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• Oncode Accelerator funds preclinical development of cancer therapies News - 23 October 2024

  Through its Demonstrator Projects, the Dutch Oncode Accelerator consortium provides grants for preclinical cancer therapy development. The first call for these projects is open until September 2025.

• Projects 2024-2025

  This academic year, seven (teams of) teachers will receive a Grassroots or Grass shoots grant. Here you can read about their projects.

• Leiden University positive about coalition plans, with a few concerns News - 30 January 2026

  Dutch universities have responded positively to the new coalition plans. Investments in education, research and innovation will be prioritised, and the stringent cutbacks proposed by the previous cabinet will be reversed. Optimism is the order of the day in Leiden, though caution is advised.

• Veni grants for 18 Leiden researchers News - 17 July 2025

  Eighteen researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This grant gives promising young researchers the opportunity to develop their ideas for a period of three years.

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  Miranda van Eck Scientific director / professor

  Faculty of Science

  eck_m@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276238

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  Joost Beltman Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  j.b.beltman@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274323

• Developing new therapies to fight muscle disease News - 26 September 2022

  Biophysicist Alireza Mashaghi and his collaborators are taking up the fight against muscular dystrophy: genetic disorders that cause muscle weakness. They want to inhibit the clumping of proteins that results in toxic aggregates. For this, the team receives 550,000 euros from Health Holland. The team…

• Building a greener future at Leiden University in 2025 News - 15 December 2025

  From a vegan community kitchen to a green framework for drug development: sustainability became more visible in everyday campus life at Leiden University in 2025.

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  Marloes van Oosterhout PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  l.p.j.van.oosterhout@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271031

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  Anna Witteveen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  a.witteveen@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277970

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  Aole Zheng PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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  Anish Kanhai Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  a.a.kanhai@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271031

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  Iris van Wissen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  i.j.van.wissen@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271031

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  Roy Snijckers PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Science

  r.p.m.snijckers@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271340

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  Eveline de Vlieger PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  e.a.vlieger@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277970

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  Anne-Grete Märtson Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  a.martson@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276211

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  Mariona Oliver Lloberas PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  m.oliver@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Gabriela Schäfer PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  g.schafer@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Tahmina Fariaby PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  t.fariaby@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274245

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  Sophieke Lems PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  a.s.lems@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271340

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  Romy Dijkland PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  r.c.dijkland@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277970

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  Jeroen Molenaar PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  j.molenaar@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271340

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  Danxia Zhao PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Science

  d.zhao@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276038

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  Pier Lindenbergh PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  p.p.lindenbergh@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271340

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  Kauthar Parker PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  k.parker@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276038

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  Gijs van der Marel Emeritus professor

  Faculty of Science

  marel_g@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Yuliya Shakalisava Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  y.shakalisava@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marie Depuydt Postdoctoral Researcher

  Faculty of Science

  m.a.c.depuydt@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276051

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  Gideon Kersten Extraordinary professor

  Faculty of Science

  g.f.a.kersten@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274570

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  Silvere van der Maarel Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

  s.m.van_der_maarel@lumc.nl | 071 5269480

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  Hendrikus Tanke Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Medicine

  h.j.tanke@lumc.nl | 071 5269201

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  Marjo de Graauw Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  m.de.graauw@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276319

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  Peter ten Dijke Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

  p.ten_dijke@lumc.nl | 071 5269270

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  Monique Tjiong Management assistant

  Faculty of Science

  m.tjiong@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276211

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  Dirk-Jan van den Berg Education and research staff member

  Faculty of Science

  d.j.van.den.berg@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276163

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  Frank Schaftenaar Scientific Data and Infrastructure Specialist

  Faculty of Science

  f.h.schaftenaar@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276051

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  Natalia Ortiz Zacarias Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  n.v.ortiz.zacarias@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mikolaj Szachniewicz PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Science

  m.m.szachniewicz@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274235

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  Jaap Brouwer Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Science

  brouwer@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274755

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  Barend Mons Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Medicine

  b.mons@lumc.nl |

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  Nils Thonemann Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  n.thonemann@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Carlos Felipe Blanco Rocha Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  c.f.blanco@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274371

• Eredoctoraten voor Bonnie Honig, Eliot Higgins en Kelly Chibale News - 8 October 2024

  Leiden University will be conferring three honorary doctorates in its special anniversary year. They will be awarded to Eliot Higgins, truth finder and founder of Bellingcat, Bonnie Honig, expert in feminist theory and legal theory, and Kelly Chibale, professor of organic chemistry, who works on prevention…

• Wimar Bolhuis: ECB intervention helped prevent euro crisis News - 8 April 2021

  Dutch Central Bank President Klaas Knot wants to wind down the European Central Bank’s crisis bond-buying programme this year because the economic outlook is looking increasingly positive.

• Neurodiversity in the workplace: a win-win for all Announcement - 13 June 2025

  Organisation, Social

• Major Leiden symposium on TB bacteria News - 5 February 2025

  More than 1.3 million people worldwide die of tuberculosis (TB) each year, making research on its prevention and control essential. Researchers from various disciplines in Leiden are studying TB. A symposium on 24 March will highlight different activities in the hope of boosting nationwide collabora…

• Criminal law needs to change: ‘Harsher punishments and short prison sentences don’t work’ News - 20 February 2025

  Many problems in criminal law can be predicted by the academic world and using knowledge from criminal law practice, says criminal lawyer Professor Patrick van der Meij.

• Career Café Course

  Transferable skills, Career development

• Study associations sign covenant: limit your alcohol consumption and look after each other News - 9 November 2023

  Opting more often for mocktails or soft drinks rather than beer or wine, talking to others about their drinking and pointing out the ban on drugs. Leiden University’s new covenant on alcohol and drugs for study associations encourages providing more alcohol-free alternatives.

• Seven Comenius grants for Leiden lecturers News - 11 June 2024

  Eleven lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded Comenius grants that will allow them to work with their teams on an innovation project within their own teaching. They have been awarded three grants of 100,000 euros within the Senior Fellows programme and four grants of 50,000 euros within…