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• What does the Wadden Sea sound like? New research sheds light on porpoises and underwater noise News - 24 September 2025

  ‘Wadden Sea Sounds’ is the name of a new project launched by the Waddenvereniging in collaboration with researchers from Leiden University and the University of Groningen. The aim is to find out how underwater noise affects marine life in the Wadden Sea.

• Graduation ceremony MSc Biology Event - 24 November 2025

• Graduation ceremony MSc Biology Event - 25 November 2025

• Afstudeerceremonie MSc Biologie Event - 27 October 2025

• Graduation Ceremony MSc Biology Event - 19 June 2025

  Graduation Ceremony

• Graduation ceremony MSc Biology Event - 27 February 2026

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  Roderick Bouman Postdoc

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

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  Tressia Chikodza PhD candidate - external affiliation

  t.chikodza@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Molecular Diagnostics of Dense Regions in Nearby Galaxies Event - 1 May 2025

  PhD defence

• ‘To truly understand the brain, we must understand the chemistry’ News - 27 November 2025

  How do fats and enzymes in the brain contribute to multiple sclerosis? In his PhD research, Daan van der Vliet combined chemistry and neuroscience to gain new insights into how brain disorders develop.

• Studies into electrochemical hydrogenation reactions using molecular catalysts Event - 26 February 2026

  PhD defence

• Leiden University and Xi’an Jiaotong University mark a decade of trusted scientific collaboration News - 31 March 2026

  A delegation from Xi’an Jiaotong University visited Leiden University on 25–26 March, celebrating ten years of cooperation in education and research, and exploring new opportunities for future collaboration.

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  YAO Yao Researcher

  y.yao@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Lisa de Koning PhD candidate

  e.j.m.de.koning@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Volkert van Steijn Director of Education / Guest

  v.van.steijn@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Michael Meijer Education coordinator bachelor MST

  m.s.meijer@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274523

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  Bert Beerkens Guest

  b.l.h.beerkens@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 000 0000000

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  Khaled Essa guest PhD Candidate

  k.t.s.e.m.essa@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274324

• Grégory Schneider appointed Professor of Chemical Nanotechnology News - 21 May 2026

  Grégory Schneider has been appointed Professor of Chemical Nanotechnology at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC) as of 1 May. ‘This title really expresses my dedication to science and teaching.’

• Can we live longer? Leiden physicist makes discovery in protective layer in genes News - 12 September 2022

  With the aid of physics and a minuscule magnet, researchers have discovered a new structure of telomeric DNA. Telomeres are sometimes seen as the key to living longer. They protect genes from damage but get a bit shorter each time a cell divides. If they become too short, the cell dies. The new discovery…

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  Arthur Ram Professor

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

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  Neeltje Blankenstein Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  n.e.blankenstein@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• The Evolution of Aromatic Chemistry in Interstellar Space Event - 4 June 2026

  Lecture, Harold Linnartz Astrochemistry Prize lecture

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  Nathaniel Martin Professor

  n.i.martin@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272954

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  Ewa Snaar-Jagalska Professor emeritus

  b.e.snaar-jagalska@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Triturus newts reveal a genetic balancing act News - 9 December 2025

  An evolutionary 'trap' that has haunted crested and marbled newts for 25 million years: Leiden researchers have uncovered a mysterious DNA error that should not be able to arise – yet persists all the same. How is that possible? PhD candidate James France found new clues.

• Medical Delta Professor Eline Slagboom: ‘The delta region is where everything comes together’ News - 10 January 2023

  Professor Eline Slagboom has been studying multiple generations of families for over 20 years. She collects data on why some people age healthily and others decline early.

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  Alireza Mashaghi Tabari Associate professor

  a.mashaghi.tabari@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274425

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  Nynke Penninga Study Advisor QIST

  penninga@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Cas van der Horst Research technician

  c.van.der.horst@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274607

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  Marjolijn Hinke-van Delft Study Adviser

  m.j.hinke@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• The career choices of cells News - 16 December 2022

  How does an embryonic stem cell decide if it becomes a heart cell or a kidney cell? That’s the question computational biologist Maria Mircea studied for her PhD research. She looked at the inside of individual cells to analyse how they change. This is what she discovered.

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  Lennart Schada von Borzyskowski Assistant professor

  l.schada.von.borzyskowski@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274278

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  Pingtao Ding Assistant professor

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

• How drugs work better when encapsulated in nanoparticles News - 4 June 2022

  Chemist Tobias Bauer discovered ways to improve drugs by encapsulating them. Packages with iron nanoparticles, for example, can stimulate immune cells. Bauer will receive his PhD on 9 June.

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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

• 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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  Hugo Minnee Lab Manager

  h.minnee@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274324

• ‘Most students are convinced that statistics is not for them. I am here to convince them otherwise’ News - 7 December 2023

  'Frans Rodenburg is an excellent teacher who is able to convey difficult information,' say his students. In his statistics classes, he wants to make students enthusiastic for his beloved subject. 'Most students are convinced that statistics is not for them. I am here to convince them otherwise.' Rodenburg…

• Noise at sea: research on how wind farms affect fish News - 9 March 2026

  PhD candidate Fien Demuynck researched how wind farms affect fish and how to minimise any negative impact.

• Science Skills Platform

  How do you fulfill a chairing position during a team meeting? How do you visualise a dataset for a presentation? How do you write the introduction to a scientific article? All Science students can find the answers to these and many more questions in the 100+ skill modules on the digital Science Skills…

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  Ariane Briegel Senior researcher/guest

  a.briegel@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Eveline de Boer Knowledge valorization staff member

  ICLON

  e.de.boer@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271748

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  Richard van den Berg Lecturer

  r.j.vdberg@chem.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274793

• 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…

• 300 million euros for new international stem cell consortium News - 17 December 2021

  The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), the Danstem Institute from the University of Copenhagen and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne have received 300m euros from the Novo Nordisk foundation. The aim of this new international consortium is to bring stem-cell based therapies…

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  Gijs van der Marel Emeritus professor

  marel_g@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Dmitri Filippov Associate professor

  filippov@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273571

• A chemical biology approach to explore lipid metabolism in neurological disorders Event - 24 June 2025

  PhD defence

• Students work on bacterium that makes sustainable plastic News - 7 September 2023

  A group of biology students are working on a solution to the world’s plastics problem by getting bacteria to make biodegradable plastic.