1,858 search results for “lecture at science” in the Public website
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EUniwell Open Lecture Series | Africa the Conservation Continent of the 21st Century?
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EUniWell Open Lecture Series | Novel approaches to delay ageing and age-related diseases
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EUniWell Open lectures series | War, Peace and Overcoming Helplessness: The Role of Universities
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Leiden project wins international astronomy engagement award
The online summer programme Space in Your Living Room by Leiden Observatory has won the first prize ‘Most Innovative Event’ of the Astronomy@Home Awards from the International Astronomical Union. In July and August 2020, participants could for example talk to real astronauts and imagine life forms in…
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EUniWell Open Lecture Series | Teaching of primary education teachers on European citizenship, environment and migration
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LIC Lecture: Biological applications of anion-selective transmembrane carriers
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Working with SBB Interns. By Roel Bulthuis of Merck Serono
Since 2008 every half a year an SBB student starts with an internship for Merck Serono Ventures in Geneva. Head of the company Roel Bulthuis selects and works with the SBB interns and shares his experiences as an employer. He is very pleased.
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Working with datasets that are larger than the entire university
Radio telescope LOFAR maps the sky. It produces incredibly detailed images of the universe - and vast amounts of data. Huub Röttgering, director of the Leiden Observatory, talks about the challenges of working with those enormous datasets.
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LTA lunch lecture: Can you send me a 3-D model?
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LED3 Lecture: Protacs and targeted protein degradation: a new therapeutic modality
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How to attract stargazing tourists? Leiden Observatory launches a new manual for astrotourism
How to create an unforgettable astronomy experience for tourists? And how to create fun activities that also have scientific and educational value? The Astronomy & Society Group at Leiden Observatory has translated a manual that answers those questions. The Observatory’s public engagement team hopes…
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LTA lunch lecture: Designing individualized learning - the case of Digital Humanities
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Ben Feringa Lecture 2022 by Beatrice de Graaf: "Geopolitical Challenges, Security Threats"
Alumni event, Lecture for Leiden Alumni living on the West Coast USA
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LTA lunch lecture - Gamification in Higher-Ed: Promises, Practices, and Pitfalls
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Using sensors to measure playground dynamics
Free playtime and physical play are of great importance to children's social development. That is the main conclusion of innovative research by developmental psychologists and computer scientists from Leiden University.
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Major Expansion Leiden Quantum Computing
The 18.8 million euro NWO Zwaartekracht grant for quantum software which Amsterdam, Delft and Leiden landed collectively, means for Leiden University among others the appointment of two new permanent scientific staff members, who will each form their own research group, divided among Computer Science,…
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LUCIP lecture by Fan Lin and Doreen Müller: Evoking Zhuangzi’s Butterfly Dream
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Phyto-pharmaceuticals and gene targeting
We exploit secondary metabolites of plant to develop pharmaceutical compounds and we genetically modify plant genomes to improve crops.
- Opening Lecture Owada Chair: Global Diversity and the Living International Human Rights Law
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'This is the very best course there is'
Martina Vijver has been nominated as Teacher of the Year of the Faculty of Science. She gets this nomination for the course Ecotoxicology she taught in 2022. The 52 students who took the course were hugely enthusiastic, as can be read in their positive reviews. What is so great about this course then?…
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Tenth Easter Island conference focuses on reconciliation
The tenth International Conference on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and the Pacific will be a special edition with a focus on reconciliation. The fatal shooting in 1722 will be remembered, when the Dutch shot and killed ten Easter Islanders. The conference will be held in Leiden from 19 to 24 June.
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Leiden researchers win public award in Smartest Project contest
A research project by Developmental Psychology professor Carolien Rieffe and researchers of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science has been voted Smartest Project of the Netherlands 2016.
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Barend Mons appointed Chair of European Commission’s High Level Expert Group
Professor Barend Mons has been appointed Chair of the Commission High Level Expert Group
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Scientific research with any smartphone camera
Although smartphones and other consumer cameras are increasingly used for scientific applications like citizen science, it’s still difficult to compare and combine data from different devices. PhD student Olivier Burggraaff developed a new easy-to-use standardised method which makes it possible for…
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LED3 Lecture: Noise Regulation: Tuning Fluctuations to Impact Cell-fate Decisions
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New STW-grant for study on crop protection
Dr. Kirsten Leiss and Prof. Peter Klinkhamer received 900.000 euro’s from “Stichting Toegepaste Wetenschappen (STW)” and the company “Rijk Zwaan” to develop plants that are resistant to thrips, a major agricultural pest all over the world.
