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‘Actively listening makes a difference but can be harder than removing a tumour’
As Professor of Translational Neuro-oncology, Marike Broekman researches how brain tumour treatment can be improved. She will discuss this in her inaugural lecture along with her work as a neurosurgeon and the importance of a positive workplace culture.
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Vidi grant for psychedelics research Michiel van Elk
What exactly do psychedelics do in our brains? To investigate this, NWO has awarded a Vidi grant to Michiel van Elk. The Leiden cognitive psychologist talks about his proposal for serious research into a widespread social phenomenon. 'People describe experiences under the influence of psychedelics that…
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Why North Korea and Southern Africa are dependent on each other
North Korea may seem like an isolated country but it has strong ties with African regimes. This alliance, which trades in arms despite international sanctions, is increasingly operating out of the liberal world order’s sight, PhD candidate Tycho van der Hoog warns.
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Ieke de Vries: 'We're expecting too much from minors and young adults if we think they can protect themselves from sexual exploitation.’
What starts off gently may end dramatically. Many young people these days fall victim to sexual exploitation. How can we prevent this suffering? Ieke de Vries points to the living environment of (potential) victims.
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Leiden biologists find nanoplastics in developing heart
Nanoplastics can accumulate in developing hearts, according to a study by biologist Meiru Wang from Leiden University. Her research on chicken embryos sheds new light on how these tiny plastic particles pose a threat to our health.
- Kick Off Meeting 24 May 2019
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LED3 Lecture: Tailor-made Biomolecules by Molecular Evolution
Lecture
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Intimate Legal Interactions meeting- Maggie Nelson on freedom
Debate
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LIC Lecture: To Eat or Not To Eat: Leveraging Chemical Proteomics for the Study of Macrophage Phagocytosis
Lecture
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Photopharmacology - spatiotemporal control of native receptors in vivo with photoactive molecule
Lecture
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Multilayer porous scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering
PhD defence
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LED3 Lecture: Chemical Probes for imaging and analysis of hydrolase function in Cancer, Infectious Diseases and the microbiome
Lecture
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LIBC MRI Methods Meeting
Lecture
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At the limits of cure | Bharat Venkat
Lecture, Online webinar
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LED3 Lecture: Organoids to model human health and disease in vitro
Lecture
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Leiden2022 Life Sciences and Health Week
Conference
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Seminar: High yield vesicle packaged recombinant protein production from E. coli
Lecture
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10th Life Science Symposium
Conference
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LED3 Lecture: Probing the human proteome for therapeutic opportunities
Lecture
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Farewell symposium Prof. dr. Joke Bouwstra
Valedictory lecture
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Guilt and sentencing in the Netherlands: the impact of mental health reports
In one in four criminal cases in the Netherlands, the court receives a report on the state of the defendant’s mental health. How is that information used exactly and what are the consequences? Scientific research has been lacking in this area. The PhD research of Roosmarijn van Es is a first step in…
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Rapenburg - backdrop for art and knowledge
Street theatre, drama, poetry and a lot of science: Leiden's Rapenburg was the backdrop for the fifth Night of Art and Knowledge on Saturday 16 September. Many University buildings - from the Observatory to the Hortus - opened their doors to artists, scientists and a public curious to know more.
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Staying healthy with big data
By analysing the metabolism using big data techniques, we can identify health risks at an earlier stage. Thomas Hankemeier, professor of Analytical Biosciences at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, explains how that works.
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‘Looking back, this past year will be a very important period in my life’
At the Faculty of Science, forty per cent of the employees are of a non-Dutch nationality. Amongst PhDs that is even sixty per cent. How are they doing in a time of working at home in a different culture, when travelling is not possible? Clinical pharmacologist Lu Chen is the third in this series to…
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Medical Delta professor Lioe-Fee de Geus-Oei: 'We work together for the patient'
Professor of Radiology Lioe-Fee de Geus-Oei was already a professor at LUMC and the University of Twente. As Medical Delta professor, she has now also been appointed at Delft University of Technology. 'Talking with people from other disciplines always makes me immensely humble, because they look at…
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Expanding Social Sciences & Humanities in African Global Health Discourse
LUNHA strives to redefine global health by prioritizing justice, fairness, and inclusion in Africa. Through collaboration with diverse stakeholders, LUNHA aims to reshape global health research and foster a broader engagement with social sciences and humanities.
