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240 search results for “chronic plant” in the Student website

• Studying with a chronic illness Studying with a disability

  A chronic illness is a long-term and persistent health condition that can impact your learning at Leiden University.

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  Antoinette van Laarhoven Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.vanlaarhoven@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276634

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  Jessy Terpstra Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.a.terpstra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sofie Rasmussen PhD candidate

  a.s.b.rasmussen@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ellen Cieraad Guest researcher

  e.cieraad@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Unique ‘penis plant’ flowers at Hortus News - 22 October 2021

  Amorphophallus decus-silvae, or the ‘penis plant’ as it is known, has just flowered at the Hortus botanicus. It flowered for two days, and then the pollen, which the male flowers produced was collected. As far as the plant experts at the Hortus can tell, this was just the third time that this species…

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  Henriët van Middendorp Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  h.vanmiddendorp@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276333

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  Aminata Bicego Postdoc / Marie Curie fellow

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.bicego@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Wei Ping Young PhD candidate

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  Tim Koppert Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  t.y.koppert@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Isabelle Kaiko Postdoc

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  i.r.kaiko@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Evolutionary change in protective plant odours News - 23 June 2021

  Plants can’t run away from enemies. Still, it would like to keep life-threatening herbivores at a distance. This can be done with odours. Klaas Vrieling of the Institute of Biology Leiden found out with his team how plants change odour production to keep the munchers at a distance.

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  Kiki Spaninks Assistant professor

  k.spaninks@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274835

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  Sylvia van Beugen Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.van.beugen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274047

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  Sofia Gomes Assistant professor

  s.i.gomes@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275118

• Sticky insects: plants protected with biological glue News - 14 May 2024

  Drained leaves and plants stripped bare. Insects can completely destroy crops. Soon, these situations may be behind us, with the new pesticide developed by Leiden and Wageningen researchers. With their plant-based ‘insect glue’, insects are incapacitated.

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  Marieke Elfferich PhD candidate

  m.elfferich@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275110

• Giant penis plant is blooming at Hortus botanicus News - 14 July 2022

  The ‘Amorphophallus titanum’ at the Hortus botanicus Leiden is blooming. This Titan Arum, also known as the ‘giant penis plant’, last flowered in 2009.

• Wild plants through the lens of a biologist News - 27 October 2025

  What started with an old Soviet camera and a darkroom in London grew into a lifelong passion. Developmental biologist Michael Richardson has been capturing nature - from wild coastal plants to microscopic details in the lab - since his childhood.

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  Peiyan Qin PhD candidate / contract

  p.qin@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Peng Sun Guest PhD candidate

  p.sun@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Plant stress increases: New research with bacteria offers hope News - 4 March 2024

  Soil that is too wet, or too dry. Or with a lot or few nutrients. Due to climate change, the differences are becoming bigger, and plants must increasingly be able to adapt to survive. How do you make plants more stress-resistant? For this purpose, researchers from Leiden, along with other universities,…

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  Farzad Aslani Postdoc

  f.aslani@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Paul Kessler Prefect / professor by special appointment of Botanical gardens and botany of South East Asia

  Faculty of Science

  p.j.a.kessler@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5235

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  Emily Strange Assistant professor

  e.f.strange@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Pascal Nuijten

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  Kimber Zonneveld PhD

  k.l.z.zonneveld@cml.leidenuniv.nl |

• Grant opens door to decipher the secret sensory world of plants News - 4 April 2024

  Plants not only sense when they are touched, but they can also adapt to it. For example, by strengthening or defending themselves. But how do plants do this? The Green TE (Green Tissue Engineering) consortium has been granted a Gravitation grant of almost 23 million euros to investigate exactly this…

• Switch-It-Up Wednesday: choose plant-based and sustainable in our cafés Announcement - 23 March 2026

• Plant-based party on campus: discover and enjoy during Meat and Dairy-Free Week Announcement - 25 February 2025

  Facility, Organisation

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  Isabel Siles Asaff PhD candidate

  m.i.siles.asaff@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jiaxin Zhang PhD candidate / contract

  j.z.zhang@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• What rare plants and animals can you find on campus? Join in the BioBlitz News - 21 May 2024

  Do you also love a city where nature can bloom, crawl and flutter freely and exuberantly? And do you fancy a challenge out in the fresh air? If so, grab your mobile and take part in the BioBlitz 'Higher Education is Flourishing' from 22 May.

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  Josien de Klerk Associate Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  j.de.klerk@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009557

• NWO grant for novel plant-derived pest-control strategies (without side effects for humans and wildlife) News - 27 November 2025

  Maurijn van der Zee searches for insecticides that protect crops without harming wildlife or leaving residues in our food. His GREENSHIELD project received funding from the NWO Open Technology Programme.

• Legal protection Studying with a disability

  According to the Act on the Equal Treatment of the Disabled and Chronically Ill, it is strictly forbidden to discriminate on the grounds of disability and chronic illness when providing employment, accommodation, goods and services.

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  Roderick Bouman Postdoc

  r.w.bouman@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272180

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  Pingtao Ding Assistant professor

  p.ding@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275306

• Studying with a disability Study support

  Studying with a disability may require additional time and effort. Find out what support is available at Leiden University and consider what might be helpful in your particular situation.

• This is the library you did not know you had been looking for News - 23 July 2024

  2,240 plant extracts from 1,299 different plant species of Dutch origin. That’s the collection of the Dutch Extract Library, which has recently been transferred to the Institute of Biology Leiden. To plant biologist and contact person for this library Pingtao Ding this is a true treasury. ‘To bring…

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  Kees Libbenga Professor emeritus

  k.r.libbenga@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275061

• Plants & Pencils – Botanical drawing workshop Event - 8 April 2025

  Arts and culture

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  Peter van Bodegom Professor

  p.m.van.bodegom@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277486

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  Bernet Elzinga Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  elzinga@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273745

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  Yixu Wang Postdoc / Marie Curie fellow

  y.wang@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Other disabilities Studying with a disability

  Not every person who experiences chronic challenges identifies with the term disability.

• Research projects launched into biodiversity in food and horticulture production News - 19 December 2023

  Two Leiden research projects that focus on increasing the biodiversity of Dutch production systems for food and ornamental horticulture have started thanks to funding from the Dutch Research Council's KIC research programme.

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  Vivian Kraaij Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  kraaij@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273736

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  Remko Offringa Professor

  r.offringa@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275097

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  Bertie van Heuven Analyst

  b.j.van.heuven@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727