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1,348 search results for “gast and plant studies” in the Student website

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  Peter Gast Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  gast@physics.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275911

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  Eva Gast Education coordinator

  Social & Behavioural Sciences

  e.m.c.gast@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Tressia Chikodza PhD candidate - external affiliation

  Faculty of Science

  t.chikodza@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ellen Cieraad Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  e.cieraad@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Plants and planets News - 6 February 2025

  The Plants & Planets exhibition brings two worlds together in a dazzling mix of science, nature and art. It opens at Old Observatory Leiden and Hortus botanicus on 7 February.

• Unique ‘penis plant’ flowers at Hortus News - 22 October 2021

  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…

• Sticky insects: plants protected with biological glue News - 14 May 2024

  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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  Xinya Pan PhD candidate / Guest

  Faculty of Science

  x.pan@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Barbara Gravendeel Prefect/Professor Plants and Society

  Faculty of Science

  b.gravendeel@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | 06 10664277

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  Kiki Spaninks Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  k.spaninks@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274835

• Plant stress increases: New research with bacteria offers hope News - 4 March 2024

  Soil that is too wet, or too dry. Or with a lot or few nutrients. Due to climate change, the differences are becoming bigger, and plants must increasingly be able to adapt to survive. How do you make plants more stress-resistant? For this purpose, researchers from Leiden, along with other universities,…

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  Kevin Bretscher PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  k.m.bretscher@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4384

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  Marieke Elfferich PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  m.elfferich@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5110

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  Peng Sun Guest PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  p.sun@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Peiyan Qin PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Science

  p.qin@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Evolutionary change in protective plant odours News - 23 June 2021

  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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  Martijn Bezemer Professor Ecology of Plant-Microbe-Insect Interactions

  Faculty of Science

  t.m.bezemer@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5158

• Leiden archaeologists uncover earliest evidence of plant food processing News - 7 January 2025

  A new study carried out by Leiden archaeologists Hadar Ahituv and Amanda Henry, together with international colleagues, reports the identification and analysis of 650 starch grains preserved on basalt percussive tools (anvils and hammerstones) found at an early Middle Pleistocene site in Israel. These…

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  Jiaxin Zhang PhD candidate / contract

  Faculty of Science

  j.z.zhang@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Sofia Gomes Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  s.i.fernandes.gomes@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5118

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  Farzad Aslani Postdoc

  Faculty of Science

  f.aslani@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Han van Konijnenburg Professor emeritus Prequatarnary paleobotany

  Faculty of Science

  j.h.a.van.konijnenburg-van.cittert@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Isabel Siles Asaff PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  m.i.siles.asaff@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Pascal Nuijten PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  p.nuijten@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4384

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  Frederic Lens Associate professor

  Faculty of Science

  f.p.lens@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Oude UB exhibition shows the beauty of ‘pavement plants’ News - 10 March 2022

  For a few years now, Leiden’s Hortus botanicus has been mounting a campaign to cherish wild plants in the city – for the biodiversity and beauty of this spontaneous vegetation. Botanical artists reveal this beauty in an exhibition at Oude UB in Leiden.

• Giant penis plant is blooming at Hortus botanicus News - 14 July 2022

  The ‘Amorphophallus titanum’ at the Hortus botanicus Leiden is blooming. This Titan Arum, also known as the ‘giant penis plant’, last flowered in 2009.

• Wild plants through the lens of a biologist News - 27 October 2025

  What started with an old Soviet camera and a darkroom in London grew into a lifelong passion. Developmental biologist Michael Richardson has been capturing nature - from wild coastal plants to microscopic details in the lab - since his childhood.

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  Emily Strange Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  e.f.strange@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

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  Sandra Irmisch Assistant professor

  Faculty of Science

  s.irmisch@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727

• Grant opens door to decipher the secret sensory world of plants News - 4 April 2024

  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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  Christopher Green University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.k.green@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272327

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  Jitske van Welsen PhD candidate

  Faculty of Science

  j.van.welsen@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Paul Kessler Prefect / professor by special appointment of Botanical gardens and botany of South East Asia

  Faculty of Science

  p.j.a.kessler@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5235

• Plant-based party on campus: discover and enjoy during Meat and Dairy-Free Week Announcement - 25 February 2025

  Facility, Organisation

• Discover plant-based food at the university during Meat- and Dairy-Free Week Announcement - 4 March 2024

  Facility

• What rare plants and animals can you find on campus? Join in the BioBlitz News - 21 May 2024

  Do you also love a city where nature can bloom, crawl and flutter freely and exuberantly? And do you fancy a challenge out in the fresh air? If so, grab your mobile and take part in the BioBlitz 'Higher Education is Flourishing' from 22 May.

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  Channa Li Guest Researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  c.li.6@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Nico Kaptein Professor Emeritus Islam in South East Asia

  Faculty of Humanities

  n.j.g.kaptein@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Peter Verhagen Guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  p.c.verhagen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ab de Jong Professor Comparative Religion and Religions of Antiquity

  Faculty of Humanities

  a.f.de.jong@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272585

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  Francesca Rosati PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  f.rosati@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Xiao Luo PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  x.luo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Boudewijn Walraven Professor emeritus of Korean language and literature

  Faculty of Humanities

  b.c.a.walraven@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Tinde van Andel Professor History of botany and gardens

  t.r.van.andel@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

• Help shape your future study space! Announcement - 13 November 2025

  Organisation

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  Haneen Omari University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.omari@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5025

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  Shirley Alexander PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.l.alexander@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Geoffrey Cain PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  g.n.cain@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Maghiel van Crevel Professor of Chinese Language and Literature

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.van.crevel@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2211