450 news items found
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Status update in the evolutionary race between humans and resistant bacteria: two steps forward for us 17 January 2024A patent for what may be a potent, new antibiotic. And: a clear overview of promising approaches to overcome a crucial resistance tactic employed by b...
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Compelling unemployed people to widen their job search is often counterproductive 17 January 2024Unemployed people often need not only a financial safety net but also a stimulus to look for work. PhD candidate Heike Vethaak researched the effects ...
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From COA to the Red Cross: students and partners get to know each other 16 January 2024From COA to the police and from the Red Cross to a ministry, in the coming months, students from the Leiden Leadership Programme (LLP) will have the o...
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D&I Symposium 2024: What have we achieved with a decade of diversity policy? 15 January 2024How has progress been made on diversity and inclusion at Leiden University over the past decade? Attendees reflected on this at the D&I Symposium 2024...
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Safety, responsibility and connection: especially now 15 January 2024We, the Executive Board and deans, have recently heard from different sources that the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues to evoke strong fee...
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Post-quantum cryptography should keep our DigiD, bank accounts and state secrets safe 15 January 2024Our banking, DigiD and sensitive medical data: what if our entire digital infrastructure can no longer be trusted? Jelle Don has this question permane...
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Rein Dool painting in new place in the Academy Building 12 January 2024The painting by Rein Dool, depicting former board members of Leiden University, has been moved to the Reception Room of the Academy Building. An expla...
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Construction work starts on new accommodation for international PhDs 11 January 2024Work began on an accommodation complex for international PhD candidates and postdocs at the Leiden Bio Science Park on 10 January. The building will b...
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'Working with PhD candidates gives me energy' 11 January 2024Erik Danen is the new Dean of the Graduate School from 1 January. He is a professor at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research and conducts resea...
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Jasper's day 11 January 2024Jasper 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 news...
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‘The university has many roots in the colonial past. How deep and wide were they?’ 11 January 2024Historians recently started preliminary research on Leiden University’s role in colonialism and historical slavery. Our knowledge about this is too li...
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Starting the new year together: these are the winners of faculty awards 10 January 2024A beautiful speech by vice-dean Bart de Smit, a mini-lecture on exoplanets and the presentation of three faculty awards. That's how we started the new...
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Leiden quantum technology research very successful in funding call 10 January 2024No less than six Leiden projects received a grant for quantum research from the national growth programme Quantum Delta NL and the NWO. After all, in ...
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Koos Biesmeijer and Claire van Megen nominated for Person of the Year 09 January 2024Koos Biesmeijer, Professor of Natural Capital, and Claire van Megen, an Educational and Child Studies student, are in with a chance of winning Leiden’...
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Reliable research with virtual patients 09 January 2024The right medicine in the right dosage for every patient, that is something medical science aspires. 'Personalised medicine' is the term for that. But...