311 search results for “evolution biodiversity” in the Staff website
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Frederic Lens: building bridges in biodiversity research
Four green research institutes in Leiden are joining forces to integrate evolution and biodiversity research, at local and at the national level. Pivot in this collaboration is Frederic Lens.
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NWO grant of 350.000 for Wielstra lab
Ben Wielstra and his team have received a ENW-M-1 grant. This grant of 354.000 euros is awarded by NWO, and will enable the researchers of the Institute of Biology Leiden and Naturalis to continue their evolutionary newt research.
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Tropical bananaquits lose song quality in the city
I think we should go this way. This way! THIS! WAY!! Making yourself heard in a city can be difficult. That is not only the case for humans, but birds seem to be hindered by urban noise as well. Researcher Hans Slabbekoorn of Leiden University already showed that great tits in Leiden communicate differently…
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Veni-grant for Michelle Spierings: ‘Do birds hear tick-tock too, or tock-tick?’
‘I did not expect to receive the grant, but it will make an amazing research possible,’ Michelle Spierings says. The researcher of the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) got awarded a Veni-grant of the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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Supergenes make bizarre traits possible
Within the same species of butterfly many different wing patterns can occur. How is this possible? According to researchers Ben Wielstra and Emma Berdan, of the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), the answer lies within supergenes. A supergene is a part of a chromosome that contains many strongly linked…
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Biologist Carel ten Cate will now really retire. Right?
Pigeons, zebra finches and parakeets. Carel ten Cate studied bird sounds. But not just that. Together with linguists from Leiden, he investigated parallels between birdsong and language. On 9 June, his farewell symposium was held to mark the end of his broad career. Well, the end? Carel ten Cate has…
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Michelle Spierings aims for Klokhuis Wetenschapsprijs with musicality animals
Tapping to a rhythm, recognizing sound patterns and enjoying music: For people, it is common sense. But is this also the case for animals? It is the research topic of Michelle Spierings, a researcher at the Institute of Biology Leiden, and it is nominated for the Klokhuis Wetenschapsprijs.
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Even a duck can parrot
That a parrot can copycat sounds is nothing new. But vocal learning is not common in animals. Researcher Carel ten Cate of the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL) of Leiden University has now discovered a duck species that can imitate sounds. ‘It started with an obscure reference about an Australian musk…
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IBL Spotlight - Evolution and Biodiversity
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Luuk Siewers
Faculty of Science
l.siewers@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Konstantinos Georgopoulos
Faculty of Science
k.georgopoulos@biology.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Geert de Snoo
Faculty of Science
g.r.de.snoo@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jos Raaijmakers nominated for Huibregtsenprijs 2022
The research project of Jos Raaijmakers is nominated for the Huibregtsenprijs 2022. The researcher of NIOO, with a guest appointment at the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), is one of six nominees. On the Evening of Science & Society (Dutch: Avond van Wetenschap & Maatschappij), 10 October 2022, the…
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These eleven Leiden Science researchers are among the most highly cited
Eleven researchers of the Faculty of Science are on the 2021 Highly Cited Researchers list of Clarivate Analytics. Only 0.1 per cent of researchers are included in this list, literally making them one in a thousand.
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Laura Scherer
Faculty of Science
l.a.scherer@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6832
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Connect & Open Up: Evolution of a researcher's data management practices: from data hazard to data steward
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David Milhanas Henriques Norte
Faculty of Science
d.milhanas.henriques.norte@biology.leidenuniv.nl |
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Hopeful insights on climate and biodiversity in LDE white paper
A banker who puts making money second and makes a profit nonetheless. A farmer who stops ploughing and using insecticides but still has a good harvest. A new white paper by Leiden-Delft-Erasmus and Naturalis Biodiversity Center shows how the meeting of disciplines provides solutions to climate change…
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You too can improve biodiversity in your local area
During a recent event, the Leiden Institute of Environmental Sciences presented the breadth of its research on biodiversity.
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Research projects launched into biodiversity in food and horticulture production
Two Leiden research projects that focus on increasing the biodiversity of Dutch production systems for food and ornamental horticulture have started thanks to funding from the Dutch Research Council's KIC research programme.
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Athanasios Moraitis
Faculty of Science
a.moraitis@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 6 2220 0860
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Labs and ‘pavement plants’: Leiden University’s contributions to biodiversity
Through various initiatives, Leiden University is trying to make people aware of the importance of biodiversity: the cultivation of a wide variety of micro-organisms, animals and plant species. This is important because in the Netherlands biodiversity has declined from about 40 percent in 1900 to about…
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Anagnostis Theodoropoulos
Faculty of Science
a.theodoropoulos@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4882
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Katerina Johnson
Social & Behavioural Sciences
k.v.a.johnson@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Caitlin Black
Faculty of Science
c.e.black@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Niels Raes
Faculty of Science
niels.raes@naturalis.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marvin Groen
Faculty of Science
m.groen@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Mariana Braz Pires
Faculty of Science
m.braz.pires@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Annetrude Boeije
Faculty of Science
a.g.boeije@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Fleur van Duin
Faculty of Science
f.c.m.van.duin@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Yun Shao
Faculty of Science
s.shao@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jennifer Anderson
Faculty of Science
j.a.anderson@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Valerio Barbarossa
Faculty of Science
v.barbarossa@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275656
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Hanneke Lankveld
Faculty of Law
h.a.lankveld@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Ellen Cieraad
Faculty of Science
e.cieraad@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Leiden Biodiversity Network workshop: scaling up is an issue for transdisciplinary projects
In a five day workshop, the interdisciplinary Leiden Biodiversity Network, together with societal stakeholders, worked on a research agenda and drafted an action plan to improve human-biodiversity relationships. Researcher Kat Stewart co-organized the workshop and shares some results.
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Record number of registrations for PhD course microscopy
‘Microscopy is by far the least understood, most inefficiently operated, and the most abused of all laboratory instruments,’ reads the quote on the office wall of microscopy unit supporters Joost Willemse en Gerda Lamers. It describes exactly why the two developed the microscopy course for starting…
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Bernardo Antunes
Faculty of Science
b.antunes@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Barbara Gravendeel
Faculty of Science
b.gravendeel@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Hazal Kandemir
Faculty of Science
a.h.kandemir@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Kevin Groen
Faculty of Science
k.groen@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6822
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Michiel Hooykaas
Faculty of Science
m.j.d.hooykaas@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Kees Musters
Faculty of Science
musters@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7461
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Ruben Huele
Faculty of Science
huele@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 FLEX
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Tessa Verhoef
Faculty of Science
t.verhoef@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277903
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Thijs van Kolfschoten
Faculty of Archaeology
t.van.kolfschoten@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2640
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Niels van der Windt
Faculty of Science
n.van.der.windt@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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Turning the tide: global biodiversity research gets time and funding
How do you compare the living environment of Dutch dairy cows with that of Masai cattle in East Africa? And how can we reverse biodiversity loss? These questions are central to CurveBend, an international research consortium in which ecologist Michiel Veldhuis plays a key role.
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Tracking the origin and evolution of molecules in space
How do molecules originate and evolve in space? And how does that ultimately determine the chemical composition of planets and their atmospheres? The Dutch Astrochemistry Network (DANIII) receives 1.6 million euros from NWO to find out. A large group of Leiden astronomers and chemists is contributing:…