149 search results for “brain function and dysfunction” in the Staff website
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observe a single particle of light? (And what does that say about our brain?)
Hoping to learn something about the human brain, Leiden researchers are creating a setup to shoot single photons, particles of light, into someone’s eye. ‘The eye is a passageway to the brain.’
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Function-based contract
If you work at the university and are in scale 11 or above, you have the option of concluding a function-based contract.
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Annetrude Boeije
Science
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Oana Georgiana Rus-Oswald
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Working with a functional limitation
Leiden University wants to give everybody the opportunity to work in the best circumstances.
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Emma Everaert
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Eveline Crone
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Elise Kortink
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Julie Hall
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Rebecca Schaefer
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Hanneke Leegwater
Science
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Dominik Sieh
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Ilse Schuitema
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Kaixuan Pan
Science
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Fighting gliobastoma brain tumours with two grants
Few researchers see potential in research on glioblastoma, an incurable brain tumour. Alexander Kros brought together colleagues who are up to the challenge. European research funder ERC recently made 10.6 million euros available, a year earlier NWO provided 3 million euros. ‘In six years, we certainly…
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Scouring the brain for causes of psychiatric illnesses
What happens in the brains of people with psychiatric illnesses? With a €23.23 million gravity grant, scientists from different fields will search for biological causes over the next decade. ‘By joining forces, we hope to improve diagnosis and treatment for patients with these diseases.’
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Volunteers needed for brain study in resilience research project
Why do some people with adverse childhood experiences develop mental health conditions whereas others do not? A Leiden research project is looking for volunteers aged between 18 and 24 to help us understand more about human resilience.
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Lara Wierenga
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Marcella Pavias
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jiska Peper
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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€10.6 million for innovative toolboxes to tackle brain cancer
Researchers at the Universities of Amsterdam (Uva) and Leiden together with the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Oncode Institute have received a €10,6 million ERC Synergy Grant to develop innovative therapeutic approaches to target glioblastoma. This is a deadly primary brain tumour for which no curing…
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Using low sample volumes to better understand brain diseases
Marlien van Mever delved into the analysis of tiny samples, cerebrospinal fluid from transgenic mouse models for example. She validated methods that can now be used to study brain diseases such as migraine and epilepsy. Van Mever will receive her PhD on 14 June.
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Simone Dobbelaar
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Linda van Leijenhorst
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Eduard Klapwijk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Arko Ghosh
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Simeen Tabassi Mofrad
Faculty of Humanities
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Dominique van den Heuvel
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Femke Stad
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jie Hu
Science
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Jean-Louis van Gelder
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Francesco Buda
Science
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Hinke Endedijk
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Carlijn Bergwerff
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Stolen Focus: Our Brains Online - The Reading List
There is a reasonable chance that you came to this reading list through a social medium. Now it's our job to keep your attention. We are going to do our best. There are so many distractions; from notifications on your phone, to another screen near you, that may also be screaming for attention. Every…
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Annual agreements become function-based contracts
Human resources
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Nanoparticles: shapeshifters that pass along the food chain and end up in the brain
Nanomaterials can pass much further along the food chain than was previously thought. The particles can change shape and size in each organism, enabling them to pass on to the next one in the chain. Researchers from the Institute of Environmental Sciences discovered this accidentally when using a novel…
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Kiki Zanolie
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Anna van Duijvenvoorde
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Hongchang Shan
Science
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Serge Rombouts
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Michelle Achterberg
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Lina van Drunen
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jeshua Tromp
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Wilma Resing
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Jörg Meyer
Science
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Dietsje Jolles
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Anne Hafkemeijer
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Peter van Bodegom
Science
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Thomas Hansen
Science