As a researcher at the FSW you can use a wide variety of well-equipped laboratories to conduct your research. In this section you can read about our locations and our house rules for using lab facilities.

During an evacuation, gather at the greens next to the Sylvius Laboratory.

During an evacuation, we gather on the southeast side of the building on the Niels Bohrweg, near the bicycle shed.

During a partial evacuation, gather in Oort restaurant. During a full evacuation, gather in the garden.

During an evacuation, all employees and students gather in front of the round 'saucer', or on the east or west side of the Gorlaeus Building. In bad weather or in case of escalation, gather at the sport centre.

SOLO (Dutch: Support voor Onderzoek, Laboratoria en Onderwijs) supports FSW faculty members who need help with the use of ICT and equipment in research or education.

On the second floor of the Sylvius Laboratory, new labs are being built for researchers of the Faculties of Social and Behavioural Sciences and Humanities. After a successful tender construction has recently started.

The LACDR green lab initiative is a group recently founded by employees of the LACDR. We are devoted to stimulating sustainability in our education and research! With the support of the Institute manager and scientific director of the LACDR, our main goal is making the labs more sustainable by e.g.…

How can we better prepare students for their practicals, so that they learn more from them? Marjo de Graauw and her colleagues want to renew science education. Together they will develop interactive teaching materials to introduce students to laboratory courses. They are receiving a SURF grant of €100,000…

To better prepare students for lab sessions, a team from the BSc-programme Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences (BFW) creates interactive videos. These videos use humour and examples to show students basic skills and commonly used procedures. 'We want to make education more efficient and fun.'

From 24 October until 2 December 2022, the WiFi in the C-, D-, E- and F-wing will be replaced. Work in the E- and F-wing will not interfere with lectures and exams. First floor C-, D-, and F-wing (laboratory section): 14 October - 31 October First floor C-, E-, and F-wing (lecture hall section): 31…

The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded a €4.84 million NWO Large grant to set up a new state-of-the-art laboratory for isotope geochemistry. The new lab, the “Netherlands Isotope GEochemistry Laboratory” (NIGEL), will be built in the brand new VU Research Building at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.…

A project to improve practicals in science courses has been awarded a 175,000 subsidy. Leiden physicist Paul Logman is one of the applicants, together with colleagues from the UvA and Eindhoven University of Technology.

Organisation

During an evacuation, employees and students of the Science Faculty gather at the following assembly points:

Working in a laboratory is different from working in an office. Some of the rules that apply when working in or around a laboratory are given below.

Working in a laboratory is different from working in an office. Some of the rules that apply when working in or around a laboratory are given below.

Working in a laboratory is different from working in an office. Some of the rules that apply when working in or around a laboratory are given below.

To better prepare students for their laboratory education, a team of education experts and students have created a collection of interactive videos. After launching their website labprep.video, the material is now available to everyone in higher education. Project leader Marjo de Graauw: ‘We also created…

During your research you might have to set up laboratory space, programme tasks, collect, analyse and store data. The FSW offers support in all stages of your research.

Leiden University has high-quality research facilities and laboratories for education and research.

PhD defence

Working in a laboratory is different from working in an office. Some of the rules that apply when working in or around a laboratory are given below.

The labs are situated in the Pieter de la Court Building, LEVEL, LUBEC, and LUMC buildings. Additionally, a vast amount of research is carried out on other locations like schools, home, (music) festivals and zoos.

The Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) labs are being realised on the second floor of the Sylvius building. Completion is scheduled for summer 2023.

The Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences has rooms set up as laboratories for beta-medical research in several locations. Research is also done on location. To ensure that this research is done safely and efficiently, the Faculty has had some regulations drawn up. In this section you will find…

Regardless of whether you work at a desk or in a lab, all workplaces have their risks. As your employer, the University aims to create a healthy workplace and to limit possible health risks. Here you will find the main risks and measures that we take to reduce them.

Your telephony coordinator is authorised to approve a name change or process your application for a new connection or telephone number.

At Leiden University, cleaning is organised at central level by the General Services Department (UFB). Cleaning activities have been contracted with Hago (educational buildings) and CSU (office buildings and the buildings of the Campus The Hague).

Science, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR)

Are you an international researcher working for Leiden University? Please note that you probably are legally obliged to take out health insurance. Here you will find if you need a public or a private health insurance, and how to apply for it.

Biological agents are micro-organisms such as bacteria, parasites, moulds, viruses and their waste products. This category also includes genetically modified variants (GMOs). These agents may form a risk for your health, which is why we apply a number of legal and other guidelines to prevent people…

Studies within the Faculty involve participants of all ages. The Faculty is responsible for the safety of these participants and for the safety of the staff. To guarantee and ensure this, a number of basic protocols and guidelines have been drawn up. Everyone involved in research with human participants…

Postdoctoral researcher Veronica Tamorri and a PhD candidate Maia Casna held an online osteoarchaeological class for secondary school children. However, based on reactions, the exchange of ideas seemed to go both ways.

To better prepare our BSc and MSc students for their laboratory education, a team of LACDR education experts and students has recently created > 25 professional interactive video protocols. All videos and corresponding materials are freely available on the website labprep.video: https://www.labprep.…

On May 8, all research support professionals of the Leiden Research Support Network were welcomed at the Faculty of Archaeology for an inspiring event.

Science, Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC)

Regardless of whether you work at a desk or in a lab, all workplaces have their risks. As your employer, the University aims to create a healthy workplace and to limit possible health risks. Here you will find the main risks and measures that we take to reduce them.

Regardless of whether you work at a desk or in a lab, all workplaces have their risks. As your employer, the University aims to create a healthy workplace and to limit possible health risks. Here you will find the main risks and measures that we take to reduce them.

The Faculty of Archaeology is proud to present the special edition in honor of our 25th anniversary. In 15 pages, the Dutch-language special gives an overview of the wide variety of research, fieldwork projects, and laboratories the Faculty hosts. Aimed at the general public, the special will be handed…

This pandemic has affected everyone and especially students who were not able to carry out their projects on the laboratories. I am an international student from Cyprus and I had the opportunity to perform my Research Project 1 completely remotely, at Rawi Ramautar’s group. Even though, this may sound…

Facility, Library, Organisation

AI networks CLAIRE and ELLIS have jointly won the prestigious German Artificial Intelligence prize. The WELT newspaper awarded the prize, worth 100,000 euros, last week in Berlin. The AI Prize is an innovation award for pioneering achievements in AI research and development.