Daphne Wouts is an external PhD candidate at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Irene O'Daly is an assistant professor at the Centre for the Arts in Society specialising in manuscript studies, the history of ideas, and classical reception.

Thato Magano is an External PhD Candidate at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society.

Jacqueline Hylkema is Assistant Professor of Cultural History at Leiden University College and Senior Scaliger Fellow at Leiden University Libraries’ Scaliger Institute. Her research focuses on forgery in early modern print culture, particularly in the Dutch Republic and Britain. Hylkema is currently…

Marcellus Ubbink studies the relation between evolution, structure, dynamics and function of enzymes, with a particular interest in beta-lactamases. He uses a range of biophysical techniques for this purpose.

Central to the research of Lies Bouwman is the aim to gain understanding of transition metal complexes and their properties and reactivity at the molecular level. She then uses this understanding to ‘teach’ metal complexes to perform new catalytic reactions.

Professor dr. Johanneke Portielje is medical oncologist at the department of Medical Oncology at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). She holds a chair in Geriatric Oncology.

Andrew G.Webb is a Professor of Radiology and the founding Director of the Gorter MRI Center at the Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum. He has been awarded a Wolfgang Paul Prize from the German Humboldt Foundation (2004), Simon Stevin Meester Prize from the NWO (2017), two ERC Advanced Grants (2014-2020,…

Jan Maarten Elbers works as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Marijn Franx examines the evolution of galaxies. The galaxies he studies are so far away, that the light takes billions of years to reach Earth. By studying these galaxies we can look back in time and see how galaxies are formed and evolved. The results are spectacular: we see huge collisions, major…

Since March 2011, Prof Dr Yvette M van der Linden (1970) works as senior radiation oncologist at the Leiden University Medical Centre in Leiden, the Netherlands, and is founder and head of the academic Centre of Expertise in Palliative Care LUMC. Since June 1st 2020 she holds a chair in Palliative Medicine,…

Agur Sevink develops multi-scale models to investigate supramolecular structure and function in (bio)materials.

LUMC • Professor in primary care • Director of master program Vitality and Ageing • Principal Investigator of the LUMC-research program geriatrics in primary care • Staff member of department of Public Health and Primary care, and section Gerontology and Geriatrics in department of Internal Medicine National…

Leila Akkari aims to gain a better understanding of how immune cells influence tumour development. Furthermore, she wants to develop the right research tools to translate this knowledge into therapeutic advances.

This week, around 1,200 brand new students from 68 different countries are getting to know each other and their new student city. Orientation Week Leiden (OWL) got off to a good start on sunny Lammermarkt, which was packed with enthusiastic internationals.

Leiden University and four other parties have signed a declaration in which they agree to improve the well-being of students in Leiden. They signed this Declaration on Student Well-Being on 5 April at the Leidsch Besturendiner, a dinner for student associations, universities, local government and bu…

He was a popular face in the Leiden student world and even developed his own merchandise, but all good things come to an end. After seven years, community support officer Dennis Perdok (49) is leaving this role. Last week he bid farewell to the police and to his job in Leiden’s city centre.

Remus Dame investigates the coupling of genome organization and genome activity and the factors that fine-tune these processes in bacteria and archaea. He studies the proteins involved in vitro as well as in vivo using state-of-the-art biochemical and biophysical approaches.

There are still many life-threatening diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease, metabolic syndrome and cancer, for which there are no suitable therapies available. Mario van der Stelt aims to discover new molecules that can act as drug candidates for these type of diseases. He is also a member of the interdisciplinary…

Chemical Biology is the discipline in which fundamental biological processes are studied by approaches intrinsically rooted in chemistry. The research of Herman Overkleeft is characterized by the design, synthesis and application of chemical probes in glycobiology and immunology.

Huub Rottgering's main research interest is in observational studies of active galaxies, clusters and large scale structures in the distant universe with the aim of understanding their origin and evolution.

Suzanne C. Cannegieter is professor of Clinical Epidemiology, in particular Thrombosis and Haemostasis. She is staff member at both the department of Clinical Epidemiology and the section Thrombosis and Haemostasis of the department of Internal Medicine.

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…