We often feel at ease in a salon chair, and the conversation soon starts to flow. That feeling will be recreated in the coming weeks in the [s]TATTOO pop-up studio. Students and staff can share their thoughts, feelings or worries – and will leave with an artwork based on their story.

Professor of Medicine, in specific endocrine tumors. Head of the Division of Endocrinology, and chair of the Center for Endocrine Tumors Leiden, a national expertisecenter for endocrine tumors. President of the European NeuroEndocrine Association (ENEA, 2016-2018) en coordinator European Reference Network…

Gerard J. Blauw is professor in internal medicine and geriatrics and co-chair of the medical research profile Ageing of the Leiden University Medical Centre. Besides he is an internist geriatrician and director of the Bronovo Behandeladviescentrum Ouderengeneeskunde at the Haaglanden Medical Centre…

Fijs van Leeuwen is professor of radiology and chair of ‘molecular imaging and image guided therapy’. He also co-directs the LUMC-wide image-guided surgery program. In addition to his appointments at the LUMC he has guest-appointments at the Bionanotechnology group of Wageningen University, the departments…

Until December 2017 Professor and Head of the Department Molecular Cell Biology, member board LUMC Division 4, coordinator research profile Biomedical Imaging. Additional professorship Science Faculty Leiden (since 2012), Medical Delta professor at TU Delft (2013) and member of the executive board of…

Jerry Braun is Professor in Cardiothoracic Surgery, in particular Pulmonary Surgery, and acting department head of the department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). In addition, het is president of the Dutch Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery and member of the…

Patrick C.N Rensen is a professor of endocrinology at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). He is Established Investigator of the Dutch Heart Foundation and chairman of the European Lipoprotein Club (ELC).

James Hardwick is Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, in particular the Early Detection and Treatment of Colorectal Tumours.

Corrie Marijnen started her training as radiation-oncologist in 1994 in the Academic Hospital Leiden. During her residency, she started with her PhD, which she achieved with honors in 2002 . After working for 4 years in the Antoni van Leeuwenhoekhospital/National Cancer Institute, she became chair of…

Ilaria Biotti is a PhD Candidate at the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA).

(Anastasia) Chi Zhang is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology

Johanna (Joke) Meijer is professor and head of the section Neurophysiology, within the department of Cell and Chemical Biology. Her research primarily focuses on unravelling the mechanisms that regulate and synchronise the biological clock, both through external and internal factors. Additionally, she…

Lu Cao has a background in Computer Science. Her research focuses on high-throughput imaging, image and data analysis. Before joining LIACS, she worked in Cytocypher B.V. as an image and data analyst. In 2017, she worked in the Department of Applied Stem Cell Technologies (AST) at the University of…

The opening of the new academic year highlighted students' and lecturers' personal motivators. Incoming students were encouraged to be bold, forge their own paths and grow by trial and error.

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Adam Cohen in Professor of Clinical Pharmacology and was until 2018 CEO of the Foundation Centre for Human Drug Research (www.chdr.nl). CHDR is a leading institute involved in early drug research in collaboration with LUMC and Leiden University. He is a physician at the department of Nephrology of L…

Matthias van Osch is professor in Radiology, experimental cerebrovascular imaging and he is vice-director of the C.J. Gorter Center for high field MRI. in 2016 he was awarded with the innovational research incentives scheme VICI “Breaking through spatial, temporal and physiological boundaries in brain…

In June 2015 I started working in the LUMC as professor of neuro-oncology, in particular quality of life. I work two days a week in the LUMC, where I am a staff member at the department of neurology. In addition to neuro-oncological patient care, I chair the neuro-oncology tumor working group and lead…

Olaf Dekkers is professor internal medicine, chair of the scientific board internal medicine at LUMC and visiting professor at the department clinical epidemiology in Aarhus, Denmark.

Peter Devilee has over 30 years of experience in cancer genetics, including somatic genetics of tumors and the genetics of familial clustering of cancer, primarily breast and colorectal cancer, and paragangliomas. Since 2003, he is professor of Tumor Genetics at the Leiden University Medical Center…

• Professor in statistical methods for observational (clinical) epidemiological research • Member of the Dutch Health Council

Rob Tollenaar is professor of Surgery in particular in oncology and head of the Department of Surgery of the Leiden University Medical Center. He is also chairman of the management team of the University Cancer Center Leiden-The Hague (UKC-LD) an oncological partnership of the LUMC and HMC. He is…

Anita Liao (M.Sc.) is a PhD student at the Division of Drug Discovery & Safety.

The outbreak of coronavirus has radically changed our life and work. We have had to work, teach and conduct research from home. How has coronavirus changed your work? What do you miss most? And what is keeping you going? We asked a few colleagues.

The 50th Top 450 entry has now been published. In the run-up to the university’s 450th anniversary, we are compiling our Top 450. What is your favourite?

Annelies Schulte Nordholt is a University Lecturer at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Herman Siemens is a Senior University Lecturer at the Institute for Philosophy.

I am an internist-endocrinologist in the Department of Internal Medicine and Professor of Diabetology, in particular the neuro-endocrine regulation of diabetes and overweight.