450 news items found
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Verifying the correctness of mathematical theorems with a computer 12 December 2023How correct are mathematical theorems? And is all the theory around them correct? To find out, mathematics student Dominique Lawson converted a mathem...
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Targeting the immune system to inhibit atherosclerosis 12 December 2023A new treatment for atherosclerosis showed promising results in isolated cells but proved to be less effective in initial animal tests. Bachelor stude...
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How ‘sleeping’ microorganisms can determine the fate of a population 12 December 2023Microorganisms that temporarily ‘go to sleep’ play an important role in the evolution and survival of a population. Mathematician Shubhamoy Nandan con...
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Advice to EU on looted art claims: ‘An agency could bring order to the legal chaos’ 12 December 2023What practical steps can we take to resolve cross-border claims to looted art and prevent illicit trafficking in cultural goods? That's what the Europ...
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Life Science & Technology among best studies by Elseviers Weekblad 11 December 2023The MSc Life Science & Technology receives a bronze medal in EW Best Studies 2023. Every year, Elsevier selects the top programmes in higher education...
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Modified caffeine molecules help medical research move forward 08 December 2023Before researchers can develop targeted drugs, they need to know exactly how a disease works. Biochemist Bert Beerkens created molecules that allow th...
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Purple Friday: ‘I try to give the community some support’ 08 December 2023Purple clothing and a pride flag flying from all University buildings: Leiden University is once again taking part in Purple Friday. How do people exp...
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Human noise makes cod inactive. When it gets quiet again, they take off 07 December 2023She narrowly defied bureaucracy and spent days angling for cod. In the North Sea, marine biologist Inge van der Knaap discovered that noise significan...
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Making the invisible visible with ‘click chemistry’ 07 December 2023Sander van Kasteren (Professor of Molecular Immunology) makes the invisible visible. He can follow processes in our bodies with the aid of molecules t...
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Enacting leadership, for and with each other 07 December 2023What makes a good leader, and is there such a thing as a born leader? These are questions that the master's students of the Leiden Leadership Programm...
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'We are only content when everything is taken care of' 07 December 2023Two organisers at heart. In the background, facilities managers Nick van Asperen and Kees Schoonwater ensure that staff and students have everything t...
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‘The questions and ideas from students also make me a better researcher’ 07 December 2023‘Yamila Miguel brings along immense enthusiasm that sparks over to the students in the lectures,’ her students say about her. ‘She inspires us as scie...
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‘Most students are convinced that statistics is not for them. I am here to convince them otherwise’ 07 December 2023'Frans Rodenburg is an excellent teacher who is able to convey difficult information,' say his students. In his statistics classes, he wants to make s...
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‘Listen carefully when students ask a question, to hear the question behind the question’ 07 December 2023‘Rudy van Vliet is always willing to go that extra mile to help us,’ is what students say about him. The lecturer in the Computer Science bachelor’s p...
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iGEM 2024 wants you! 07 December 2023Do you want to design your own scientific project? And be involved in its fundraising and execution? iGEM Leiden offers you a place to challenge yours...