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NWO funding for five FWN projects within the Dutch Research Agenda 08 April 2025Can humans perceive single photons? What is our place in the universe? How can we make quantum computers more stable? Five researchers from the Facult...
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Liru Feng wins LION Image Award 2025 07 April 2025Fifty euros, a place on the LION photo wall and eternal fame: this is what the winner of the annual LION Image Award gets. This year, the prize goes t...
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New Horizons in Physics prize for Sebastiaan Haffert: ‘Very honoured’ 07 April 2025‘The Oscars of the natural sciences’, is what they are called: the Breakthrough Prizes awarded annually in America by the Breakthrough Foundation. Par...
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‘It’s worse than I thought; it’s affecting all of us’ 04 April 2025How can the academic world best handle the new political reality in the United States? This is the question that managers, lecturers, researchers and ...
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Bold and anxious fish help in the hunt for medication for ADHD and depression 04 April 2025Personality is genetic in zebrafish: risk-taking parents have risk-taking children. These are the findings of research by Christian Tudorache and his ...
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Historical research shows how Leiden University and city council benefitted from colonialism 03 April 2025Leiden University contributed to colonialism and slavery through its research and teaching. And governors and residents of Leiden had an active role i...
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Antique telescope moved to the atrium of the Gorlaeus Building 03 April 2025No joke: on 1 April, the antique Van de Wall telescope was relocated to the atrium of the Gorlaeus Building. Have you spotted it yet?
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Let the robot lend a hand in the pharmacy (it’s more sustainable too) 03 April 2025Can a robot help prepare cancer medication in a hospital pharmacy? That’s what hospital pharmacist Tjerk Geersing investigated in his PhD research. He...
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Building the best possible mini-liver (without making it too complex) 03 April 2025How do organs work in the body, and how can we create mini-organs to study diseases and test new medicines? That’s the idea behind organ-on-a-chip tec...
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A good start is half the battle 03 April 2025Do you remember your first day at work? How were you welcomed, and how did it make you feel? A smooth start is important—not just for you as a new emp...
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Jasper's day 01 April 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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University passes Institutional Audit 01 April 2025An independent panel recently conducted an Institutional Audit (ITK) of Leiden University. It assessed whether our quality assurance and quality cultu...
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Take the Employee Experience Survey 2025: ‘Help us find opportunities to improve’ 01 April 2025How satisfied are you with your work? And how can we improve? On Tuesday 6 May, our partner Welliba will invite you to take our 2025 Employee Experien...
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Staff symposium on student well-being: ‘A lot is expected of students nowadays’ 01 April 2025How can staff help create a healthy and inclusive learning environment? How do today’s students differ from previous generations? And what does this m...
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Chemistry as the key to medical innovation 31 March 2025Is it a coincidence that three chemists from the same department have each independently received a ZonMw grant? 'No,' the researchers agree in unison...