6624
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Kiki Spaninks
Science
k.spaninks@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4835
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Evelien Urbanus
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
e.l.urbanus@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Christine Mummery
Faculteit Geneeskunde
c.l.mummery@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 9300
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Tommy van Avermaete
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
t.o.van.avermaete@library.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2818
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Sheila van Berkel
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
berkelsvan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6622
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Anar Ahmadov
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
a.k.o.ahmadov@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9470
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Barbara Gravendeel
Science
b.gravendeel@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jimena Pacheco Miranda
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.pacheco.miranda@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9512
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Shannon Yuen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
s.yuen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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George Miley
Science
miley@strw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5849
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Marja Oudega
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.h.oudega@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jennifer Anderson
Science
j.a.anderson@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Liza van den Bosch
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
l.j.van.den.bosch@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3724
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Tales Yamamoto
Science
t.m.yamamoto@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ili Ma
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
i.ma@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Nienke Wieringa
ICLON
nwieringa@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6589
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Gene regulation in embryonic development
The human body consists of hundreds, perhaps thousands of different types of cells, each with different morphologies and functions, despite having the same genome.
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Shaping proteins to understand chaperone-related diseases
Alireza Mashaghi and his research team have created a new framework to understand shapes of proteins and DNA. With this framework, many diseases can be understood better.
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Mapping of bacterial genomes to combat infectious diseases
Mapping of bacterial genomes to combat infectious diseases
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Genetic risk & atypical development: 22q11 Syndrome
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