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• Biology brothers write book about nature and adventure in Eastern Europe: 'I didn't know there live pelicans in Romania' News - 29 June 2022

  With a self-converted red camper van, biologists and twin brothers Kevin and Marvin Groen go on a nature adventure in Eastern Europe. Together, they search for wild animals, beautiful nature and places to sport. From a long search for a bear in the Slovakian wilderness to the discovery that pelicans…

• Students discover chimpanzees make rhythmic sounds (despite limited sense of rhythm) News - 17 January 2025

  How can chimpanzees, so closely related to humans, have almost no sense of rhythm? ‘The best students ever’ and behavioural biologist Michelle Spierings demonstrated that chimps can actually drum and move rhythmically—each following their own unique beat.

• Leiden students build smart antibodies with protein 'Velcro' News - 18 September 2025

  Nine students dove into a challenging iGEM project this summer. With their idea, they aim to make antibodies more efficient - and in the meantime learn at least as much about collaboration, creativity and their own future.

• Graduation ceremony MSc Biology Event - 24 November 2025

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  Wilco van Dijk Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  dijkwvan@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 0 6 43446432

• Graduation ceremony MSc Biology Event - 25 November 2025

• Afstudeerceremonie MSc Biologie Event - 27 October 2025

• Graduation Ceremony MSc Biology Event - 19 June 2025

  Graduation Ceremony

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  Roderick Bouman Postdoc

  r.w.bouman@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272180

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  Berend Gagestein Mass spectrometry specialist

  b.gagestein@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274410

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  Tressia Chikodza PhD candidate - external affiliation

  t.chikodza@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Roeland Merks Professor

  merksrmh@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277106

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  Josh Robison Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.a.robison@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8005071

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  Anouk van Vliet Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.l.van.vliet@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009512

• How to keep a forest happy? A study on singing behaviour in BaYaka hunter gatherers in Congo News - 7 November 2023

  For the first time, a group of international and interdisciplinary researchers led by Karline Janmaat and her former MSc Student Chirag Chittar, have tested the several hypotheses on music simultaneously in a modern foraging society during their daily search for tubers – their staple food.

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  Neeltje Blankenstein Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  n.e.blankenstein@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Hermen Overkleeft Professor

  h.s.overkleeft@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275037

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  Dani Crowley PhD candidate

  d.crowley@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274759

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  Arthur Ram Professor

  a.f.j.ram@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274914

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  Laurens van Gestel Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  l.c.van.gestel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Duygu Uysal Dincol Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  d.m.uysal.dincol@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rachel O'Connor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.a.oconnor@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ewa Snaar-Jagalska Professor emeritus

  b.e.snaar-jagalska@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Kia Radovanovic PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  k.radovanovic@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Coen Wirtz Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.wirtz@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273731

• Getting people on board with the energy transition: ‘Times of crisis can help’ News - 29 August 2022

  The gas prices now exceed 300 euros per megawatt hour – a record. The transition from fossil (natural gas, coal, oil) to renewable energy is needed and soon. But how do you get a society (and its citizens) to switch to sustainable energy?

• Triturus newts reveal a genetic balancing act News - 9 December 2025

  An evolutionary 'trap' that has haunted crested and marbled newts for 25 million years: Leiden researchers have uncovered a mysterious DNA error that should not be able to arise – yet persists all the same. How is that possible? PhD candidate James France found new clues.

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  Lennart Schada von Borzyskowski Assistant professor

  l.schada.von.borzyskowski@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274278

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  Simon Otjes Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.p.otjes@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273946

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  Marijn Nagtzaam Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.a.m.nagtzaam@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Joop van Holsteijn Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  holsteyn@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Bianca Boyer Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  b.e.boyer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Yvette Dijkxhoorn Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  dijkx@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273822

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  Paul Kessler Prefect / professor by special appointment of Botanical gardens and botany of South East Asia

  Faculty of Science

  p.j.a.kessler@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5235

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  Pingtao Ding Assistant professor

  p.ding@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275306

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  Tom van der Wel Assistant professor

  t.van.der.wel@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273534

• Bold and anxious fish help in the hunt for medication for ADHD and depression News - 4 April 2025

  Personality is genetic in zebrafish: risk-taking parents have risk-taking children. These are the findings of research by Christian Tudorache and his team published in BMC Neuroscience.

• The career choices of cells News - 16 December 2022

  How does an embryonic stem cell decide if it becomes a heart cell or a kidney cell? That’s the question computational biologist Maria Mircea studied for her PhD research. She looked at the inside of individual cells to analyse how they change. This is what she discovered.

• ‘A good teacher always has multiple ways to explain the same concept’ News - 29 November 2024

  Assistant professor Joost Willemse firmly believes that as a teacher, you’re never done learning. ‘Students ask questions about things you’ve never thought of yourself. Ultimately, that makes you better at your job.’ That’s why he always encourages his students to ask questions. And it’s appreciated:…

• Kaare Strøm award for institute member Thijs Vos News - 17 October 2024

  This summer, political scientist Thijs Vos received the Kaare Strøm prize for his paper ‘Power or Ideology? What structures legislative voting behaviour in Dutch municipal councils, ideology or coalition-opposition dynamics?' He was awarded the prize during the ECPR summer school on parliaments in F…

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  Christian Tudorache Assistant professor

  c.tudorache@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274759

• Animal-friendly and effective: Leiden students develop nanobodies using yeast News - 26 September 2024

  Yeast, alpacas, and antibodies. They may seem unrelated, but within the project of the Leiden iGEM students, they come together perfectly. For the international synthetic biology competition iGEM, the team is working on an innovative method to produce nanobodies—a special form of antibodies—using brewer’s…

• Professor calls for more focus on brain impairment in offenders News - 31 May 2024

  Maaike Kempes believes more attention should be paid to non-congenital brain injuries in suspects. This may partly explain their criminal behaviour.

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  Tommy van Steen Associate Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  t.van.steen@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Sarah Giest Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  s.n.giest@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009084

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  Herman Spaink Professor

  h.p.spaink@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275055

• Leiden University honours Lex van der Eb with University Medal News - 13 December 2024

  Leiden University has awarded its prestigious University Medal to Emeritus Professor Lex van der Eb. As a pioneer in genetics and molecular biology, he received this honour for his services to science and his key role in the development of the Leiden Bio Science Park (LBSP).

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  Ariane Briegel Senior researcher/guest

  a.briegel@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• ‘To truly understand the brain, we must understand the chemistry’ News - 27 November 2025

  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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  Eveline de Boer Knowledge valorization staff member

  ICLON

  e.de.boer@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271748