476 search results for “plastic a ben” in the Public website
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Ben Wang
Science
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Ben Lugtenberg
Science
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Ben Ganschow
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ben Pehrson
Faculty of Humanities
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Ben Companjen
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Ben Silk
Science
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Ben Nieuwenhuys
Science
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Ben Schoenmaker
Faculty of Humanities
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Ben Telders
Benjamin Marius Telders, professor of international law, died of typhus in Bergen-Belsen on 6 April 1945. He was an example of civil courage before and during the occupation. He spoke up against inequity and injustice.
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Ben Smit
ICLON
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Ben Kuipers
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Ben Wielstra
Science
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Ben Haring
Faculty of Humanities
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Ben Arps
Faculty of Humanities
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Mechanical Response of Foams: Elasticity, Plasticity, and Rearrangements
Promotor: M.L. van Hecke
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Robertus Benning
Faculty of Humanities
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Leiden Advocacy Project on Plastic
The Leiden Advocacy Project on Plastic (LAPP) is a pro bono initiative concerning legal questions on plastics and is founded to address and research the legal issues related to plastic pollution.
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Ben van der Weijden
Universitair Facilitair Bedrijf
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Ben van den Aardweg
Honours Academy
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Ben van Rossen
Expertisecentrum SOZ
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Ben Van Calster
Science
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Ben de Jong
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
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Temperature effects on genetic and physiological regulation of adaptive plasticity
Promotor: P.M. Brakefield
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Ben van Velthoven
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sol Zeev Ben Mordehai
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ben Van Rompuy
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ben van Werkhoven
Science
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Plastic Spotter: spot plastic in the canals of Leiden
Help us spot and clean up the plastic in the canals of Leiden! Leiden University is calling on the good folk of Leiden to help our researchers study the plastic in the city’s canals. And if you’d like our canals to be plastic-free, why not donate towards a fleet of canoes to clean them up?
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The evolution and plasticity of life histories upon variation in nutrition: on aging focused integrative approach
Promotores: Prof.dr. P.M. Brakefield, Prof.dr. B.J. Zwaan (Wageningen Universiteit)
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Plastic Health Summit in Amsterdam
The Plastic Soup Foundation and Parley for the Oceans hosted the very first Plastic Heath Summit in Amsterdam on 3 October, covering the most relevant and pressing health concerns surrounding plastics and human health. Beyond discussing the latest findings in the field we asked the urgent question:…
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Jo-Anne Verschoor
Science
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Launch of Pick Up 10 by Plastic Soup Surfer
Merijn Tinga, the Plastic Soup Surfer, launched the Pick Up 10 campaign. This campaign, supported by Google and National Geographic, uses photo recognition to identify and monitor litter through an app.
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CanalCups: getting to plastic-free canals
Two weeks after 3 October the Leiden canals were still full of plastic disposable cups. Auke-Florian Hiemstra and fellow students have fished thousands of these cups out of the canals and photographed them. Now they put a photo of one of these canal cups on Instagram every day.
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Workshop ‘Science Based Rules on Plastic: Regulating Plastic Pollution’ at Lorentz Center
From 27 to 31 January, a workshop on the regulation of plastic pollution based on scientific evidence will be held at the Lorentz Center in Leiden.
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LAPP participates at Plastic Avengers Conference
On Friday 8 February, the first Plastic Avengers Conference took place in Amsterdam. Initiator Merijn Tinga, the Plastic Soup Surfer from Leiden, brought together ‘independent plastic fighters' to arrive at a manifesto against plastic pollution. The Leiden Advocacy Project on Plastic was also invited…
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waste gases (mixed CO/CO2 streams) into intermediates for polyurethane plastics for rigid foams/building insulation and coatings
What would be the environmental performance of the Carbon4PUR technology at industrial scale in the future?
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Presentation at the Plastic Soup Foundation
On 3 May2017 LAPP participated in a meeting on microplastics at the Plastic Soup Foundation.
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Tap water stations to reduce plastic waste
Leiden University will install over 30 tap water stations in the autumn of 2017 at the various University buildings. The first is already in use.
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Professor Ben Lugtenberg received ‘The Arima Award for Applied Microbiology’
Emeritus Professor Ben Lugtenberg received ‘The Arima Award for Applied Microbiology’ from the IUMS (International Union of Microbial Societies) for his life-time contributions to this field.
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Hybrid zones: a quick guide by Ben Wielstra
Ben Wielstra studies hybrid zones, regions in which distinct populations of organisms meet, mate and produce genetically admixed offspring. In the journal Current Biology, he introduces hybrid zones in an accessible way.
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Masterstudent Public Administration wins Ben Pauw Thesis prize
The Ben Pauw thesis prize for the best Master’s thesis in the area of Public Affairs was won by student Esther Mangelsdorf of the Institute of Public Administration.
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Balanced lethal systems: a quick guide by Ben Wielstra
Ben Wielstra studies balanced lethal systems, in which half of the offspring die before birth. In the journal Current Biology, he explains in an accessible way how such a disadvantage can originate in nature.
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In conversation with Frans Timmermans about plastics in Europe
14 March 2018 a Citizens’ Dialogue about plastic-use in Europe with First-Vice President Frans Timmermans took place in Utrecht. It was one in a series of dialogues organized by the European Commission held throughout Europe. LAPP-student Emily den Boer joined the evening.
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KNAW symposium on plastic pollution of the oceans
On 27 November 2019, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen) organized a symposium on the plastic pollution crisis.
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LAPP publishes on Leiden Law Blog about plastic bottles
LAPP students Emily den Boer and Louise Floris, together with Esther Kentin, wrote about the proposal for a plastic bottle deposit return system that has been discussed in the Dutch Parliament in April 2019.
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President Annetje Ottow helps fish plastic out of the canal
Every Sunday you can help fish plastic and other floating garbage out of the Leiden canals. You can use your own canoe or loan one from Plastic Spotter and join the garbage-fishing fleet. Annetje Ottow, President of Leiden University, was one of the crew on Sunday 4 July.
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Construction of vast plastics plant by Shell: 'very painful'
Shell, our country's largest company, is constructing a vast plastics plant in the United States. And it is doing so at a time when the European Union, led by the Netherlands, is launching a major pact to combat use of plastic.
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Plastic surgeon Diederik Hofstede: ‘I like small scale'
After studying medicine in Leiden, Diederik Hofstede specialised in plastic surgery. 'I was attracted by its creativity and I enjoy working with my hands.' Cosmetic surgery is just 5% of the work.'