136 search results for “infection” in the Student website
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COVID Radar is a good predictor of increasing infections
The COVID Radar app is citizen science at its best. More than 200,000 users in the Netherlands are answering questions about their health and behaviour to help predict the development of the pandemic. Niels Chavannes, Professor of General Practice at Leiden University Medical Center, explains how the…
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Bart Roepb.o.roep@lumc.nl | 071 5263869
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Staying a step ahead of infections that threaten safe transfusion and transplantation
Preventing viral infections from being transmitted through blood transfusion and organ transplantation lies at the heart of the work of medical microbiologist and virologist Mariet Feltkamp and her team.
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euros grant for smart antibiotic combinations – tackling resistant infections and antimicrobial resistance
Optimised antibiotic combinations can combat bacteria more effectively while also slowing the development of resistance. Scientists from five European countries are joining forces to identify such combinations and provide tools for others to do the same. The project is led by Professor Coen van Hasselt…
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Cornelis Hokkec.h.hokke@lumc.nl | 071 5265065
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Irene Pascual Garciai.pascual.garcia@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Cornelis van Kootenc.van_kooten@lumc.nl | 071 5262148
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Mark van Buchemm.a.van_buchem@lumc.nl | 071 5264376
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Frank Baasf.baas@lumc.nl |
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Safety instructions
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Lioe-Fee de Geus-Oeil.f.de_geus-oei@lumc.nl | 071 5269111
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LUMC professor Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives Spinoza Prize
Leiden professor of Cellular Immunology of Parasitic Infections Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives the prestigious NWO Spinoza Prize this year. This, in many ways, border-crossing scientist contributes with her research to more effective vaccines against parasitic infections and better medication for inflammatory…
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Jaap van Disselj.t.van_dissel@lumc.nl | 071 5269111
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Noortje Dannenbergn.dannenberg@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274851
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Jacco Wallinga
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Eric Snijdere.j.snijder@lumc.nl | 071 5261657
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Edmond Ringse.h.h.m.rings@lumc.nl | 071 5262824
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Leo Visserl.g.visser@lumc.nl | 071 5266534
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Alexander Gorbalenyaa.e.gorbalenya@lumc.nl | 071 5263931
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Thorbald van Hallt.van_hall@lumc.nl | 071 5266945
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Annemieke Geluka.geluk@lumc.nl | 071 5269111
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Paul Parrenp.w.h.i.parren@lumc.nl | 071 5269111
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Joan Hendrik Veelkenj.h.veelken@lumc.nl | 071 5262267
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Louis Kroesa.c.m.kroes@lumc.nl | 31654635230
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Karin de Visserk.e.de_visser@lumc.nl |
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Marlies Reindersm.e.j.reinders@lumc.nl | 071 5269111
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Gert Jan Lammersg.j.lammers@lumc.nl | 071 5262139
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Jannie Keyser-Borstj.g.borst@lumc.nl |
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Outbreak of an infectious disease? Mathematics helps in making quick, informed decisions
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…
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ERC-subsidie om uit te zoeken hoe kinderen luchtweginfecties te lijf gaan
De crèche en het klaslokaal zijn misschien wel de meest gunstige plekken voor ziekteverwekkers. Toch is er relatief weinig bekend over hoe kinderen reageren op virussen en bacteriën en hoe het komt dat sommige kinderen veel beter beschermd zijn dan anderen. Simon Jochems, onderzoeker aan het Leids Universitair…
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Major study offers practical guidance on antibiotic dosing in patients with obesity
Leiden researcher Anne-Grete Märtson brought together a large number of studies to better understand antibiotic dosing in patients with obesity. The publication in a renowned medical journal has already garnered much positive reactions, Märtson says. ‘It’s high time researchers started sharing more…
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Major Leiden symposium on TB bacteria
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…
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Jaap Jan Zwagingaj.j.zwaginga@lumc.nl | 071 5269111
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Thomas Huizingat.w.j.huizinga@lumc.nl | 071 5263595
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Jan van Lithj.m.m.van_lith@lumc.nl | 071 5262896
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Reinaldus Toesr.e.m.toes@lumc.nl | 071 5261946
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Mark de Boerm.g.j.de_boer@lumc.nl | 071 5262613
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Koos van der Hoeven
j.j.m.van_der_hoeven@lumc.nl | 071 5269111
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Fijs van Leeuwenf.w.b.van_leeuwen@lumc.nl | 071 5269111
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Amir Zadpoora.a.zadpoor@lumc.nl | 071 5269111
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Willem Fibbew.e.fibbe@lumc.nl | 071 5262271
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Annette van der Helm-van Mila.h.m.van_der_helm@lumc.nl | 071 5261290
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Manfred Wuhrerm.wuhrer@lumc.nl | 071 5269111
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Frank Staalf.j.t.staal@lumc.nl | 071 5263800
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Bart van Hoekb.van_hoek@lumc.nl | 071 5269111
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Henricus Verspageth.w.verspaget@umail.leidenuniv.nl |
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Frits Koningf.koning@lumc.nl | 071 5269111
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Thomas Ottenhofft.h.m.ottenhoff@lumc.nl |
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Three awarded research projects in NWO-XS call
Cryogenic memories, antibiotic treatment for urinary tract infections and recycling plastic sustainably. These are the subjects of the three NWO-XS grants awarded to Leiden Science researchers.
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Leiden ‘super antibiotic’ keeps dangerous gut bacterium under control with a low dose
The antibiotic EVG7, developed in Leiden, has proven capable of fighting the dangerous gut bacterium C. difficile with only a minimal dose. What’s more, the bacterium is far less likely to return, a major issue with existing antibiotics. The research was published in Nature Communications.