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• 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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  Aole Zheng PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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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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  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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  Anna Witteveen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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

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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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  Danxia Zhao PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Science

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

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  Jeroen Molenaar PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

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

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  Pier Lindenbergh PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  p.p.lindenbergh@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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  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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  Barend Mons Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Medicine

  b.mons@lumc.nl |

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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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  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…

• 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…

• 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…

• CSC Scholarship Scholarship

  PhD

• What makes our university strong and distinctive? Let your voice be heard! News - 3 September 2024

  What sets Leiden University apart from other universities? And what research themes would you like us to showcase to the outside world? Share your ideas in our online consultation over the next two weeks.

• Eleven master’s students start research into sustainable hospitals News - 13 February 2023

  February 8 saw the launch of the Medical Delta ‘Sustainable Hospitals’ Interdisciplinary Thesis Lab. The research projects will touch on different aspects of healthcare. The students hope they will be able to offer practical solutions to make hospitals greener.

• Executive Board decision after University Council advice: People counters will not be switched on again News - 14 February 2023

  The more than 370 sensors that have been hung up in Leiden University buildings to count the people present will not be switched on again. The equipment will eventually be removed from the buildings.

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  Mitra Baratchi Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  m.baratchi@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277492

• Veni grants for 22 researchers from Leiden University News - 17 July 2024

  An impressive 22 research projects by Leiden researchers have been awarded Veni funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

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  Tingjie Guo Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  t.guo@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274501

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  Catherine Mergen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  c.mergen@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276038