1,880 search results for “sustainable development goal sdg 16” in the Public website
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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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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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Laura Heitman uses her expertise to fight cancer
Seven talented female scientists join the fight against cancer of the Oncode Insitute. Laura Heitman of the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research is one of the new Junior Investigators. ‘I hope to discover new druggable targets’.
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Quantum optics for asylum seekers
The Clinical Epidemiology department at the LUMC has set up a series of lectures for asylum seekers. The series has become a huge success.
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Public lecture by former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe
Lecture
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Education Policy for Botswana: Will it Make Local Languages a Social Development Resource?
Lecture, Applied African Linguistics
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LUCIR 2024 Annual Lecture: Courts in Conflict: Developments and Challenges in Human Rights Litigation in Armed Conflict
Lecture
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studying adaptive immune system responses in early-phase clinical drug development
PhD defence
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Arthur RamFaculty of Science
a.f.j.ram@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4914
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Ariadne SchmidtFaculty of Humanities
a.schmidt@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2502
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Cleaning up tuberculosis and salmonella infections
The cellular recycling system in zebrafish is capable of eating harmful bacteria and thus resist infections such as tuberculosis and salmonellosis. That is written by Leiden biologists from the group of Annemarie Meijer. Stimulating this form of defence could be used in new treatment methods against…
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State Secretary Gräper visits to discuss cultural heritage and opening up collections
How should we address our colonial heritage? And how digital and accessible are our collections? Outgoing State Secretary Fleur Gräper spoke with researchers and heritage specialists about this on 25 January.
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Hans MolFaculty of Humanities
h.mol@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 527 1646
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Bernet Elzinga
Social & Behavioural Sciences
elzinga@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3745
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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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Herman SpainkFaculty of Science
h.p.spaink@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275055
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Willem van der DoesSocial & Behavioural Sciences
vanderdoes@fsw.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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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2024
Connecting scientific fields, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdisciplinary research. What did the university achieve in 2024? A small sample.
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Discover our Perspectives on the Past
The Faculty of Archaeology proudly presents the research brochure Perspectives on the Past, featuring passionate, dedicated researchers introducing a dazzling scala of research topics: from present-day traditional knowledge in Africa to the power of glue in Palaeolithic Europe. In addition to these…
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Sada Mire’s Leiden Experience: "the Johnny Cash of Archaeology"
Pioneering in the archaeology of Somaliland, hosting international TV and radio shows, and producing a very successful MOOC: Dr Sada Mire already has a formidable track record.
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Combatting tax avoidance, the OECD way? The impact of the BEPS Project on developing and emerging countries’ approach to international tax avoidance.
PhD defence
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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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Laura Heitman appointed as Professor of Molecular Pharmacology
As of 1 November, Laura Heitman has been appointed full Professor of Molecular Pharmacology at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR). Heitman has been working on the understanding and improvement of drug-receptor interactions in early drug discovery. ‘My ultimate aim is to make medicines…
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D&I Symposium 2023
Conference, D&I Symposium
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Governance and Democracy in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Young Hae ChoiFaculty of Science
y.h.choi@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4510