From black holes to artificial intelligence and from drug research to data science: welcome to the fascinating world of the Faculty of Science. Our researchers, students and guests regularly give public lectures about their work. You are welcome to attend.

Lecture, Tuesday Talk

After your graduation, Leiden University would love to stay in touch with you. Alumni are an important part of the university; with your experience we can improve the education, and you can be part of a valuable network full of knowledge and experience. Find out what options you have to stay in touch…

Making an impact by creating solutions for the challenges of the future. That’s what we do through our education and research in biodiversity and sustainability, artificial intelligence, complex networks, new medicines, quantum technology, and galaxies.

Lecture, Pint of Science

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The core of Prof. Trauner’s research is to demonstrate the awesome power of chemical synthesis with challenging target molecules and to use it toward the establishment of synthetic biological pathways. He is well known for his pioneering contributions to Optogenetics and Photopharmacology, using synthetic…

Professor Annemarie Meijer and several students explained to more than 8000 visitors the zebrafish as a model for research during the National Weekend of Science (3-4 Oct) at Science Center NEMO in Amsterdam.

The LED3 community is pleased to announce that Professor Cheryl Arrowsmith will give the next LED3 lecture on April 25, 2024. Professor Arrowsmith is a Senior Scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Professor in the Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, and the Chief Scientist…

We are excited to announce that Professor Sarah O’Connor will give the next LED3 lecture on May 30, 2024. Sarah is the Director of the Department of Natural Product Biosynthesis at the Mack Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology and an Honorary Professor of Chemistry at the Friedrich Schiller University…

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Prof. Clevers is a molecular geneticist and stem cell researcher. He is the head of Pharma, Research and Early Development of Hoffmann-La Roche (Basel, Switzerland). He is also a distinguished professor in molecular genetics at Utrecht University. He studied the biology of Wnt detection in tissue renewal…

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Lecture, Pint of Science

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, NGL lecture

Newly emerging technologies from computer science and artificial intelligence have demonstrated high potential to transform our society and whole industries. This talk will investigate, how such technologies can be successfully leveraged for the concrete application domain of space, beginning…

Lecture, Harold Linnartz Astrochemistry Prize 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…

In recent years, so-called digital twins (DTs) have arisen, including in the area of cyber-physical systems, where they form a connected counterpart to the system of interest (SOI). Such DTs (1) receive real-time data from the SOI, (2) use such data and models to implement services to e.g. predict performance,…

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

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…

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Lecture, MI 70 years

LIACS organizes different lectures and seminars like the LCN2 Seminars and SAILS Lunch Time-seminars.

On April 20, sixty participants will take part in LION’s triannual meeting for high school physics teachers, to deepen their knowledge of physics and astronomy and to explore new teaching methods. This edition marks a special occasion, as it is the last meeting organized by Bert van der Hoorn, who will…

Today, everybody and everything produces data. People produce large amounts of data in social networks and in commercial transactions. Medical, corporate, and government databases continue to grow. Sensors continue to get cheaper and are increasingly connected, creating an Internet of Things, and generating…

Non-equivalence between canonical (soft constraints) and microcanonical (hard constraints) ensembles has been shown to arise in network models that have an extensive number of local constraints, such as Configuration Models [1]. This presentation explores the implications of ensemble non-equivalence…

What is and should be the role of universities in supporting business? How can business benefit more of relationships with science? And what is the role of policy makers in supporting a productive relationship between science and business? Professor Simcha Jong Kon Chin examines the interactions between…

Lecture, Astronomy on Tap

Lecture, Astronomy on Tap

Networks of the future Networks are all around us. The roads that we use, the electric grid, our water supply, social networks, to name a few. But also communication networks like the world wide web and the mobile phones network. They form the backbone of our society, with more and more users and capabilities.…

Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights

Lecture, Tuesday Talk

Surprising vacuum forces in a superconductor In this upcoming ‘Tuesday Talks: Science Insights’, we will dive into the realms of quantum mechanics and nanotechnology. A few months ago, Carlo Beenakker's interest was piqued by signs that Casimir's universal attractive force also manifests itself…

What a glow in the dark squid tells us about the human gut microbiome In this upcoming ‘Tuesday Talks: Science Insights’, Ariane Briegel will tell us more about how we can learn more about our own gut microbiome by studying the host-microbe interact in a Hawaiian squid that glows in the dark.…

Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights

Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights

Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights

Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights

Lecture, Astronomy on Tap

Lecture, Astronomy on Tap

Lecture, Astronomy on Tap

Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights

Lecture, Astronomy on Tap