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Cartoons help children decide on participation in research
Children are often able to decide for themselves whether they want to take part in medical research. In order to be able to make an informed decision, they need clear information. PhD candidate Ronella Grootens set a good example and created a cartoon story. PhD defence 6 December.
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Second layer of information in DNA confirmed
Leiden theoretical physicists have proven that not only the genetic information in DNA determines who we are, but also DNA’s mechanics. Helmut Schiessel and his group simulated many DNA sequences and found a correlation between mechanical cues and the way DNA is folded. Publication in PLoS One.
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Understanding hydrogen electrocatalysis
Electrocatalysis will play an increasingly important role in future in the transition to more sustainable energy. Thanks to chemist Isis Ledezma Yanez, we now know more about the hydrogen evolution process. PhD defence on the 9th of June.
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Black hole fed by cold intergalactic deluge
An international team of astronomers has witnessed a cosmic weather event that has never been seen before.
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Workshop Exploring the Role of Hype in the Future of Quantum Technology
Telling sensationalised stories, exaggerating benefits and understating the risks: creating ‘hype’ about something doesn't sound like something a responsible scientist would indulge in. Or could we also use hype in a ‘good way'? What could we achieve by opening up quantum futures for wider discussions,…
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LTP Lecture: “Bounding Belief: the problem of logical omniscience and the value of logical modeling”
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LUCIP Lecture "Queer Desires and Buddhist Asceticism: Negotiating Dharma and Diverse Embodiments"
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Research
The research of the Mathematical Institute is driven by the curiosity of its members and has many internal and external connections. It can be characterised as fundamental but with an open attitude towards applications.
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EUniWell Open lectures series | European standards of Human Rights protection of displaced persons fleeing armed conflicts
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How Leiden's drug pioneers have switched to Covid research
From studying molecules in the blood of corona patients to developing a new concept for vaccines. The Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) has transformed many ongoing projects into Covid research projects. Hubertus Irth, scientific director of LACDR, talks about the role of his institute…
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Public lecture ‘Flocking birds, marching penguins and the marvelous physics of active matter' 24 August
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LIC Lecture: 3D Domain Swapping of Proteins: Basics and Recent Developments
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The building blocks for astronomically literate citizens
What does it mean for a citizen to be ‘literate’ in astronomy? Astronomers who participate in outreach to the general public experience various degrees of astronomical knowledge among people. But so far, there had not been a systematic evaluation and definition of what astronomical literacy actually…
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King of Sweden visits Leiden University
Collaborating in drug discovery and health research was the goal of a visit to the Leiden Bio Science Park on 14 May by a Swedish delegation including His Majesty King Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden. The delegation visited Leiden University’s Faculty of Science.
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LTP Lecture "Philosophy of quantum theory: Why all the options are puzzling"
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Boyd Leupen wins MSc Thesis Prize 2015
Boyd Leupen has won the Institute of Political Science MSc Thesis Prize 2015. With 'Refuting asymmetrical Kantianism: On the moral standing of animals', Leupen completed his Political Science master studies and contributed an excellent piece of scholarly work. According to the jury, his thesis stands…
- Public lecture "Conserving Art and Nature: how to deal with change" in Naturalis
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Colloquium night - November 29th
On Tuesday the 29th of November, the SBB Studentboard organized the third SBB Colloquium Night. Max, Guido, Niek, Yiyu and Dennis presented their internships, five topics covering many facets of the Science Based Business courses.
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Artisans versus nobility?
Multiple identities of elites and ‘commoners’ viewed through the lens of crafting from the Chalcolithic to the Iron Ages in Europe and the Mediterranean
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Open Science debate - STIBNITE: developing the next generation organic semiconductors
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Posting preprints: ‘There is no reason not to’
Leiden University publishes the highest percentage of preprints in the Netherlands. Why is that and why post your article online before it has been peer reviewed? Professor of Quantitative Science Studies and keen preprint poster Ludo Waltman explains.
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LUCIP Lecture "The normative body and the embodiment of norms. It’s about habit."
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LAMS Lecture "Physics and Mathematics in Aristotle’s Account of Infinity"
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CPP Annual Lecture with Joseph Heath, The challenge of policing minorities in a liberal state
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