439 search results for “this week s discoveries” in the Staff website
-
Lucy Opoka
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
l.a.opoka@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6438
-
Katrien Klep
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
k.f.m.klep@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1325
-
Ton Liefaard
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
t.liefaard@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
-
Una Europa Staff Week: Learning more about Diversity and Inclusion in Bologna
Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) are core values that are a focus for us as a university. But what developments are there in D&I and how can we apply these to our university? To delve deeper into this subject, four Leiden University staff members travelled to Bologna for a week of discussions on D&I with…
-
Laura Heitman
Science
l.h.heitman@lacdr.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4558
-
Joan van der Waals colloquium by Liesbeth Janssen
Lecture
-
Joan van der Waals colloquium by Tanja Mehlstäubler
Lecture
-
Joan van der Waals colloquium by Daniela Wilson
Lecture
-
Joan van der Waals colloquium by Marc-Olivier Renou
Lecture
-
Mirjam Sombroek-van Doorm
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.p.sombroek@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
-
Join the We are Science Week
Social
-
HU Week 2021: relaxed, refreshed and recharged
Last week (25-29 October) was Healthy University Week 2021 ‘Time to Recharge’. A week devoted to vitality, with a programme packed with activities guaranteed to give you energy. Over 1,000 staff from Leiden University and the LUMC signed up for the daily energisers, relaxed during a yoga session and…
-
Register now: the International Experience Week
Education
-
National Meat Free Week: the main reasons to switch to a plant-based diet
National Meat Free Week (Nationale Week Zonder Vlees, 7–13 March) is an initiative to reduce meat consumption. Assistant professor Paul Behrens is studying what impact a change in our food consumption would have on the world. What, according to him, are the main reasons to switch to a (mainly) plant-based…
-
Healthy University Let's Walk Week; are you still on the move?
A week after the kick-off of the Healthy University Let's Walk Week 2021, colleagues together already have made 7276 'ommetjes'. The Let's Walk Week was entirely devoted to getting and staying active for our personal, physical and mental health.
-
Una Europa Discoveries
General Assembly
-
Steffen Brünle
Science
s.bruenle@lic.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4544
-
The kick-off of the Ommetje app challenge during the Let's Walk Week
Today marks the start of the Healthy University - Let's Walk Week 2021, a week focused on the mental and physical health of our employees. Including an online program with interesting inspiration sessions, office workouts and sports lessons. And join our walking competition in the Ommetje app!
-
Mathematics student Lars Pos wins Robbert Dijkgraaf Essay Prize: 'Discoveries find their application in the most unexpected places'
With his essay 'Why science?', mathematics prodigy Lars Pos (18) won the Robbert Dijkgraaf Essay Prize. Within the theme 'The fascinating workings of science', the bachelor student wrote a plea for the societal value of fundamental scientific research. 'Because you don’t know beforehand where we can…
-
Free sports and swimming during Healthy University Week
Human resources
-
Save the date: We are Science Week | 8-12 May
Social
-
A quick call with Marjolijn Clarebach about Healthy University Week
Marjolijn joined Leiden University in June as Policy Adviser on Healthy University and Staff Absence. She is passionate about healthy living and is pleased to be able to draw on this in her work. She is currently hard at work on the preparations for Healthy University Week, which will be from 31 October…
- Support for students at Student Well-Being Week
-
Madouc Bergers made her own enzyme inhibitors for her bachelor’s thesis
For her bachelor’s thesis, Molecular Science and Technology student Madouc Bergers synthesized her own molecule that can inhibit the breakdown of sugars. Although most students do not even manage to make one building block, Madouc made three. Partly because of this, she has been nominated for the Science…
-
Sign up for ‘Vital Minds’: Healthy University Week 2022
Human resources
-
Colloquium Ehrenfestii by William Bialek
Lecture
-
Colloquium Ehrenfestii by Cumrun Vafa
Lecture
-
Current voter turnout in university elections - make your vote count too!
Organisation
-
Learn more about your job satisfaction during Career Week
Human resources
-
‘This mentor group will be their new family’
For many a first-year, student life has well and truly begun. This also applies to students in The Hague, who were thrown in at the deep end during the HOP introduction week. We paid them a visit on a sunny afternoon at Landgoed Clingendael.
-
Sign up for the Happy Work Scan in Careers Week
Human resources
-
Jasper's day
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing? What kinds of things is he doing and what does his day look like? In each newsletter Jasper gives a peek into his life as dean.
-
Causal Discovery: Challenges and Opportunities
Lecture
-
The molecular secrets of medicinal cannabis
Chronic pain, nausea or vomiting due to chemotherapy. If you suffer from such ailments, medicinal cannabis can be a godsend. Though a downside is that it can make patients high. Therefore, Leiden researchers from the Oncode Institute are investigating alternatives that do not make you high. In Nature…
-
Discovery of Reversible Monoacylglycerol Lipase Inhibitors
PhD defence
-
Discovery and characterization of new glucosylated metabolites
PhD defence
-
Tom van der Wel
Science
t.van.der.wel@lic.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3527
-
Reminder: Sign up now for activities during Vitality Week (25-29 September)
Human resources
- well-being: tell your (international and Dutch) students about the Winter Weeks
-
Radio astronomers bypass disturbing Earth's atmosphere with new calibration technique
An international team of researchers led by astronomers from Leiden University (the Netherlands) has produced the first sharp radio maps of the universe at low frequencies. Thanks to a new calibration technique, they bypassed the disturbances of the Earth's ionosphere. They used the new method to study…
-
Enjoy sports for free during the Open Sports Week from May 8th til May 14th
Facility
-
Experience less work stress: free activities during Work Stress Week 2023
Human resources
-
Harnessing zebrafish xenograft models for ocular melanoma treatment discovery
PhD defence
-
Discovery of BUB1 kinase inhibitors for the treatment of cancer
PhD defence
-
Antibiotic Discovery: From mechanistic studies to target ID
PhD defence
-
Sign up for free activities during the Healthy University Week 2023
Social
-
From data to discoveries: machine learning and optimization in space
Lecture
-
Popular science events
Every year Leiden University organises a number of events where our researchers share their knowledge with an audience of all ages. We are also involved as a partner in a number of local and national events. Fancy joining in? See who to contact below.
-
How Oncode-PACT is bringing new cancer medicines closer with 325 million in Growth Fund money
How can you ensure that more experimental drugs reach the finish line? At the moment, only one in twenty cancer drugs that are tested on humans makes it to the market. This is an enormous loss for patients and society. With a grant from the National Growth Fund, Oncode-PACT aims to efficiently select…
-
Sabine Witting
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
s.k.witting@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8838