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Six questions about the British referendum and a possible Brexit
The shocking murder of MP Jo Cox has brought it home to the British public that the referendum debate is in disarray. How has the campaign been handled and what would be the consequences of a Brexit? Jan Rood, Professor by special appointment of European Integration, and political scientist Hans Vollaard…
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Dick Stufkens Prize 2020 awarded to physical chemist Mark Koenis
The Dick Stufkens Prize 2020 for the best PhD thesis of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry has been awarded to Dr Mark Koenis. Koenis graduated 21 February with the distinction cum laude on his thesis 'Advanced Spectra Analysis to Determine Complex Structure and Chirality'. He describes…
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Blog Post | Diplomacy’s Response to the Coronavirus
The coronavirus outbreak has demonstrated the strengths and weaknesses of modern diplomacy. In this two-part series of blog posts, I will attempt to analyze how diplomats grappled with the coronavirus pandemic and how international diplomacy can best prepare to meet similar challenges in the future.…
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Blog Post | Diplomacy’s Response to the Coronavirus (Part II)
The previous blog post in this series discussed the role of international diplomacy during the coronavirus crisis. This post focuses on diplomacy and its challenges in post-corona times. Specifically, the blog post argues that diplomats will face a range of challenges following the Covid-19 pandemic…
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Blog Post | Foreign Ministries’ Responses to Growing Complexity, and How to Study Them
Christian Lequesne introduces the upcoming special issue on Ministries of Foreign Affairs in this blog post.
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From Leiden Pilgrim to American president
Before founding their American colony, the Pilgrim Fathers first lived in Leiden in the early 17th century. This group has no fewer than nine American presidents among its descendants. The University played an important role in the Pilgrims’ life in Leiden.
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Our university world knows no borders’
The theme of the opening of this year’s academic year was peace and justice. With the climate crisis and the war in Ukraine, these are turbulent times. During the ceremony those present reflected on what the academic community and universities can mean in times of crisis and conflict.
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Blog Post | From the margins to the front line: Central Eastern European diplomacy in the light of Russia’s attack on Ukraine
Russia’s premeditated attack on Ukraine in February 2022 changed not only the security landscape of Europe. It also altered – at least for now – the structures of leadership and influence within the West.
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GP in the Bible Belt: does God play a role in consultations?
Jaïr van Rhenen studied Medicine in Leiden and is now a GP in the largely religious Veenendaal. Before this, he worked as a tropical medicine doctor in Lesotho. ‘If you have the prospect of an afterlife, you often respond differently to illness.’
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Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos are the winners of the fourth LUCAS Public Prize 2022!
On Tuesday 12 April Angus Mol and Aris Politopoulos have been awarded the fourth LUCAS Publieksprijs.
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Tracing space ice and the building blocks of life
An unprecedented space telescope, an astrolab that makes space ice and molecules that may lead to the origin of life… The Ice Age project has all the prerequisites to become a very fascinating research project – if it is not one already. Leiden astronomers Melissa McClure, Harold Linnartz and Will Rocha…
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Walking in a city of the dead
They call their team ‘The Walking Dead’: Leiden Egyptologists Lara Weiss, Huw Twiston Davies and Nico Staring. A fitting name for a group that conducts research into Saqqara, an Egyptian city of the dead. ‘We are trying to trace religious traditions. What did these mean for people’s lives and burying…
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Klaas van Leest receives Dick Stufkens Prize 2021
The Dick Stufkens Prize 2021 for the best PhD thesis of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (HRSMC) has been awarded to Klaas van Leest for his thesis 'Open- Shell Cobalt Complexes with Redox-Active Ligands; Electronic Structure and Nitrene Transfer Reactivity'. Van Leest, who is now…
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‘You learn so much more than during your studies’
Graduates Bruno and Plym took part in the National Think Tank last year. Together with 20 other students and recent graduates, they spent four months pondering the future of our digital society. ‘You learn so much in the space of four months, not just practical skills but also about yourself.’
