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Bangs, smoke and pear-flavoured ice lollies: how students make science cool 25 September 2025Playing with nitrogen and fire to show school pupils how exciting science can be – that’s what the student volunteers of Stichting Rino do alongside t...
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Podcasts as assessment method? 5 tips from the educational testing ground 25 September 2025How to innovate education? In this series, the Honours Academy highlights examples from their educational testing ground that aim to inspire. Today: p...
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Professor Ewine van Dishoeck named Citation Laureate 25 September 2025Emeritus Professor of Molecular Astrophysics Ewine van Dishoeck has been named a Citation Laureate by Clarivate, a research analytics provider. Clariv...
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LUMC researchers use viruses to fight prostate cancer 24 September 2025Modified viruses can both kill cancer cells and activate the immune system. This is what an LUMC team discovered while researching a new prostate canc...
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What does the Wadden Sea sound like? New research sheds light on porpoises and underwater noise 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 Uni...
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New easy-to-use tuberculosis vaccine patch in development 23 September 2025Researchers from Leiden have developed a promising TB vaccine that users can self-administer via a special patch. This could be beneficial for countri...
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Jasper's day 23 September 2025Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, J...
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Young Academy Leiden: ‘helping young researchers focus in a fast moving academic world’ 23 September 2025Young Academy Leiden (YAL) will change its board this month and welcome six new members. Outgoing chair Rachel Plak and incoming chair Ahmed Mahfouz t...
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Vidatum: one research management system for all externally funded projects 23 September 2025With the number of externally funded research projects at the university on the rise and funding bodies setting ever-stricter requirements, it can be ...
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From the griffon vulture to Physcia biziana: record number of rare species in campus BioBlitz 22 September 2025What a result! The Higher Education BioBlitz recorded 3,155 species, smashing our target of 2,500. Thanks to your efforts, Leiden University made an i...
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Join us at 3 October University and the Weekend of Science 22 September 2025Are you brave enough to enter a haunted house? Curious about how the human skeleton works? Discover this and more on 3 October at the Science Market i...
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From entrepreneur to Director of Operations: ‘I’ve grown along with the institute’ 22 September 2025He started out as a temporary staff member at the CML’s education office, and now – eight years later – Jasper Williams is the institute’s new Directo...
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From tulip to quantum: Leiden discoveries revisited 22 September 2025To mark the university’s 450th anniversary, the Leiden Discoveries science route has been updated and was relaunched on the Night of Discoveries. New ...
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NATO Chief Rutte in conversation with The Hague students: ‘I’m glad about Trump’ 19 September 2025Wearing All Stars and ‘just’ a pair of jeans, with a backpack slung over his shoulder. It was an informal Friday afternoon with Mark Rutte, NATO Secre...
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Open Science Survey launched to map awareness and needs across Leiden University 19 September 2025A new university-wide survey is now open to all involved in conducting, teaching, advising on, or supporting research related activities at Leiden Uni...