Lecture

Greedy Supermassive Black Holes At the centre of almost all galaxies, you will find supermassive black holes. These galactic giants are the biggest of black holes and have a mass a million times higher than the sun – or more. To grow even bigger, they feed on gas and dust that pass by in their vicinity,…

Lecture, Oort lecture

Improving Nature’s Antibiotics to Overcome Resistant Bacteria

Many plants have evolved traits in response to interactions with megafaunal animals, such as large, ‘megafaunal’ fruits or defence traits (e.g., spines). However, two major global extinction events in Earth’s history impacted terrestrial megafauna dramatically: The Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction of…

Lecture

Abstract: In this talk, I will give an overview of my research over the last five years, which has mainly focused on the application of Bayesian optimization (BO) techniques to solve high-dimensional problems. An important aspect of my research has been the development of novel algorithms that…

Lecture

Lecture

This lecture explores the multifaceted history of Moroccan Jewry and their mass departure from Morocco between 1948 and 1967, set against the backdrop of colonialism, the struggle for independence, and the post-independence era. Morocco, under French rule during this period, experienced significant…

Lecture, Astronomy on Tap

Lecture, Astronomy on Tap

Lecture, Astronomy on Tap

Lecture, NGL-lezing

Lecture, Astronomy on Tap

Lecture, Astronomy on Tap

Lecture, MI 70 years

Lecture, Astronomy on Tap

Webinar

Migration, globalisation, technological developments, climate change: the greatest challenges of our time all affect our labour market. But how exactly? And can we influence this? Professor of Economics Olaf van Vliet regards it as his job to reveal how things really are. ‘That way, we can work on solutions…

Genes predict whether you have a propensity for an illness but environmental factors often have the last word: nutrition, air pollution, lifestyle, stress. The exposome as both culprit and chance. Large-scale research is being carried out into this at Leiden. Thomas Hankemeier, Professor of Analytical…

Although there is considerable evidence that nature in the city is beneficial to both people and animals, we still do not have an overall picture of those benefits. To rectify that, a Leiden PhD candidate and a student – armed with a cargo bike – are using The Hague as a life-size laboratory.

On 14 February, the university’s Academic Freedom Core Team is holding a dialogue session on the role of academics in the public debate and how this relates to academic freedom. There are different perspectives on this topical issue. How should academics join the public debate? Is active participation…

Debate

Do we have a standard model of cosmology? The origin and evolution of galaxies are two of the most actively researched areas in astrophysics. At present, the Lambda Cold Dark Matter model of Cosmology is the golden standard for our understanding of the origin of the Universe. But does this model actually…

Webinar, Q&A, discussion

Webinar, Q&A, discussion

In this Connect & Preserve session, we take a deeper dive into file formats for research data with speaker – and file format expert – Valentijn Gilissen of DANS. Choosing the right file format helps to ensure your data remains usable in the long-term, at the same time helping the interoperability…

Sixteen researchers at Leiden University are to receive a Veni grant from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). These awards offer promising young researchers the opportunity to further develop their own ideas over a period of three years.

Eighteen researchers from Leiden University have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). This grant gives promising young researchers the opportunity to develop their ideas for a period of three years.

Workshop

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to 14 Leiden researchers. This grant of a maximum of 850,000 euros will enable them to start a new research group and develop their own line of research over the next five years.

After a successful first conference in June 2022, GTGC is pleased to announce its second annual Conference at Leiden University's The Hague Campus on 7-9 June 2023.

Colleagues from across Leiden University are coming together on 2 November for the first Academia in Motion Festival! Together we'll discuss how Leiden University can become a more open workplace that recognizes and rewards all contributions, and an institution that creates and shares knowledge more…

Seminars, workshops

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