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  Roeland Merks Professor

  Faculty of Science

  merksrmh@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277106

• Leiden researchers join forces against tuberculosis News - 24 March 2022

  About one and a half million people worldwide die each year from tuberculosis. For thirty years, therapy with antibiotics has been the same, while it takes far too long and can lead to resistant pathogens. Leiden researchers from four institutes are now joining forces to develop more effective and efficient…

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  Joey Zuijdervelt PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  j.l.zuijdervelt@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276227

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  Jolanda Snel PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.h.snel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Bram Slütter Associate Professor

  Faculty of Science

  b.a.slutter@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276208

• ESOF session on vaccines: ‘Infectious diseases know no borders’ News - 4 July 2022

  How can Europe lead the way in vaccine development that is fast and for all? To answer this pressing question, Professor of Vaccinology Meta Roestenberg is holding a panel session on 14 July at the EuroScience Open Forum in Leiden.

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  Hans Aerts Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Science

  j.m.f.g.aerts@lic.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274771

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  Eveline Crone Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  ecrone@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Channeke Keuls Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.s.keuls@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Tim Koppert Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  t.y.koppert@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Eduard Klapwijk Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  e.t.klapwijk@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Anneke Both-de Vries

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  bothanna@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4834

• Atherosclerosis resembles an autoimmune disease. Marie Depuydt graduated on this topic, with honours News - 17 April 2024

  In addition to cholesterol and high blood pressure as risk factors for atherosclerosis, we may need to address our own immune system to prevent a heart attack or stroke. Marie Depuydt revealed which cells exactly reside in the atherosclerotic plaque that narrows an artery. The presence of a diverse…

• Seeking new concepts to treat diseases News - 20 November 2023

  Scientific Director of the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) Hubertus Irth: ‘We test substances and look for new concepts for treating disease.’

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  Marit Ruitenberg Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.f.l.ruitenberg@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Maedeh Nasri Guest

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  m.nasri@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Elizabeth (Liesbeth) de Lange Professor

  Faculty of Science

  ecmdelange@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276330

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  Harriet Vermeer Associate Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  vermeer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273491

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  Linda van Leijenhorst Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  lleijenhorst@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273750

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  Mi-lan Woudstra Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.j.woudstra@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275439

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  Le Yang PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Science

  l.yang@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Margo Dona Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  m.a.dona@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Willem Fibbe Professor

  Faculty of Medicine

  w.e.fibbe@lumc.nl | 071 5262271

• Better treatment of systemic autoimmune diseases requires close collaboration News - 18 January 2024

  Exceptional collaboration between physicians is needed to better understand and treat autoimmune diseases that cause inflammation in various organ systems.

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  Martin Rücklin Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  m.rucklin@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Researchers tackle antibiotic-resistant bacteria News - 6 May 2022

  When a bacterium becomes more resistant to one antibiotic, it sometimes becomes more sensitive to another. To better understand this interaction, researchers from the Leiden Institute of Biology (IBL) and the Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research (LACDR) under supervision of Daniel Rozen and Coen…

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  Rob van Wijk Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  r.c.van.wijk@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274505

• New treatments for life-threatening disease sepsis News - 12 July 2023

  Due to the increasing resistance to certain antibiotics, the life-threatening condition sepsis is becoming harder to treat. For her PhD project, Leiden pharmacologist Feiyan Liu used mathematical modeling to find out how antibiotics can be used more effectively to cure sepsis.

• Preventing heart attacks by earlier detection of cardiovascular disease News - 6 December 2023

  In the Netherlands, 1.55 million people suffer from cardiovascular diseases. Yet, acute cardiovascular events, such as a heart attack or stroke, often occur unexpectedly. That is because many people do not know they are at risk for such an event. Immunological researcher Amanda Foks and her colleagues…

• Maia Casna investigates respiratory disease in the past with an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant News - 5 October 2021

  Every year, an NWO PhD in the Humanities grant is awarded to a prospective PhD candidate at the Faculty of Archaeology. This year, the grant went to Maia Casna, enabling her to study respiratory disease in the past. ‘My hypothesis is that the rapid formation of cities in the medieval Netherlands, must…

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  Jyothi Thrivikraman Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  j.k.thrivikraman@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 0800918

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  Katja Cardol Lecturer

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.k.cardol@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275697

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  Martijn Defilet PhD candidate

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.p.defilet@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Camila Paz Espinoza Chaparro Contract PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.p.espinoza.chaparro@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  David Ehrhardt Associate Professor

  Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

  d.w.l.ehrhardt@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009313

• LUMC: first Dutch patient receives CAR T-cell therapy for autoimmune disease News - 3 June 2025

  The LUMC has become the first institution in the Netherlands to treat a patient with an autoimmune disease using CAR T-cell therapy.

• Flooded polder helps fight mosquito-borne diseases News - 13 October 2025

  One and a half hectares of polder, a large volume of water, and a group of curious researchers from various universities and scientific backgrounds led by ecologist Maarten Schrama. These are the ingredients needed to answer the question: how do water retention areas affect nature, animals, and our…

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  Simone Dobbelaar Postdoc

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.dobbelaar@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marinus van IJzendoorn

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  vanijzen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Kiki Zanolie Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.k.k.zanolie@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273838

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  Tales Yamamoto Guest researcher

  Faculty of Science

  t.m.yamamoto@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Barbara Gravendeel Associate professor guest

  Faculty of Science

  b.gravendeel@hortus.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Maia Casna Guest researcher

  Faculty of Archaeology

  m.casna@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• From liquid to solid: revolutionary technique uncovers disease-related changes in tiny droplets within our cells News - 13 February 2025

  Understanding the behaviour of tiny droplets in our cells could aid the search for new treatments. A team of Leiden researchers has developed a groundbreaking method to study how these droplets transition from liquid to solid. This change plays a role in various diseases, including neurodegenerative…

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  Tuomas Aivelo Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  t.j.e.aivelo@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jordy van der Beek PhD candidate / self funded

  Faculty of Science

  j.g.van.der.beek@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Patrick van Hage PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  p.van.hage@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274950

• Outbreak of an infectious disease? Mathematics helps in making quick, informed decisions News - 15 October 2024

  A job thanks to COVID—something not many people can claim. But PhD candidate Vera Arntzen can. Over the past four years, she has mapped two crucial characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Thanks to her research, experts can now make well-informed decisions on matters like quarantine duration, which…

• How e-coaching helps people with chronic kidney disease to live more healthily News - 9 March 2023

  An e-coaching programme helps people with chronic kidney disease, particularly in areas that patients themselves want to work on. ‘A healthy lifestyle is important for patients with kidney disease: it can slow down the loss of kidney function and there will be fewer complications,’ Katja Cardol explains…