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Indonesia and Leiden University have a shared history – and a shared future
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will head a delegation that is visiting Indonesia at the end of June. The visit is to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ‘Leiden’ institute KITLV-Jakarta. What does this institute do and why is Indonesia important to the University?
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Searching for the wanted and unwanted effects of innovation
How does ICT affect society? Mirjam van Reisen, professor Computing for Society at the Leiden Centre of Data Science, is intrigued by this question. We speak with her about innovation, changes in health care, and mobile human trafficking. ‘Innovation has many benefits, but it can also be very disrup…
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Rising infections: how is the University responding?
The infection rate is rising again in the Netherlands, which means it may also be rising among Leiden University’s students and staff. How is the University responding? And what dilemmas is it facing? We spoke to our Rector Magnificus, Chief Security Officer and two other administrators.
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Nine Leiden projects awarded first NWO Science Diplomacy Fund
The projects of nine researchers at Leiden University have received funding through the new NWO Science Diplomacy Fund. The Fund is for scientific activities that will improve relations between the Netherlands and other countries.
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‘Cancer treatment should be a six-week life event’
When internist Christian Blank made his very first discovery, his field of immunotherapy was the underdog of cancer research. Now, over 20 years later, Blank has been appointed Professor By Special Appointment of Internal Medicine for his clinical research into immunotherapy and will give his inaugural…
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In pictures: animal mummies in a scanner
The story of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh, is world famous. But did you know that the Ancient Egyptians mummified not only people but animals too? The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden recently put a bunch of animal mummies through a CT scanner. This was in collaboration with Canon Netherlands…
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AI research in Zuid-Holland: three examples
How designers are even more creative with a robot in their team, how Twitter could predict the stock market, and how to catch a single bacterium in the act of infecting a cell. Artificial intelligence has penetrated every corner of science in Zuid-Holland. Three researchers from Delft University of…
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When will there be a coronavirus vaccine?
The genetic code of the new coronavirus has been found: it is closely related to the SARS virus from 2003. Professor of Molecular Virology, Eric Snijder, has been researching coronaviruses for years. We asked him a few questions about the outbreak. ‘It’s still unclear whether this new virus is more…
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Psychologist Bart Verkuil strikes a blow against burnout
Burnout is on the increase. It is caused by group pressure, being ‘on’ all the time and asking too much of ourselves. Clinical psychologist Bart Verkuil advises lowering our expectations.
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COVID Radar is a good predictor of increasing infections
The COVID Radar app is citizen science at its best. More than 200,000 users in the Netherlands are answering questions about their health and behaviour to help predict the development of the pandemic. Niels Chavannes, Professor of General Practice at Leiden University Medical Center, explains how the…
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Here’s to the next 443 years as a bastion of freedom
‘Praesidium Libertatis is a daily responsibility.’ These were the words of Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker on 8 February during the 443rd Dies Natalis of Leiden University. The University needs to pay continuous attention to open debate if it wants to remain a bastion of freedom.
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Doctor of tropical medicine on Terschelling
Operating on tsunami victims, coordinating emergency aid during a civil war and the croaking of frogs in the surgery: Menno Swier worked as a doctor of tropical medicine in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. He is now a GP on Terschelling and here too there is never a dull moment.
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Thousands of images of frozen bacteria
How do bacteria sense and adapt to their environment? Ariane Briegel, Professor of Ultrastructural Biology, is intrigued by this question. Using new techniques, she produces three-dimensional images of bacteria that provide us with new clues about their sensory system.
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Race against time: Helping the Netherlands secure almost 20 million Pfizer vaccines
The whole world is waiting anxiously for sufficient supplies of coronavirus vaccines. As Launch Navigator at Pfizer, alumnus Dennis de Mik must help ensure that the Netherlands receives 19.8 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. How is he going about this and how has his Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences…
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Research & Funding Opportunities
AMT’s mission includes encouraging innovative high-quality research in Leiden on Asia. On this page you will find an overview of AMT related research projects, grant possibilities, publications and vacancies.
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Formation of Islam: Topics
The FOI project has a number of topics it aims to investigate. These are: State, Economy, Culture and Papyri. You will find links to bibliographies on this page.
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Structural biochemistry of the pentraxins
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CRB1 gene therapy coming of age: Mechanistic insight and rAAV assays on mouse & human retinal organoid models
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Dutch Network Science Society Symposium 2022
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LIC Lecture - Target elucidation through target degradation: discovery of BET bromodomains as the target of Hedgehog Pathway Inhibitor-1
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- Workshop: ‘Worker’s Health and Material Environment in Port Cities (1300-1700)’ (Leiden University and University Ca’ Foscari Venezia)
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Stephen Ellis Annual Lecture by Megan Vaughan: Africa in the time of Coronavirus. Biology, history and politics
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Blood, Tears and Samurai Love: A Tragic Tale from Eighteenth-Century Japan
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Detection of schistosome circulating antigens CCA and CAA
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Citizen Labor: correcting data and creating value in an Indian land records database
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Paul Natorp’s Reformulation of the Kantian Distinction between Intuition and Concept
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Bevrijdende verweren
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The Duty to Investigate in Situations of Armed Conflict
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Size Effects in Microstructured Superconductors and Quantum Materials
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Rood noch oranje. De sociale strijd van de Nederlandse marinematroos, 1870-1914
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Spectral imaging and tomographic reconstruction methods for industrial applications
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Unde Venisti? The Prehistory of Italic through its Loanword Lexicon
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Understanding uncertainty
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The Emergence of Democratic Firms in the Platform Economy: Drivers, Obstacles, and the Path Ahead
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Methoden van contractsuitleg
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Rice Eaters in the Land of Cheese
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A Tax Treaty Policy for Curaçao
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Child Interethnic Prejudice in the Netherlands: Social Learning from Parents and Picture Books
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An Algebra for Interaction of Cyber-Physical Components
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The Optimization and Scale-Up of the Electrochemical Reduction of CO₂ to Formate
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ALL-IN meta-analysis
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Functions and biosynthesis of a tip-associated glycan in Streptomyces
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The Theatre of Emotions
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Mealtime interactions
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Lights in a Sea of Darkness
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Entre la utopía tecnocrática y la colegialidad académica
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Playing dice with the Universe
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