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• Can Parkinson's be stopped by unravelling protein fibres? Anne Wentink finds out with a Vidi grant from NWO News - 29 June 2023

  In brain diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, proteins clump together to form fibres. ‘Chaperone proteins’ unravel those fibres, but in the test tube biochemist Anne Wentink saw that this can also cause new problems. She is going to find out what happens inside cells to determine what a drug…

• More than motor skills: study of cognitive and psychological symptoms of Parkinson’s News - 7 October 2025

  Cognitive decline and anxiety in Parkinson’s disease are often only recognised at a late stage, in spite of their great impact. Research by Marit Ruitenberg focuses on new tests and methods to show up these symptoms earlier and make them more specific.

• PhD candidate develops new device for diagnosing erectile dysfunction News - 20 January 2025

  Erection problems can have a huge impact on quality of life and health, but current diagnostic methods are painful, uncomfortable and technologically outdated. PhD candidate Evelien Trip has developed a new device that can measure erections more comfortably and painlessly.

• Behavioural expertise needed for lifestyle change News - 14 July 2022

  The importance of a healthy lifestyle does not receive the attention it deserves, as the coronavirus pandemic made painfully clear. Twelve behavioural scientists, including Professor Behavioral Interventions in Population Health Management Marieke Adriaanse and Professor of Health Psychology Andrea…

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  Nienke Bouw PhD candidate

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.c.bouw@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Horst Fischer Professor Emeritus of

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  h.fischer@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Bert Koenders Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  a.g.koenders@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Josien de Klerk Associate Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  j.de.klerk@luc.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009557

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  Daniëlla Dam-de Jong Professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  d.a.dam@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277944

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  Emilie Prast Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  e.j.prast@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Christian Henderson University Lecturer International Relations / Modern Middle East Studies

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.j.v.henderson@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274995

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  Catherine Wood PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.m.wood@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277177

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  Hauke Ward Assistant professor

  h.ward@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276808

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  Antonella Maiello Assistant Professor

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  a.maiello@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009991

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  Tejaswini Sharma Trainee

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  t.sharma@fsw.leidenuniv.nl |

• Alumnus Charlotte Poot developed a hospital app for children News - 14 February 2024

  Charlotte Poot (31) is co-founder and chair of Hospital Hero, an app that prepares children for a hospital visit. She studied and obtained her PhD at the LUMC.

• From Dissonance to Symphony: Therapeutic Innovations in Parkinson’s Disease Event - 20 April 2026

  Inaugural lecture

• ‘Ultimately, the goal is to develop antibiotics for tuberculosis with a lower risk of resistance’ News - 23 November 2023

  Tuberculosis stands as one of the most lethal infectious diseases worldwide. A significant challenge in combatting tuberculosis lies in the emergence of antibiotic resistance triggered by genetic alterations, commonly known as mutations. These mutations can diminish the responsiveness to antibiotics,…

• Mini organs-on-chips: an alternative to drug testing on animals News - 30 October 2025

  Mini organs-on-chips allow us to study how diseases develop and how drugs work. Although the technology is not new, it is becoming increasingly advanced. PhD candidate Bart Kramer hopes it will eliminate animal testing in the future.

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  Chao Du Education and research technician

  c.du@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274947

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  Joost Willemse Assistant professor

  jwillemse@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274986

• Major international study links genes to brain structural changes over time News - 4 July 2022

  There seem to be genes that influence how our brains develop over time. A large international consortium has discovered this with an extensive study. The results of the study were recently published in Nature Neuroscience.

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  Caro Aalderink Study Adviser

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.aalderink@fsw.leidenuniv.nl |

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  Kim Molenaar PhD candidate / Guest

  Afrika-Studiecentrum

  h.w.molenaar@asc.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Blueprints of Disease: Precision Platforms for Modelling Breast Cancer Event - 10 March 2026

  PhD defence

• Macrophage cell models for the investigation of Gaucher disease Event - 6 January 2026

  PhD defence

• Support the Rapidemic team and help them develop a mobile testing kit News - 28 June 2021

  A team of students from Leiden won the iGEM international biology contest in 2020 with their Rapidemic mobile testing kit. The kit makes it easy to detect viruses. The team has now been nominated for the Most Innovative Student in the Netherlands prize. Cast your vote and help them develop their inv…

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  Jacqueline Vel Affliated researcher

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  j.a.c.vel@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Rizal Shidiq University Lecturer, Economies in South and Southeast Asia

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.r.shidiq@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278057

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  Selin Topel Ph.D fellow

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.topel@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Boya Li Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  b.li@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Marieke Bos Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.g.n.bos@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276624

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  Jiemiao Chen Postdoc

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.chen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jochanan Veerbeek Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.veerbeek@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273399

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  Alireza Mashaghi Tabari Associate professor

  a.mashaghi.tabari@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274425

• A future with tailored therapy for patients with atherosclerosis News - 11 September 2025

  The AtheroNeth consortium received €6 million from the Dutch Heart Foundation to gain a better understanding of the differences in disease progression among patients with atherosclerosis. The ultimate goal is to enable personalised treatment.

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  Jos Raaijmakers Professor

  j.raaijmakers@nioo.knaw.nl | 071 5272727

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  Victor Carrion Bravo Assistant professor

  v.j.carrion.bravo@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274384

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  Lina Bayona Maldonado Education and research technician

  l.m.bayona.maldonado@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274791

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  Mariana Avalos Garcia Project manager

  m.avalos.garcia@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274294

• New research reveals link between finger tapping and Alzheimer's News - 20 September 2023

  Suddenly getting lost, failing to recognise family members, or forgetting words and names are well-known symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. Psychologists have now discovered that the disease also manifests in more subtle ways: through the rhythm of finger tapping.

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  Mariona Oliver Lloberas PhD candidate

  m.oliver@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jannik Rousel Postdoc

  j.rousel@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jeroen van Smeden Assistant professor / guest

  j.van_smeden@lumc.nl | 071 7516320

• Studying ferritin: ‘we hope this will eventually give more insight into Alzheimer's’ News - 10 October 2023

  Martina Huber, Jacqueline Labra Munoz research Alzheimer's disease. They study ferritine, iron storage in the brain. An inbalance of iron could play a role in this form of dementia.

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  Fie Luijten Study adviser

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.luijten@fsw.leidenuniv.nl |

• In conversation with the head of the rodent facility News - 6 September 2023

  Before patients can take a pill, scientists often spend years in the lab developing and testing a candidate drug. That often includes experiments with laboratory animals. As head of the rodent facility, Ilze Bot and her colleagues ensure that these experiments are conducted in an ethically responsible…

• NWO-XS Grants for Psychology Researchers News - 19 May 2026

  Researchers Marit Ruitenberg and Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam have received NWO-XS grants for their research projects on freezing in Parkinson’s disease and the neurobiology of social anxiety. The grant supports innovative, curiosity-driven research within the social sciences and humanities.

• Richard Karlsson Linnér: ‘I expect a future where a genetic test will be as much a no-brainer as getting X-rayed.’ News - 7 August 2023

  Assistant Professor Karlsson Linnér, who works at the Department of Economics, is one of the recipients of a Veni grant. His research on the accuracy of preventive genetic testing is a fine example of the intersection of economic science and law.

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  Hoko Horii Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  h.horii@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277260