614 search results for “archaeology of plant” in the Staff website
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Devon GravesFaculteit Archeologie
d.l.graves@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2206
- Digital Archaeology Group
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Sticky insects: plants protected with biological glue
Drained leaves and plants stripped bare. Insects can completely destroy crops. Soon, these situations may be behind us, with the new pesticide developed by Leiden and Wageningen researchers. With their plant-based ‘insect glue’, insects are incapacitated.
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Alexander GeurdsFaculteit Archeologie
a.geurds@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2206
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Bleda Düring appointed as Professor in Archaeology of West Asia
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Grant opens door to decipher the secret sensory world of plants
Plants not only sense when they are touched, but they can also adapt to it. For example, by strengthening or defending themselves. But how do plants do this? The Green TE (Green Tissue Engineering) consortium has been granted a Gravitation grant of almost 23 million euros to investigate exactly this…
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Hannah PlugFaculteit Archeologie
j.plug@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jonathan OuelletFaculteit Archeologie
j.m.ouellet@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Roos van OostenFaculteit Archeologie
r.m.r.van.oosten@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2448
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Katherinne Guerra ChevaFaculteit Archeologie
k.s.guerra.cheva@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Merel BrüningFaculteit Archeologie
m.l.bruning@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Gerrit van der KooijFaculteit Archeologie
g.van.der.kooij@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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End of Year Event Archaeology
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Archaeological explorations in Jordan unveil traces of ancient caravan routes
Systematic aerial surveys carried out in Jordan’s Eastern Badia region since 1998 and about 10 years of simplified satellite image analysis have led to the discovery of multiple prehistoric sites, according to archaeologist Peter Akkermans. The Jordan Times interviewed him about the new insights.
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Victor KlinkenbergFaculteit Archeologie
m.v.klinkenberg@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Rik LettanyFaculteit Archeologie
h.lettany@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Aris PolitopoulosFaculteit Archeologie
a.politopoulos@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Fieldwork pre-departure meeting Archaeology
To ensure the safe and solid fieldwork season, the faculty board requests your participation in a fieldwork pre-departure meeting on November the 2nd, from 15:30 to 17:00 in room E00.3A of the Van Steenis building. Please note that participation in a fieldwork pre-departure meeting is compulsory for…
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Research Data Management in Archaeology
Doing research in archaeology is more than just gathering data and publishing a paper. Nowadays, there is a growing trend in producing well-defined and responsible data management plans. They help to navigate the process and result in good data management practices which in return benefit the researchers…
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Maaike de WaalFaculteit Archeologie
m.s.de.waal@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2631
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Three Leiden papers in top 10 most cited of Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
At the start of the year a lot of journals publish lists of their most cited papers of the previous year. Three papers published by Leiden archaeologists were ranked in the top 10 of the Journal of Archaeological Science: reports.
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Ang LiFaculteit Archeologie
l.a.li@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ellen CieraadScience
e.cieraad@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Maria HadjigavrielFaculteit Archeologie
m.hadjigavriel@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6052
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Roberto ArcieroFaculteit Archeologie
r.arciero@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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The archaeology of face masks: ‘Face masks layers will be a huge help for future archaeologists’
From one year to the next, face masks have started to appear in the environment. As the masks are discarded, they end up in the top soil, in sediment layers, and in refuse heaps. In a couple of generations archaeologists will study the layer that has already been labeled the Face Mask Horizon. Current…
- Short online course: Plagues and Epidemics in Archaeology
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Diederik MeijerFaculteit Archeologie
d.j.w.meijer@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2444
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Conservation of Qasr Bshir featured as a cover story in Current World Archaeology
‘Qasr Bshir is magnificent even in decline. It sits majestically in the landscape, master of all it surveys. On approaching the site, however, it is clear that the structure is damaged’, states the latest issue of the journal Current World Archaeology.
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Bleda DüringFaculteit Archeologie
b.s.during@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6449
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Laura Julia ZantisScience
l.j.zantis@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Buzzing decline: Dutch landscape is losing insect-pollinated plants
The Netherlands is losing plant species that rely on pollination by insects. Leiden environmental scientist Kaixuan Pan demonstrates this after analysing 87 years of measurements from over 365,000 plots. The news is alarming for our biodiversity and food security. ‘75 per cent of our crops and 90% of…
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Peter AkkermansFaculteit Archeologie
p.m.m.g.akkermans@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2391
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Arie BoomertGelieerde instellingen
boomert@kitlv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marlena AntczakFaculty of Humanities
m.m.antczak@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Archaeology alumna Elizabeth Hicks awarded first runner-up in thesis competition
Elizabeth Hicks won first runner-up in the Netherlands Institute of the Near East (NINO) MA thesis 2021 competition at the end of January.
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Unique ‘penis plant’ flowers at Hortus
Amorphophallus decus-silvae, or the ‘penis plant’ as it is known, has just flowered at the Hortus botanicus. It flowered for two days, and then the pollen, which the male flowers produced was collected. As far as the plant experts at the Hortus can tell, this was just the third time that this species…
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Active Bystander training at Archaeology on May 24
Human resources
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Scientific Integrity for PhD candidates in Archaeology and the Humanities
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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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Adam OssowickiScience
a.s.ossowicki@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Revolutionizing plant protection strategies: Ding lab receives 2.4M grant to investigate plant immunity
Plant biologist Pingtao Ding, assistant professor at the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), has received a 2.4 million European grant from the European Research Council (ERC). This ERC Starting Grant for promising young researchers allows him to unravel the molecular mechanisms by which plants resist…
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Arjan LouwenFaculteit Archeologie
a.j.louwen@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1968
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Bacteria stunt with established plant-soil feedback theory
‘What I find most alluring about soil life is that you can steer it,’ researcher Martijn Bezemer of the Institute Biology Leiden (IBL) reveals. ‘You can ask: What do you want? And then I can transform the soil into something you need. At least, that is what we thought.’
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Roderick GeertsFaculteit Archeologie
r.c.a.geerts@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3500
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Anouk EvertsFaculteit Archeologie
a.e.everts@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jingwen LiaoFaculteit Archeologie
j.w.liao@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sony JeanGelieerde instellingen
jean@kitlv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Indonesian 'coffee plant' named after Leiden researcher
Research on Asian plants is his life's work. Now a crown is added to that: a plant from the coffee family bearing his name. Paul Kessler is LUF professor of botanical gardens and botany of South East Asia and Scientific Director of the Hortus botanicus. 'Completely unexpectedly, you get to see the results…
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2024 Congress of the Rei Cretariae Romanae Fautores
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