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Exploiting vulnerabilities induced by recurrent mutations in chondrosarcoma and giant cell tumour of bone
PhD defence
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Immuno-photodynamic therapy of cancer
PhD defence
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The forgotten history of Dutch slavery in Guyana
When we think of the history of Dutch slavery, the areas that spring to mind are primarily the Antilles and Suriname. However, until the end of the eighteenth century there were also Dutch plantation colonies in neighbouring Guyana. Bram Hoonhout’s book ‘Borderless Empire’ describes this forgotten h…
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The protagonist of horror is the ghost of modern consumer society
Who doesn't love to turn on a horror film on a rainy evening? Fortunately, it is only fiction - or is it? According to university lecturer Evert Jan van Leeuwen, modern horror says more about our society than we think. He has been nominated for the Klokhuis Science Prize for his research into addiction…
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In Memoriam Emeritus Professor G. van Dijk
Gerrit van Dijk was born on 14th August 1939 in Kampen. He studied Mathematics in Utrecht where he also received his PhD in 1969 on the thesis ‘Spherical functions on the p-adic group PGL(2)’. His supervisor was prof. dr. T.A. Springer. The academic year 1969-1970 he spent in Princeton, at the Institute…
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Understanding the game of marbles
Not many scientists can claim to have received funding from NWO to blow bubbles and play with sand, but Martin van Hecke definitely can. Van Hecke, Professor of the Organisation of Disordered Matter, delivered his inaugural lecture on Friday 4 September, under the enigmatic title of: ‘Bellen, bollen,…
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Welmoet Wels wins the faculty Jongbloed thesisprize 2015
The world is full of wars, and no war is without its dead. What happens to the bodies of fatal casualties of armed conflict? The winner of the faculty Jongbloed Thesis Prize 2015 is Welmoet Wels (Public International Law). Her thesis Dead body management in armed conflict: paradoxes in trying to do…
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Graphene is a thoroughbred that has to be tamed
Electrons in graphene behave like light particles; they have no mass and can penetrate everything: very useful if you dream about nano-electronics. But you do have to channel them. Carlo Beenakker will be researching how. He has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant of 1.5 million euro to carry out this…
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A ‘confused person’ is more of a misunderstood person
The person who cried out at Dam Square on Remembrance Day in 2010. For Michiel van der Wolf this marked the rise of a new phenomenon: that of ‘confused people’. Because since that Remembrance Day, the number of reports of ‘confused people’ in the Netherlands has increased rapidly in the statistics.…
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Skating faster thanks to data science
The Netherlands has a lot of world-class speed skaters and footballers. Clever statistical analyses could help them perform even better. Leiden University is working on this together with Delft and Amsterdam.
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Honours students mount an exhibition on ‘the other’
Master’s students in the Honours Class ‘Leiden, City of Refugees?’ were asked to contemplate the concept of ‘the other’ from both an academic and an artistic perspective. The result was the exhibition ‘The Invitation’ which was presented at Stadsbauhaus on 4 June.
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Wim Voermans in Brazil
Wim Voermans, Professor of Constitutional and Administrative law, travelled to São Paolo, Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro from 14 to 18 March with a delegation from Leiden University with the aim of strengthening ties with Brazil. During the visit agreements were made on future academic collaboration and…
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The Leiden Connection - screenwriter Gerard Soeteman looks back
Gerard Soeteman (1936) created a furore as a screenwriter of films that became classics (Dutch films: Turks Fruit, Soldaat van Oranje, de Aanslag), but personally he is much more attached to his critical documentaries for television. He studied Dutch in Leiden. How did that help him?
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Green Office chasing green ideas
‘A university is a slow-moving institution, which is in many ways a good thing,' commented student Josephine Rook at the opening of the Leiden University Green Office on 27 September in the Hortus botanicus. ‘Sustainability is not about following the latest trends, but about making structural improv…
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Maria de Lourdes Monteiro
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
| +31 71 527 8586
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Percutaneous mitral valve plasty in secondary mitral regurgitation
PhD defence
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Tumor-specific targets for imaging in vulvar cancer
PhD defence
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Gabriel Paiuk – Sound Theory (The Clouds)
Arts and culture, Concert
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Imaging of the cardiorenal syndrome and visceral fat
PhD defence
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Is thyroid status a common denominator of age-related disease?
PhD defence
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Tycho de Graaf
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
t.j.de.graaf@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4989
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Hente de Ruijter
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
h.de.ruijter@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3770
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Jelle de Vrijer
ICLON
j.de.vrijer@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4015
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Alexander de Wit
a.de.wit@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marijne de Ferrante-Molenaar
ICLON
m.d.de.ferrante@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7404
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Rinske de Kok-Baan
Faculty of Humanities
r.de.kok@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Mischa de Rover
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
rovermde@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6754
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Corrie de Koning
Faculteit Geneeskunde
c.h.j.de_koning-fennes@lumc.nl |
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Michiel de Dood
Science
dood@physics.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5929
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Gerhard de Kok
Faculty of Humanities
g.j.de.kok@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2623
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Koen de Boer
Science
k.de.boer@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
j.g.de.hoop.scheffer@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Ton de Rooij
Universitair Facilitair Bedrijf
a.j.de.rooij@ufb.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7963
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Robin de Koning
ICT Shared Service Centre
r.c.p.de.koning@issc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Andre de Jong
Universitair Facilitair Bedrijf
a.de.jong@ufb.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Mandy de Waal
Faculty of Humanities
m.de.waal@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2332
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Hans de Vries
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
h.r.de.vries@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Bram de Heide
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
b.w.f.de.heide@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3512
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Pam de Groot
Faculty of Humanities
p.z.de.groot@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1954
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Thea de Gelder
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
m.j.de.gelder@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 6 5113 3999
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Luuk de Cock
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
l.j.de.cock@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9163
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Mirjam de Rooy-Driessen
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.p.e.j.de.rooy@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8787
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Nadine de Jong
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.c.de.jong@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Bianca de Kroon
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
b.b.a.de.kroon.3@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7880
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Michelle de Reus
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.m.de.reus@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7827
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Ceryl de Heer
Bestuursbureau
c.m.de.heer@bb.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Aurora de Leeuw
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
a.d.de.leeuw@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Mirjam de Bruijn
Faculty of Humanities
m.e.de.bruijn@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8546
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Frederik de Wolff
Faculteit Geneeskunde
f.a.de.wolff@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Koen de Ceuster
Faculty of Humanities
k.de.ceuster@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727