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Leading together, growing stronger: collegial institute boards in practice 18 June 2025A year ago, we launched something new: a way of working together that puts collaboration, equality and mutual support at the heart of how we lead. But...
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Lights off, sound on: Leiden University opens artificial river to study fish migration 17 June 2025On 16 June, Leiden University opens the MIGRADROME: a unique, seven-metre-long artificial river. Researchers will use it to study how light and sound ...
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Four Leiden researchers receive ERC Advanced Grant 17 June 2025From social inequalities in prehistory to placebo effects in medical treatments. Four researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a prestigio...
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Is our water older than the sun? Astronomers find clue in ice around young star 16 June 2025A team led by Leiden University in the Netherlands and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory have, for the first time, robustly detected semi-heavy...
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A village on campus: De Kattekop nursery run by psychologist Ellen Buschman 16 June 2025Parents from all corners of the university bring their children to De Kattekop, the university’s day nursery. De Kattekop is celebrating its 45th anni...
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Lorentz Center ready for the future with a renovation and new wing 16 June 2025The moving boxes are unpacked, the floors are gleaming, and the workshop rooms look fresh and inviting. On Monday 16 June, the renovated Lorentz Cente...
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A smarter way to search for antibiotics 16 June 2025Bacteria carry countless hidden treasures in their DNA: fragments that could hold the key to new medicines. But how do you pick out the most promising...
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This course brings opera into the classroom: ‘Many themes are still relevant today’ 13 June 2025What can opera tell us about societies in the past and present? Leiden honours students went looking for an answer, together with students from the Du...
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Smarter hypothesis testing with statistics: how e-values can improve scientific research 13 June 2025During his PhD research, mathematician Tyron Lardy worked on a new approach to hypothesis testing. Instead of the traditional p-value, he uses so-call...
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‘Whenever you need European partners, Una Europa should be your first step’ 12 June 2025Eight Leiden University research teams recently received €15,000 each to take their research to the next level through Una Europa. Dario Fazzi, one of...
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‘Don’t let open science degenerate into a data dump’ 12 June 2025An endless stream of publications, data and software accessible to all. It might sound idealistic, but Professor of Science Studies Thed van Leeuwen w...
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Sterre won an award for her research on how CO₂ is changing our food 12 June 2025Sterre ter Haar has won the Rachel Carson Graduation Prize for her thesis on how rising levels of CO₂ affect the nutrient content of plants. For the I...
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Major study offers practical guidance on antibiotic dosing in patients with obesity 12 June 2025Leiden researcher Anne-Grete Märtson brought together a large number of studies to better understand antibiotic dosing in patients with obesity. The ...
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A Dutch Robespierre? Dissertation sheds new light on Leiden revolutionary Pieter Vreede 11 June 2025Leiden patriot Pieter Vreede (1750-1837) fought for greater popular influence with blazing pamphlets and even a coup d’état. In his PhD dissertation, ...
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A guide to the academic archive 11 June 2025When you think of a library, you probably picture books – or students quietly studying. But for subject librarian Rutger de Jong, most of the work hap...