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A podium for science
Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and society. In this series of pre-retirement discussions, Stolker will talk one last time to people from within and without the University. This edition…
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American presidents and their special relationship with Leiden
President John Quincy Adams studied in Leiden. His father, John, who was also president, also stayed here and received a lot of support from professor and publisher Johan Luzac. And how are presidents Bush and Obama linked to Leiden?
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Thousands of images of frozen bacteria
How do bacteria sense and adapt to their environment? Ariane Briegel, Professor of Ultrastructural Biology, is intrigued by this question. Using new techniques, she produces three-dimensional images of bacteria that provide us with new clues about their sensory system.
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Here’s to the next 443 years as a bastion of freedom
‘Praesidium Libertatis is a daily responsibility.’ These were the words of Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker on 8 February during the 443rd Dies Natalis of Leiden University. The University needs to pay continuous attention to open debate if it wants to remain a bastion of freedom.
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Leiden expands collaboration with Mexico
A delegation from Leiden University is currently visiting Mexico to initiate collaboration with universities and science funding bodies in the country and to extend and expand existing partnerships. Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker is confident enough already to call it a success.
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CRB1 gene therapy coming of age: Mechanistic insight and rAAV assays on mouse & human retinal organoid models
PhD defence
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LUCIP Forum with Michael Puett (Harvard)
Lecture
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Migraine as a cardiovasculair risk factor for women
PhD defence
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Seminar: POPNET Connects with Miranda Lubbers and Michał Bojanowski
Lecture
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Individualized prognosis in childhood immune thrombocytopenia
PhD defence
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On the Pathology of Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis
PhD defence
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Computational modeling of pharmacokinetics and tumor dynamics to guide anti-cancer treatment
PhD defence
- Open Science Coffee: Perspectives on Registered Reports
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Writer Judith Visser and psychology students on the literature of autism
Lecture
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Cardiac CT for diagnosis and prognosis of coronary artery disease
PhD defence
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The Camel’s Hobble: Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī on the Practical Intellect
Lecture, LUCIS What's New?! Series
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Biological evaluations of nanocarriers to improve the effectiveness of colorectal cancer treatment
PhD defence
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Shaping innate immune responses: mechanisms that control type I interferon production
PhD defence
- GTGC Economy Seminar
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LTA lunchlezing Tsolin Nalbantian
Lecture
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OSCoffee: Unintended consequences of the shift towards Gold Open Access publishing
Lecture
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Multi-level approaches for the proteoform characterization of therapeutic antibodies by mass spectrometry
PhD defence
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Novel Strategies to Investigate Lipoprotein Metabolism and Combat Cardiometabolic Disease
PhD defence
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In vertrouwen. Normatieve beschouwing over euthanasie, dementie en de schriftelijke wilsverklaring
PhD defence
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Bantu Syntax and Information Structure Conference
Conference
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Justification, Performativity, and Islam in the Anthropology of Practical Legal Life
Van Vollenhoven Lecture 2022 / LUCIS Keynote
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Forum Antiquum Lectures Spring 2023: The Revisionist Muse: Recent retellings of Greco-Roman myths from a female perspective
Lecture
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Unraveling proteoform complexity by native Liquid chromatography - mass spectrometry
PhD defence
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Migraine biochemistry and visual snow
PhD defence
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Structural biochemistry of the pentraxins
PhD defence
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Vasoplegia after heart failure surgery
PhD defence
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Novel Applications of Objective Measures in Cochlear Implants
PhD defence
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Evidence-based treatment of central serous chorioretinopathy
PhD defence
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Rare-earth nanoparticles in bioimaging and therapy
PhD defence
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LUCIP Lecture "Queer Desires and Buddhist Asceticism: Negotiating Dharma and Diverse Embodiments"
Lecture
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Leiden University Nationalism Network
Lecture, Leiden University Nationalism Network