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KNAW Early Career Awards for two Leiden researchers 21 November 2023
Young Leiden researchers Alisa van de Haar and Marleen Kunneman have received a KNAW Early Career Award. The prize, awarded annually for outstanding a...
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How do we deal with the ethical aspects of research? 21 November 2023
Whom do you ask for permission to conduct research at a primary school? And how do you collect data in countries where freedom of expression is under ...
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1K Z1E j3 bench in Huygens building should inspire people to listen to each other about how things are really going 20 November 2023
A 1K Z1E j3 bench has been in the Huygens building since Thursday. The bench symbolises making suicide, depression and despair negotiable. 'We hope th...
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18 billion animals a year: they die, but never end up on our plate 20 November 2023
Each year a staggering 18 billion chickens, turkeys, pigs, sheep, goats, and cows either die or are killed without making it onto someone's plate. Env...
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‘Young people are cannon fodder in the Central African Republic’ 20 November 2023
A bloody civil war has raged for years in the Central African Republic. PhD candidate Crépin Mouguia points out a tragic pattern: young people have be...
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Seeking new concepts to treat diseases 20 November 2023
Drug development is a long process that begins with fundamental research. The Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) is considered to be one...
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Honorary doctorate for Canadian-American astrophysicist Sara Seager 17 November 2023
Leiden University will confer an honorary doctorate on astrophysicist Sara Seager for her work on exoplanets. Seager will receive the doctorate during...
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Joke Bouwstra is the first woman to receive the Dr Saal van Zwanenberg Honorary Prize: 'Wonderful to be in a line of distinguished scientists' 16 November 2023
Emeritus professor Joke Bouwstra (LACDR) will receive this year's Dr Saal van Zwanenberg Ereprijs: a tribute to her years of fundamental research on t...
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Voice of the ocean 16 November 2023
There are many tributaries to Rosalin Kuiper’s story and they all lead to the sea. The 28-year-old sailor was one of the five-person Team Malizia in t...
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James Webb Space Telescope sees sand clouds on 'cotton candy planet' WASP-107b 16 November 2023
A team of European astronomers has found a silicate-based weather system on a cloudy gas planet around the star WASP-107. It is the first time astrono...
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In 450 days... 450 years of Leiden University 16 November 2023
In exactly 450 days’ time, on 8 February 2025, it is the university’s 450th anniversary. We are obviously going to celebrate this with our students, s...
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Engaging society in our research and teaching: what's the status at Leiden University? 15 November 2023
You may know it by the umbrella term 'citizen science'. You may also use terms such as volunteer mapping, patient co-researcher, or even community eng...
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A quick call with Ella Picavet on affordable period products 14 November 2023
Many will add them to their shopping list without a second thought, but what if you don't have enough money to buy period products each month? The uni...
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Adapting to climate change: mutation enables flour beetles to speed up their development 13 November 2023
Leiden biologists have found a mutation in flour beetles that allows them to speed up their development. They think that more insects can change their...
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Save time: create RfAs, CDAs, MTAs and now also Consultancy agreements with the Luris Contract Tool 13 November 2023
Are you already using the Luris Contract Tool? It is a handy program that allows you to easily draft your own research-related contracts, like Confide...