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  Manuela Rueda Trujillo PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Science

  m.a.rueda.trujillo@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Yuanyuan Mao PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Science

  y.mao@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Joost van den Brink Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  j.van.den.brink@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275142

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  Steffen Brünle Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Science

  s.bruenle@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274544

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  Gerhard Burger Data Steward

  Faculty of Science

  g.a.burger@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274285

• Scouring the brain for causes of psychiatric illnesses News - 1 May 2024

  What happens in the brains of people with psychiatric illnesses? With a €23.23 million gravity grant, scientists from different fields will search for biological causes over the next decade. ‘By joining forces, we hope to improve diagnosis and treatment for patients with these diseases.’

• Werken aan een effectiever malariavaccin News - 28 April 2023

  In het Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum wordt gewerkt aan de ontwikkeling van een nieuw malariavaccin dat effectiever is dan de huidige vaccins.

• A foldable smartphone? STIBNITE searched for the perfect semiconductor News - 14 June 2024

  Roll-up solar panels, bendable phone displays, or better computer chips… The EU project STIBNITE investigated the next generation of semiconductors, made from organic materials based on carbon, nitrogen, and boron. The project has now concluded. During the Open Science Debate on 1 July, the group will…

• ERC Advanced Grant for six Leiden researchers News - 22 April 2021

  The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded an Advanced Grant to six Leiden researchers. It awards these significant grants to established principal investigators for ground-breaking, high-risk research.

• Finally solved: how the body's own marijuana spreads through the brain News - 24 February 2025

  Since its discovery thirty years ago, it remained a mystery: how does the body’s own marijuana move between nerve cells in the brain? Mario van der Stelt and his research group have now uncovered the answer. This insight could aid the development of new treatments for pain and neurological disorders…

• How drugs work better when encapsulated in nanoparticles News - 4 June 2022

  Chemist Tobias Bauer discovered ways to improve drugs by encapsulating them. Packages with iron nanoparticles, for example, can stimulate immune cells. Bauer will receive his PhD on 9 June.

• ‘Science isn’t about memorising a textbook’ News - 29 November 2024

  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…

• Promising new technique to treat cancer receives NWO grant News - 26 September 2023

  Biological chemist Nathaniel Martin and his team received an NWO grant to examine how blocking a specific enzyme in our body, NNMT, could be helpful in the treatment of some cancers. Trials with mice have been promising, and together with the Netherlands Cancer Institute, Martin wants to take the next…

• New technology could make hard-to-recycle plastics recyclable News - 18 February 2025

  Cookware handles, electrical plugs, brake pads. Unlike other plastics, these ‘thermosets’ cannot simply be melted down and reshaped, making them difficult to recycle. Chemist Roxanne Kieltyka and her team are now exploring a way to make these materials recyclable, potentially transforming the way we…

• Seeking new concepts to treat diseases News - 20 November 2023

  Scientific Director of the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) Hubertus Irth: ‘We test substances and look for new concepts for treating disease.’

• Ecologist Michiel Veldhuis is the Discoverer of the Year 2020 News - 25 February 2021

  Michiel Veldhuis received the most public votes for the C.J. Kok Public Award and may therefore call himself Discoverer of the Year. Veldhuis researches how climate change affects savannah ecosystems in Africa and how we can protect them.

• Sander van Kasteren: from molecule builder to Professor of Chemical Immunology News - 15 June 2022

  Sander van Kasteren only noticed some small, subtle changes since he was appointed professor on 1 May. Still, he has to get used to the idea, even though he had been working towards the professorship for a few years. ‘I don't quite see myself as a professor yet.'

• Planet-forming discs around young low-mass star differs fundamentally from one around sun-like star News - 7 June 2024

  Using the James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of researchers, including Leiden Professor of Molecular Astrophysics Ewine van Dishoeck, has discovered a palette of hydrocarbons in a planet-forming disc around a young, low-mass star. The results confirm that discs around very lightweight…

• Hunting for life’s building blocks at minus 250 degrees Celsius News - 2 May 2023

  James Webb life’s building blocks

• Leiden-developed drug candidate ready for final clinical trial phase News - 27 May 2025

  Bringing your drug candidates to patients is what many academic chemists dream about, but the road to this goal is long and bumpy. Now, Leiden small molecule nizubaglustat is ready for phase 3 clinical trials. This is thanks to a €132 million funding secured by the biotech spin-out Azafaros.

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  Klaas Vrieling Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  k.vrieling@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Martijn Bezemer Professor Ecology of Plant-Microbe-Insect Interactions

  Faculty of Science

  t.m.bezemer@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5158

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  Remus Dame Professor Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

  Faculty of Science

  rtdame@chem.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5605

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  Guillermo Guerrero PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  g.guerrero@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  René Olsthoorn Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  olsthoor@chem.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274773

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  Sten Hagen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  s.hagen@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Gijs van der Marel Emeritus professor of Synthetic organic chemistry

  Faculty of Science

  marel_g@chem.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Robin van den Biggelaar Postdoc/ Guest

  Faculty of Science

  r.h.g.a.van.den.biggelaar@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Corjan van de Griend PhD candidate/ Guest

  Faculty of Science

  c.j.van.de.griend@lic.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Erik van Geest Guest researcher

  Faculty of Science

  e.p.van.geest@lic.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Michiel Hooykaas Lecturer

  Faculty of Science

  m.j.d.hooykaas@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Elmer Maurits Guest researcher

  Faculty of Science

  e.maurits@lic.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Joyal Davis PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Science

  j.davis@lic.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Bas Kreupeling PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  b.m.kreupeling@lic.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4653

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  Krijn Trimbos Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  trimbos@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7457

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  Daniel Toma PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  d.toma@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Dmitri Filippov Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  filippov@chem.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273571

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  Sander Wezenberg Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  s.j.wezenberg@lic.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4541

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  Margo Dona Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  m.a.dona@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Nicola Thome PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  n.u.thome@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4395

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  Sofie Rasmussen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  a.s.b.rasmussen@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Peter Punt Professor

  Faculty of Science

  p.j.punt@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2944

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  Marco Visser Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Science

  m.d.visser@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277481

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  Martin van der Plas PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  m.van.der.plas@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jeroen Brzoskowski PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  j.c.r.brzoskowski.1@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274940

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  Liping Zhao Contract PhD Candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Science

  l.zhao@lic.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4410

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  Xinya Pan PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Science

  x.pan@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Liselotte Rambonnet PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  l.rambonnet@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275082

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  Isabel Nunez Santiago Lecturer

  Faculty of Science

  i.nunez.santiago@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Konstantinos Georgopoulos PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  k.georgopoulos@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727