On Tuesday 5 September, the opening of the faculty year took place at the Kamerlingh Onnes Building. Staff and students gathered in the Cleveringa Room to take part in the interactive part of the programme.

Michael Richardson is a British citizen who carries out research in developmental biology. He was appointed in 2000 to the van der Leeuw chair of evolutionary developmental biology at the University of Leiden, the Netherlands. His active research focus is: fundamental developmental biology (the evolutionary…

Historian Seran de Leede delved into the life of Lie Alma (1909–1990), the courageous woman from the Dutch province of Drenthe who spoke out against fascism in the 1930s and remains a source of inspiration to this day.

Carlotta Rigotti, post-doc researcher at eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies, and Professor Clare McGlynn , Durham University, have co-authored a new article in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, introducing the concept of meta-rape and exploring its potential treatment under criminal l…

In anticipation of future legal reforms on gender-based violence in the Republic of Moldova, Dr Carlotta Rigotti was invited by the United Nations Population Fund to participate in a roundtable discussion on legislative and policy approaches to online and technology-facilitated violence.

Professor of Medicine, in specific endocrine tumors. Head of the Division of Endocrinology, and chair of the Center for Endocrine Tumors Leiden, a national expertisecenter for endocrine tumors. President of the European NeuroEndocrine Association (ENEA, 2016-2018) en coordinator European Reference Network…

Gerard J. Blauw is professor in internal medicine and geriatrics and co-chair of the medical research profile Ageing of the Leiden University Medical Centre. Besides he is an internist geriatrician and director of the Bronovo Behandeladviescentrum Ouderengeneeskunde at the Haaglanden Medical Centre…

Fijs van Leeuwen is professor of radiology and chair of ‘molecular imaging and image guided therapy’. He also co-directs the LUMC-wide image-guided surgery program. In addition to his appointments at the LUMC he has guest-appointments at the Bionanotechnology group of Wageningen University, the departments…

Until December 2017 Professor and Head of the Department Molecular Cell Biology, member board LUMC Division 4, coordinator research profile Biomedical Imaging. Additional professorship Science Faculty Leiden (since 2012), Medical Delta professor at TU Delft (2013) and member of the executive board of…

Jerry Braun is Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery, in particular Pulmonary Surgery, and acting department head of the department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). In addition, het is president of the Dutch Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery and member of the…

Patrick C.N Rensen is a professor of endocrinology at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). He is Established Investigator of the Dutch Heart Foundation and chairman of the European Lipoprotein Club (ELC).

James Hardwick is Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, in particular the Early Detection and Treatment of Colorectal Tumours.

Corrie Marijnen started her training as radiation-oncologist in 1994 in the Academic Hospital Leiden. During her residency, she started with her PhD, which she achieved with honors in 2002 . After working for 4 years in the Antoni van Leeuwenhoekhospital/National Cancer Institute, she became chair of…

Ilaria Biotti is a PhD Candidate at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA).

(Anastasia) Chi Zhang is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology

Johanna (Joke) Meijer is professor and head of the section Neurophysiology, within the department of Cell and Chemical Biology. Her research primarily focuses on unravelling the mechanisms that regulate and synchronise the biological clock, both through external and internal factors. Additionally, she…

Lu Cao has a background in Computer Science. Her research focuses on high-throughput imaging, image and data analysis. Before joining LIACS, she worked in Cytocypher B.V. as an image and data analyst. In 2017, she worked in the Department of Applied Stem Cell Technologies (AST) at the University of…

Take a walk through any city, and you are likely to come across a brightly coloured mural. Although these paintings often seem to serve solely as a backdrop for Instagram snapshots, art history professor Minna Valjakka says there are rich traditions and intricate histories that uncover more critical…

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The Associate Professor at the Institute of Tax Law and Economics is one of two PhD deans at Leiden Law School and started in this position on 1 October 2023.

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Investigations conducted by several Dutch child protection bodies within family situations are inadequate. Due to lack of knowledge, time and money, these investigations are not carried out properly, with major consequences for the families involved.

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More European countries are introducing border controls, clashing with the ideal of free movement within Europe. Daniel Schade, Assistant Professor of EU Studies at Leiden University, analyses this development in The Washington Post.

The opening of Islamic primary schools has made an important contribution to the emancipation and integration of Muslims in the Netherlands. This is the conclusion of PhD candidate Bahaeddin Budak in his research into 25 years (1988-2013) of Islamic primary schools in the Netherlands. PhD defence on…

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The Dutch police force has been deliberately storing personal data relating to millions of Dutch people for many years now. In doing so, the institution has been knowingly breaking the law. Bart Schermer, Professor of Law and Digital Technology expressed his concerns on Follow the Money – a platform…

A moment of reminiscence and to see what lies ahead. After having been Dean of Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) for six years, Judi Mesman takes the time to reflect.

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17 November is International Student’s Day, dedicated to showcasing the international experience of international students in the Netherlands.

It is the final stretch for the students of FGGA. Summer is approaching and they are working hard to complete everything before the summer holidays. We asked some of them how they look back at the academic year. ‘Being a mentor during HOP week is something I can recommend to everyone’

Buried beneath a Suffolk forest, archaeologists have uncovered the earliest known human-made fire. A fire that was sparked 400,000 years ago. This stunning UK discovery may rewrite our evolutionary story, potentially pushing fire-making back by more than 350,000 years.

The new Students for Leiden party pulled off a stunning victory in the municipal elections. From nowhere, the party won two seats on Leiden Municipal Council. How are brand-new student councillors Mitchell Wiegand Bruss and Elianne Wijnands doing? ‘We’ve already asked questions about the quality of…

Four PhD researchers of Leiden University have been selected to participate in the Europaeum Scholars Program 2022-2023. Two of them, Lena Riecke and Sophie Vértiter, are doing their research at ISGA. Time for a introduction.

2,240 plant extracts from 1,299 different plant species of Dutch origin. That’s the collection of the Dutch Extract Library, which has recently been transferred to the Institute of Biology Leiden. To plant biologist and contact person for this library Pingtao Ding this is a true treasury. ‘To bring…

Professor Caroline Vout, Cambridge University, was awarded the Leiden University Byvanck Chair in 2020. In a pre-Covid-19 world, the Byvanck Chair would stay in Leiden for seminars, lectures, and research activities. Instead, the pandemic disrupted this schedule. Last month, Vout taught her masterclass…

Researchers at LIACS have found a vulnerability in open-source code that’s been used around the world for over 15 years. They’ve also developed an AI-based tool to fix the problem automatically. ‘You really can’t afford to lean back.’