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• Listen to the new Studenticast on Drug use Announcement - 22 June 2023

• Mini organs-on-chips: an alternative to drug testing on animals News - 30 October 2025

  Mini organs-on-chips allow us to study how diseases develop and how drugs work. Although the technology is not new, it is becoming increasingly advanced. PhD candidate Bart Kramer hopes it will eliminate animal testing in the future.

• LACDR launches training programme for innovative drug development News - 31 October 2025

  The Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) has received a €750,000 grant from ZonMw for QPharmNL. This is a continuing education programme that trains professionals in computational techniques in pharmacology for innovative drug development.

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  Martijn Kitzen Professor by Special Appointment Krijgswetenschappen

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  m.w.m.kitzen@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Hildert Bronkhorst PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  h.bronkhorst@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4964

• A faster way to find new medicines – without the limitations of big DNA barcodes News - 30 October 2025

  Leiden researchers, led by Sebastian Pomplun developed a new method to screen hundreds of thousands of molecules for drug discovery, using mass spectrometry instead of DNA tags. ‘We wanted to make drug discovery faster and more accessible.’

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  Frans Osinga Professor War Studies

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  f.p.b.osinga@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506

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  Peter Bouwman Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  r.j.p.bouwman@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276105

• Artificial intelligence as the co-pilot for drug discovery News - 23 May 2023

  There are more molecules that could conceivably be candidate drugs than there are stars in the universe. How can we ever efficiently identify those molecules? Professor of AI and Medicinal Chemistry, Gerard van Westen: ‘I’m going to use artificial intelligence as the co-pilot to make an automated search.’…

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  Giulia Callegaro Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Science

  g.callegaro@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276105

• market needs: new course for master’s students focuses on quality in drug development News - 9 October 2023

  Immediately connect with the needs of industry with your master’s degree. The new course Practical Aspects of Quality Management in Pharma and Biotech provides just that. The LACDR and LUMC set up the course together with the Biotech Training Facility, located at the Leiden Bio Science Park. The first…

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  Bob van de Water Professor of Drug safety science

  Faculty of Science

  water_b@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6223

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  Maria Amjad Lecturer

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.amjad@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Eani Lachmansingh PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Science

  e.t.lachmansingh@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Roos van der Haer Assistant Professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  r.van.der.haer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3886

• Leiden-developed drug candidate ready for final clinical trial phase News - 27 May 2025

  Bringing your drug candidates to patients is what many academic chemists dream about, but the road to this goal is long and bumpy. Now, Leiden small molecule nizubaglustat is ready for phase 3 clinical trials. This is thanks to a €132 million funding secured by the biotech spin-out Azafaros.

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  Bart Schuurman Professor Terrorism and Political Violence

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  b.w.schuurman@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9347

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  Silvia D'Amato Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  s.damato@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506

• New potential cancer drugs and where to find them News - 31 January 2025

  Cancer research generates massive amounts of data, but traditional tools often fail to fully harness their potential. How can we unlock this data to provide better treatments for cancer patients? PhD candidate Marina Gorostiola González explored this by using advanced data analysis techniques to guide…

• Countering nerve pain caused by chemotherapy with new drug News - 12 December 2023

  Nerve pain is one of the most common side effects of chemotherapy. It is therefore one of the biggest reasons for cancer patients to stop treatment early. Darcy Reynolds worked on new drug candidates against this pain during her bachelor's thesis. She developed a new series of molecules that increase…

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  Alexander Kros Professor of Supramolecular chemistry

  Faculty of Science

  a.kros@chem.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4234

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  Gerard van Westen Professor Artificial Intelligence & Medicinal Chemistry

  Faculty of Science

  gerard@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3511

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  Bart van der Boom University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.e.van.der.boom@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2762

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  Catherine Wood PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.m.wood@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7177

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  Anneleen van der Meer Assistant professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  a.van.der.meer@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506

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  Anais van Ertvelde PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.e.van.ertvelde@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1646

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  Lukas Milevski Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  l.milevski@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1288

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  Roxanne Kieltyka Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  r.e.kieltyka@chem.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4441

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  Eline Dekeyster Assistant professor

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  e.a.g.dekeyster@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Laura Heitman Professor Molecular Pharmacology

  Faculty of Science

  l.h.heitman@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4558

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  Thijs Brocades Zaalberg Professor by Special Appointment Military History

  Faculty of Humanities

  t.w.brocades.zaalberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272770

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  William Michael Schmidli Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.m.schmidli@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2341

• Drugs with fewer side effects through a collaboration between LACDR and PTS News - 30 March 2022

  LACDR, the Leiden Institute for Drug Research, developed better tolerated excipients to prevent adverse effects related to the surface of nanosized drugs such as vaccines. LADCR professor of Biopharmacy Matthias Barz and Polypeptide Therapeutic Solutions (PTS) are collaborating to develop processes…

• Seeking new concepts to treat diseases News - 20 November 2023

  Scientific Director of the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) Hubertus Irth: ‘We test substances and look for new concepts for treating disease.’

• Love, war and... football: 2024 in Leiden stories News - 16 December 2024

  A new government, conflicts around the world and obviously a lot of science: these are the five stories about Leiden University that you enjoyed reading in 2024.

• Arteriosclerosis and drug discovery: two young researchers win Krijn Rietveld Award for innovative research News - 13 June 2024

  One discovered that arteriosclerosis resembles an autoimmune disease, while the other developed a system to aid in the search for new medications. For these achievements, Marie Depuydt and Jurren de Groot were awarded the Krijn Rietveld Memorial Innovation Award on the evening of Tuesday 4 June.

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  Eamon Aloyo Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  e.t.aloyo@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9195

• ‘We’re already at war – we’re just acting as though we’re not’ News - 10 June 2025

  Professor of International Relations Daniel Thomas is clear: anyone taking peace in Europe for granted is shutting their eyes to reality.

• Man-made antibodies may change the future of drug development – here’s why News - 1 May 2025

  Sometimes an idea seems so logical and elegant at first glance, that you later wonder why no one thought of it before. Two researchers from LACDR have teamed up to develop a completely synthetic alternative to antibodies—one that mimics their size, shape and function, but which is cheaper, more stable,…

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  Madeline Kavanagh Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  m.e.kavanagh@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Giles Scott-Smith Dean LUC/Professor Transnational Relations and New Diplomatic History

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  g.p.scott-smith@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9503

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  Mario van der Stelt Professor of Molecular physiology

  Faculty of Science

  m.van.der.stelt@chem.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4768

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  Margo Dona Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

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

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  Annelies Schulte Nordholt University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.e.schulte@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2170

• Special Rapporteur visits Leiden: ‘Suspend the supply of arms to the warring parties’ News - 14 December 2023

  Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories, visited Leiden Law School on 8 December within the scope of International Human Rights Day.

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  Laura de Jong PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  l.m.de.jong@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• A future with tailored therapy for patients with atherosclerosis News - 11 September 2025

  The AtheroNeth consortium received €6 million from the Dutch Heart Foundation to gain a better understanding of the differences in disease progression among patients with atherosclerosis. The ultimate goal is to enable personalised treatment.

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  Erik Danen Professor of Cancer Drug Target Discovery / Dean Graduate School of Science

  Faculty of Science

  e.danen@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4486

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  Marcel Keurentjes External PhD

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.keurentjes@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Claire Vergerio Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  c.vergerio@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727