1,438 search results for “biological care” in the Public website
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Scleral pigmentation leads to conspicuous, not cryptic, eye morphology in chimpanzees
Researchers of the National University of Singapore and Leiden University have discovered that chimpanzees and bonobos share the contrasting colour pattern seen in human eyes, which makes it easy for them to detect the direction of someone’s gaze from a distance.
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PhD Theses
A full overview of MacBio PhD Theses.
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Aquatic Pollution from Light and Anthropogenic Noise (AquaPLAN): Management of Impacts on Biodiversity
What are the effects of light pollution from cities and bridges and noise pollution from passing vessels and nearby road traffic on migratory fish passage and spawning in rivers?
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Extra-curricular
Are you interested in taking up an extra challenge during your master’s programme? Have you thought about applying for our Summer School programme or are you interested in developing your personal leadership style?
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Extra-curricular
Are you interested in taking up an extra challenge during your master’s programme? You can develop your persenol leadership style or study abroad. Would you like to experience education at Leiden University up close before starting your master’s? Apply for one of our Summer School programmes.
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Extra-curricular
Are you interested in taking up an extra challenge during your master’s programme? Have you thought about applying for our Summer School programme or are you interested in developing your personal leadership style?
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New IBL-professor in "Computational Biology": Vera van Noort
Vera van Noort has been appointed Professor in the field of Computational Biology within the Faculty of Science at the Institute of Biology from the 1st of February 2017. Van Noort’s expertise is in bioinformatics and her research focuses on the computational analysis of large-scale biological data…
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A theory rarely proves true in practice
Leiden students often prefer complicated theory and a difficult test to experiments. Yet associate professor Paul Logman believes students learn a lot from practical teaching. He challenges his students to come up with their research questions themselves. The Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) is at…
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Hortus Leiden helps to protect plant diversity around the world
The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, a world-wide effort by the botanist and plant protection community, is making considerable progress in protecting plant diversity around the world, a new report says. The Hortus botanicus Leiden is one of the partners of the project.
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'Biologists also need to be a bit of a data analyst’
Biologists today have to be able to work with big data. Data analysis skills should be taught from the start of the degree programme, or - even better - in secondary school. This is the message of Vera van Noort, new Professor of Computational Biology. Inaugural lecture 22 January.
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Lorentz Lecture: Working towards evidence-based care for aging transgender and non-binary people
Lecture
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Anne Charlotte DubbelmanFaculty of Science
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Bernat Durà FaulíFaculty of Science
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We shouldn’t criticise Veilig Thuis – we should criticise the system
Every day, Veilig Thuis employees receive hundreds of reports of domestic violence and child abuse. Despite their efforts, they are heavily criticised due to the long waiting times. Mariëlle Bruning, Professor of Children and the Law, appeared on talk show ‘Eva’ to discuss the Dutch care and welfare…
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Nienke BiermaszFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Thea Vliet VlielandFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Niels ChavannesFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Jelle WesselingFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Anske Van der BomFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Jacobijn GusseklooFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Monique van LeerdamFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Enrico LoprioreFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Rob PelgerFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Robert VermeirenFaculteit Geneeskunde
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F JansenFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Michiel van de SandeFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Ellis AizenbergFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Evert de JongeFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Eric van FurthFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Yvette van der LindenFaculteit Geneeskunde
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John van Noort appointed Professor in Biophysics
Leiden University has appointed John van Noort as Professor in Biophysics. He studies the way in which our DNA is folded and read out.
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Presentations and Lectures
Members of our research team give different types of presentations and lectures.
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Nathaniel Martin: why won’t antibiotics cure us anymore?
Current means of fighting bacteria are no longer as good as they used to be because of antibiotic resistance. These days, people are dying from bacterial infections that could have been cured fifty years ago.
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New transmission microscope for low-energy electrons
Physicist Daniël Geelen has developed a new microscope that uses low-energy electrons. Those are less harmful to biological and organic materials. Geelen defends his PhD thesis on May 31st.
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Syeda ShawkatSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Publications
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Value-based and data-driven vestibular schwannoma care
PhD defence
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Appropriate care for older people approaching kidney failure
PhD defence
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Improving the management of colorectal neoplasms in clinical care
PhD defence
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Towards appropriate care in old-age medicine
PhD defence
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Data-driven Improvement of Hip Fracture Care
PhD defence
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Improving quality of care: A continuous process of (de-)implementation
PhD defence
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Quality of life, care dependency and Paracetamol In advanced Dementia
PhD defence
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Peri-operative care in patients with morbid obesity
PhD defence
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Improving care for red blood cell alloimmunized pregnant women
PhD defence
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Child Abuse & Violence Congres ‘Broken 2018’ Aruba
From 23-25 August the Child Abuse & Violence Congres ‘ Broken 2018’ took place. Mariëlle Bruning was one of the keynote speakers and talked about the child’s right to protection against all forms of violence and the implementation of this children’s right in domestic child protection systems.
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NEXUS 1492. New World Encounters in a Globalising World
What are the immediate and lasting effects of the colonial encounters on indigenous Caribbean cultures and societies and what were the intercultural dynamics that took place during the colonisation processes? How can the study of indigenous Caribbean histories contribute to a more sophisticated awareness…
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Chasing nanoplastics
How dangerous are micro- and nanoplastics? Do they affect the environment? What harm can they do to our bodies? Questions that we can now finally answer because of Fazel Abdolahpur Monikh. Together with his colleagues, he developed a method to detect and quantify nano-sized plastics. Their paper has…
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ERC Advanced Grants for two Leiden researchers
The European Research Commission (ERC) has awarded Advanced Grants to two Leiden researchers. Joke Meijer will be researching the effect of the biological clock on our health and Carlo Beenakker will be looking for Majorana fermions in superconductors.