1,180 search results for “chemical world” in the Staff website
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Lost in Chemical Space, Found in Data
PhD defence
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Matthijs WesteraFaculty of Humanities
m.westera@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277535
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‘Science isn’t about memorising a textbook’
How do you engage students? Sander van Kasteren knows how to do that like no other. ‘He compares immune cells to Pokémon and doesn’t just give information; he tells stories,’ students say about their favourite lecturer, Sander van Kasteren. The Professor of Molecular Immunology passionately teaches…
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Sugar chemistry – Wouter Remmerswaal’s unrelenting pursuit of understanding
The dark matter of biology: clumps of sugar molecules that, for example, form sugary webs around pathogens. We know very little about them. Wouter Remmerswaal threw all his talent into the challenge – both in the lab and as a modeller – and succeeded. He received his PhD on 12th September.
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Working in a lab
Working in a laboratory is different from working in an office. Some of the rules that apply when working in or around a laboratory are given below.
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Chemical Weapons Use and Legal Pathways to Accountability
Conference, Seminar
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Synthetic peptides as tools in chemical immunology
PhD defence
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Wouter Linmans: 'The Netherlands did see World War II coming'
On 10 May 1940, the Netherlands was taken completely by surprise by the attack of the German army. Wasn’t it? In his dissertation, Wouter Linmans debunks the idea that the Second World War took the Netherlands by surprise. ‘From 1935 onwards, all major political parties wanted to invest in the military.’…
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Huub de GrootFaculty of Science
groot_h@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274539
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How chemist Marc Tijhuis left business to change the world
Halfway through his career alumnus Marc Tijhuis made a radical change: he left the corporate world to join the global battle against waste with the International Solid Waste Association.
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Jing SunFaculty of Science
j.sun.9@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271107
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Carmen van den BerghFaculty of Humanities
c.van.den.bergh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2067
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Jan SleutelsFaculty of Humanities
j.j.m.sleutels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2007
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Alexandra PrégentFaculty of Humanities
a.p.pregent@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Aron van de PolFaculty of Humanities
a.m.van.de.pol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Walter Nkwi GamFaculty of Humanities
w.nkwi.gam@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272322
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Nancy KulaFaculty of Humanities
n.c.kula@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272242
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Joanne StolkFaculty of Humanities
j.v.stolk@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2906
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Chemical Tools to Illuminate N-acylphosphatidylethanolamine Biosynthesis
PhD defence
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Chemical biology studies on retaining exo-β-glucosidases
PhD defence
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Languages and Cultures of the World Page is now online
In accordance with the Faculty Strategic Plan, the thematic page on Languages and Cultures of the World has been launched. It provides an overview of the university's expertise in the field of Languages and Cultures. This theme is one of the four core areas that position the expertise of the Faculty…
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CellEKT: a chemical proteomics platform to study the kinome
PhD defence
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Use of Chemical Weapons – from Attribution to Accountability
Conference, Seminar
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Pesticides can have unforseen consequences on nature - yet the EU proposes to remove periodic reassessment
Martina Vijver talks about the impact of pesticides on nature in many Dutch media outlets. This news is now also covered internationally. In Chemical & Engineering News, Vijver argues periodical reassessments of pesticides are crucial to prevent unexpected harm to nature.
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Lucas Moritz BickemFaculty of Science
l.m.bickem@lic.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1868
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David LickoFaculty of Science
d.licko@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276023
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Benjamin BakkerFaculty of Science
b.e.bakker@lic.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1868
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Keiko YoshiokaFaculty of Humanities
k.yoshioka@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2553
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Lettie Dorst: ‘Translation programmes change how we interpret the world’
Associate Professor Lettie Dorst has received a Vidi grant to research how machine translation programmes such as Google Translate and ChatGPT translate words and expressions used metaphorically. This still regularly goes wrong, resulting in far too literal, incorrect and sometimes incomprehensible…
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Tracing mobility and connection to place in the world’s first farming villages
How did people move and form communities when human societies first shifted from hunting and gathering to farming? A new study of the Neolithic period in southwest Asia, the birthplace of agriculture, offers fresh insights.
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‘To truly understand the brain, we must understand the chemistry’
How do fats and enzymes in the brain contribute to multiple sclerosis? In his PhD research, Daan van der Vliet combined chemistry and neuroscience to gain new insights into how brain disorders develop.
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Miguel John VersluysFaculty of Archaeology
m.j.versluys@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2438
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Synthesis of chemical tools to study the immune system
PhD defence
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Chemical reactivity of O2, CO and CO2 on Cu surfaces
PhD defence
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A promising marriage between Siemens and Leiden spin-off Culgi
Siemens recently took over the Leiden software company Culgi, founded by professor and inventor J.G.E.M. (Hans) Fraaije. We spoke to him about the algorithm that made him successful, the role of a university in our society and his ambitions at Siemens. ‘I was looking for Siemens, and they were looking…
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Ksenia FedorovaFaculty of Humanities
k.fedorova@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2952
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Nivja de JongFaculty of Humanities
n.h.de.jong@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2956
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Alies JansenFaculty of Humanities
e.jansen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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S. ValdezFaculty of Humanities
s.valdez@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278984
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Second World War victims commemorated in Hour of Remembrance
On 4 May, Leiden University remembered the victims of the Second World War from our university community. Alumni, students and present and former staff of the University came together for this Hour of Remembrance.
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Herta Mohr: Headstrong female scientist in a man's world
As a twelve-year-old girl, Nicky van de Beek became intrigued by the tomb chapels in Saqqara, Egypt. Now she is doing her PhD on them, just like another Leiden Egyptologist decades earlier. Herta Mohr persevered with her research during World War II. Now she is the namesake of the first Leiden building…
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Yunfei WuFaculty of Science
y.wu@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Donja van den Beld
Faculty of Science
d.van.den.beld@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 06 40317188
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Enebie Ramos CáceresFaculty of Science
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Anna-Alexandra MarholdFaculty of Law
a.a.marhold@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3350
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Yoonai HanFaculty of Humanities
y.han@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2551
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Jelena ProkicFaculty of Humanities
j.prokic@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274158
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The Authenticity Ouroboros
Call for Workshop Contributions
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Vincent Chang in various media outlets on Chinese commemoration of World War II
Assistant professor Vincent Chang spoke in various media outlets about the Chinese commemoration of World War II.
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Peter BisschopFaculty of Humanities
p.c.bisschop@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2980