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Successful start of e-learning skills platform in Brightspace
For the first time, students were able to develop their skills using a digital platform in Brightspace. It turned out to be a success: on average students who actively used the platform on achieved higher grades than students who used it less. But above all, the students themselves were pleased with…
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14 Veni grants awarded to Leiden researchers
Fourteen promising researchers from Leiden University have been given the opportunity to realise their research plans for the coming years thanks to a Veni grant from the NWO. This year, these subsidies have been granted to studies of the influence of noise on the great tit, the conditions necessary…
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Rising infections: how is the University responding?
The infection rate is rising again in the Netherlands, which means it may also be rising among Leiden University’s students and staff. How is the University responding? And what dilemmas is it facing? We spoke to our Rector Magnificus, Chief Security Officer and two other administrators.
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‘Science is international so our faculty should be too’
‘Our faculty is a very international community. And that is something everybody really benefit from,’ says Yun Tian. As the officer internationalisation, she is the bridge between international students and staff, the faculty and universities abroad. ‘Science goes beyond countries and carries no nationality.…
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Leiden University celebrates curiosity at 449th Dies Natalis
How has evolution shaped our curiosity? And how does that curiosity ensure that we now have the technological ability to discover whether we are alone in the universe? This was all covered during the celebration of Leiden University’s 449th Dies Natalis.
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Global Impact in Health Symposium
Symposium | Leiden2022
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Developmental effects of polystyrene nanoparticles in the chicken embryo
PhD defence
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Migraine biochemistry and visual snow
PhD defence
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Ruthenium-peptide conjugates for targeted phototherapy
PhD defence
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Learning Unkown Intervention Targets in Structural Causal Models
Lecture
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Detection of schistosome circulating antigens CCA and CAA
PhD defence
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LED3 Lecture: Harnessing the Chemistry of Natural Product Biosynthesis
Lecture
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Bioengineering and Biophysics of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
PhD defence
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Functions and biosynthesis of a tip-associated glycan in Streptomyces
PhD defence
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Antithrombotic therapy in the Netherlands- New insights from nationwide data
PhD defence
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Reedijk Symposium 2023 poster session
Conference
- IBL Symposium 2022
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DNA-Decorated soft nanostructures from the self-assembly of DNA amphiphiles
Lecture
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Prospects for law reform and democracy under Indonesia’s new president
VVI Research Meeting 2023-2024
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Book series
Diplomatic Studies (DIST) is a peer-reviewed book series that encourages original work on the theory and practice, processes and outcomes of diplomacy.
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Social Science Matters: Wokeism
Minister of Justice Dilan Yeşilgöz-Zegerius recently warned against
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Cleveringa Professor Roméo Dallaire on Rwanda and PTSD
Cleveringa Professor Roméo Dallaire led the UN peacekeeping mission in Rwanda in 1994, but was unable to prevent a genocide from unfolding before his very eyes. Eight hundred thousand people lost their lives. In his Cleveringa Lecture on 26 November, this retired Lieutenant-General from Canada speaks…
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‘The sun never sets on our university'
Leiden University has partnerships in the local region, in the Netherlands, in Europe and with countries on almost all the world's continents. Students and researchers benefit from these partnerships, but society is also a beneficiary, says Rector Carel Stolker.
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‘It affects me most when children are involved’
It doesn’t take long before Tim van Lit has told us what interests him: problems that shake the nation. This 28-year-old Criminology alumnus heads a team of 25 at Royal Netherlands Marechaussee. Location: Schiphol Airport.