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161 search results for “cognitieve evolution” in the Student website

• The Evolution of Aromatic Chemistry in Interstellar Space Event - 4 June 2026

  Lecture, Harold Linnartz Astrochemistry Prize lecture

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  Marko Radojkovic Postdoc

  m.radojkovic@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274960

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  David Milhanas Henriques Norte PhD candidate

  d.milhanas.henriques.norte@biology.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Martin Rücklin Associate professor

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

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  Bernardo Antunes Postdoc

  b.antunes@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anagnostis Theodoropoulos PhD candidate

  a.theodoropoulos@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274882

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  Jac Aarts Researcher/Guest

  j.m.m.j.g.aarts@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Katerina Johnson Postdoc/guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  k.v.a.johnson@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Tracking the origin and evolution of molecules in space News - 28 July 2023

  How do molecules originate and evolve in space? And how does that ultimately determine the chemical composition of planets and their atmospheres? The Dutch Astrochemistry Network (DANIII) receives 1.6 million euros from NWO to find out. A large group of Leiden astronomers and chemists is contributing:…

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  Ben Wielstra Associate professor

  b.m.wielstra@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275135

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  Tom Kouwenhoven Postdoc

  t.kouwenhoven@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274799

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  Vincent Niochet PhD candidate

  v.niochet@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Merijn de Bakker Education and research staff member

  m.a.g.de.bakker@biology.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Guillermo Guerrero PhD candidate

  g.guerrero@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Gerrit Dusseldorp Associate professor

  g.l.dusseldorp@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272428

• When does resistance to toxins evolve in animals? Students publish major review News - 23 May 2022

  Does a snake die when it bites its lip? Why will a mongoose survive a scorpion’s sting, but we humans perish? These questions occupied the minds of toxin-enthusiasts and Master’s students Biology Jory van Thiel and Roel Wouters. They collected information from many sources and published their findings…

• Tropical bananaquits lose song quality in the city News - 21 September 2021

  I think we should go this way. This way! THIS! WAY!! Making yourself heard in a city can be difficult. That is not only the case for humans, but birds seem to be hindered by urban noise as well. Researcher Hans Slabbekoorn of Leiden University already showed that great tits in Leiden communicate differently…

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  Simon Portegies Zwart Professor

  spz@strw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278429

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  Cora Tabea Leder PhD candidate

  c.t.leder@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Sebastian Fajardo Bernal Postdoc

  s.d.fajardo.bernal@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Supergenes make bizarre traits possible News - 13 June 2022

  Within the same species of butterfly many different wing patterns can occur. How is this possible? According to researchers Ben Wielstra and Emma Berdan, of the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), the answer lies within supergenes. A supergene is a part of a chromosome that contains many strongly linked…

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  Marie Soressi Professor of Hominin Diversity Archaeology

  m.a.soressi@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275355

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  Lennart Schada von Borzyskowski Assistant professor

  l.schada.von.borzyskowski@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274278

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  Amanda Henry Professor

  a.g.henry@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277844

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  Ilse Kamerling Laboratory Assistant

  i.m.kamerling@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272394

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  Luis Avitia Domínguez PhD candidate

  l.a.avitia.dominguez@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Katharina Riebel Associate professor

  k.riebel@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275149

• Evolutionary change in protective plant odours News - 23 June 2021

  Plants can’t run away from enemies. Still, it would like to keep life-threatening herbivores at a distance. This can be done with odours. Klaas Vrieling of the Institute of Biology Leiden found out with his team how plants change odour production to keep the munchers at a distance.

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  Igor Djakovic PhD candidate

  i.d.djakovic@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Alexander Wilkinson PhD candidate

  a.e.wilkinson@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Anastasia Nikulina Postdoc

  a.nikulina@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Areti Leventi PhD candidate

  a.leventi@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Emma Devereux PhD candidate / Guest

  e.j.devereux@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Human language inspired AI – and now we can use that AI to learn about language News - 18 December 2025

  Yuchen Lian defended her thesis on AI and language evolution at Leiden University.

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  Andrew Sorensen Postdoc/ Guest

  a.c.sorensen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• FAIR imaging for advancing science Event - 9 June 2026

  Lecture, Tuesday Talk

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  Bjørn Peare Bartholdy PhD candidate / guest

  b.p.bartholdy@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277843

• Can birds imitate Star Wars robot? Yes – and some are surprisingly good at it News - 10 November 2025

  Scientists have discovered that starlings and parrots can imitate the complex sounds of Star Wars droid R2-D2 remarkably well. Their study reveals how the structure of a bird’s vocal organ determines its vocal abilities – and how citizen science helps uncover it.

• After the launch of the next big space mission: ‘This is a big step towards understanding dark matter and dark energy.’ News - 7 July 2023

  Henk Hoekstra and Alessandra Silvestri work on the astronomy and theoretical physics in the Euclid mission. These Dutch researchers are part of the mission.

• Singing parrots wanted: is our musicality unique? News - 4 December 2023

  Is our musicality unique? That’s what the Bird Singalong project aims to find out. And for that, they need the help of feathered friends from all around the world. ‘By researching how parrots learn songs, we also learn more about the origin of our own musicality.’ Do you have a parrot that can sing…

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  Tullio Abruzzese PhD candidate

  t.abruzzese@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rachel Schats Associate professor

  r.schats@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271925

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  Wei Chu Researcher and assistant professor

  w.chu@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jason Laffoon Associate professor

  j.e.laffoon@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272646

• Rare isotopes in our neighbouring stars provide new insights in the origin of carbon and oxygen News - 26 August 2025

  Astronomers at Leiden University have detected rare isotopes of carbon and oxygen in our neighbouring stars for the first time, providing a new window to better understand the chemical evolution of the cosmos.The results are published today in the journal Nature Astronomy.

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  Peter Klinkhamer Professor

  p.g.l.klinkhamer@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Geert de Snoo Professor

  g.r.de.snoo@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Three Leiden researchers receive NWO Open Competition grant for innovative science News - 24 November 2025

  Sustainable biotechnology, new insights into genome evolution and combining forces in mathematics. The NWO has awarded grants to these three innovative Leiden research projects in the ENW-M Open Competition.

• Not wrapping but folding: Bacteria also organise their DNA (but they do it a bit differently) News - 13 June 2024

  Some bacteria, it turns out, have proteins much like ours that organise the DNA in their cells. They just do it a bit differently. This is revealed by new research from biochemists at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry and the Max Planck Institute for Biology. The discovery helps us better understand…

• What Darwin couldn’t see: Expedition to uncover invisible life in Galápagos News - 22 March 2023

  An international research team is to search for invisible life in the Galápagos Islands. The diversity of bacteria and other microscopic organisms may not be evident to the naked eye, but it is essential to nature. To the islands' giant daisies, for instance: unique endemic plants that are currently…