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The Answer to Inequality is in the Past
Lecture
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Artificial intelligence as the co-pilot for drug discovery
There are more molecules that could conceivably be candidate drugs than there are stars in the universe. How can we ever efficiently identify those molecules? Professor of AI and Medicinal Chemistry, Gerard van Westen: ‘I’m going to use artificial intelligence as the co-pilot to make an automated search.’…
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AI-enabled ultrasound: LUC alumna empowers women in rural Africa
AI ultrasounds: LUC alumna empowers women in rural Africa
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How Oncode-PACT is bringing new cancer medicines closer with 325 million in Growth Fund money
How can you ensure that more experimental drugs reach the finish line? At the moment, only one in twenty cancer drugs that are tested on humans makes it to the market. This is an enormous loss for patients and society. With a grant from the National Growth Fund, Oncode-PACT aims to efficiently select…
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HagueTalks: Achieving the SDGS: Mission Impossible or Yes We Can?
Lecture
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New Year's Reception
Conference
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Evolutionary change in protective plant odours
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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Living Texts
Lecture, Studium Generale
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The World of Smallpox Picture Books: The Red Books for Smallpox in the Edo Period
Lecture
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Una Europa webinar: One Health aspects of human companion-animal bond
webinar
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
Lecture, Seminar
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Why the Old Cold War Ended, a New Russia-West Cold War Developed, and the Russia-Ukraine Hot War began
Lecture
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Public lecture by former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe
Lecture
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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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In pictures: animal mummies in a scanner
The story of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh, is world famous. But did you know that the Ancient Egyptians mummified not only people but animals too? The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden recently put a bunch of animal mummies through a CT scanner. This was in collaboration with Canon Netherlands…
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Managing chronic pain? ‘With a data driven approach you can tailor treatment to the individual’
Exercising less, skipping parties and struggling at work: the expectation of chronic pain and itching can lead to avoidance behaviour. But this is by no means the case for everyone with chronic pain, as PhD candidate Gita Nadinda discovered. What does this mean for healthcare?
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Leiden University celebrates curiosity at 449th Dies Natalis
How has evolution shaped our curiosity? And how does that curiosity ensure that we now have the technological ability to discover whether we are alone in the universe? This was all covered during the celebration of Leiden University’s 449th Dies Natalis.
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Expanding Social Sciences & Humanities in African Global Health Discourse
LUNHA strives to redefine global health by prioritizing justice, fairness, and inclusion in Africa. Through collaboration with diverse stakeholders, LUNHA aims to reshape global health research and foster a broader engagement with social sciences and humanities.
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Race against time: Helping the Netherlands secure almost 20 million Pfizer vaccines
The whole world is waiting anxiously for sufficient supplies of coronavirus vaccines. As Launch Navigator at Pfizer, alumnus Dennis de Mik must help ensure that the Netherlands receives 19.8 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. How is he going about this and how has his Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences…
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To do a PhD or not to do a PhD? Speed date about it with alumni!
Career and apply for jobs
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Citizen Labor: correcting data and creating value in an Indian land records database
Lecture, Research Seminar
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Career Café International Students
Alumni event
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Tailoring medicines for the genetically diverse African populations
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Marcel SchaafFaculty of Science
m.j.m.schaaf@umail.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Philip SpinhovenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
spinhoven@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Ariane BriegelFaculty of Science
a.briegel@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Victoria NystFaculty of Humanities
v.a.s.nyst@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272208
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Hans de VriesFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
h.r.de.vries@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009506
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Bernet ElzingaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
elzinga@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3745
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Roeland van der RijstICLON
rrijst@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276496
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Marco CinelliFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
m.cinelli@luc.leidenuniv.nl |
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Willem van der DoesSocial & Behavioural Sciences
vanderdoes@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Hans MolFaculty of Humanities
h.mol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646
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Crucible of the Incurable: Facing ALS
Lecture, Unfolding Finitudes
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Prioritizing Global Responsibilities: The Ethics of Global Priority-setting
Lecture
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Breaking the Cycle of Heart Attacks
Lecture, Tuesday Talk
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Unravelling the complexity of HIV/AIDS
Dr. Josien de Klerk, Associate professor in Global Public Health at Leiden University College The Hague recently published some of her work on HIV/AIDS. In collaboration with a team of interdisciplinary researchers from the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development she came to the conclusion…
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Take care of each other’
After a turbulent Covid year, the well-being of our students and staff has the highest priority. How can we prevent physical and mental health problems? This was the key question at the Opening of the Academic Year in Pieterskerk in Leiden on 6 September.
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Om te beginnen met gezond gedrag moeten vaak eerst problemen als schimmel op de muren of financiële sores worden aangepakt
Medici kunnen veel repareren, maar ziekte voorkomen of uitstellen is beter. Daarvoor is vaak leefstijlverandering nodig en dat blijkt lastig. Gezondheidswetenschappers Sandra van Dijk (Universiteit Leiden) en Valentijn Visch (TU Delft) doen onderzoek naar de vraag hoe je mensen kunt helpen met gedragsverandering…
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Leiden University celebrates Dies Natalis: ‘Ahead of the times for 450 years’
An extra-long cortège, three honorary doctorates, a quiz about 450 years of university history, a Dies Natalis rap and a call to defend academic freedom: these all featured in Leiden University’s 450th Dies Natalis celebration and the official start of its jubilee year.
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Improving Nature’s Antibiotics to Overcome Resistant Bacteria
Lecture, NGL-lezing
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Cancelled: Breaking the Cycle of Heart Attacks
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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What a glow in the dark squid tells us about the human gut microbiome
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Innovating and connecting
447th Dies Natalis
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Young Hae ChoiFaculty of Science
y.h.choi@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4510
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History of Water Management in Yemen: An Interdisciplinary Study
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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Governance and Democracy in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects
Lecture, Studium Generale
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LUC Major Choice Declaration Deadline
Study information, Major Choice Event