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A different take on differences between men’s and women’s brains
There is greater variety in the size of men’s brains than of women’s. This could help explain why some psychiatric disorders such as ADHD and autism are more prevalent in boys. Leiden brain researcher Lara Wierenga has published an article about this in the international journal Cerebral Cortex.
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Medicine development is hunting magic bullets
Medicines are becoming increasingly precise and innovative, but at the same time increasingly expensive. With their innovations, it is up to universities to increase competition, thus causing prices to drop. This is what newly appointed Professor of Biomolecular Analysis Hubertus Irth argues. His inaugural…
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Three awarded research projects in NWO-XS call
Cryogenic memories, antibiotic treatment for urinary tract infections and recycling plastic sustainably. These are the subjects of the three NWO-XS grants awarded to Leiden Science researchers.
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From practical cookbook session to practical research session
How do I conduct research? How do I structure, conduct and record what I’ve thought of and done? The Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences Programme didn’t just want students to perform a series of tests for the Cellular Biochemistry practical course. After a complete re-vamp - ‘From traditional cookbook lab…
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Developing drugs with artificial intelligence
Developing new drugs is a difficult process. With the aid of artificial intelligence, Pharmaceutical scientist Xuhan Liu has developed methods that can help make drug design cheaper and faster. PhD defence on 15 February.
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Daan Pelt brings theory and practice together in the field of Deep Learning
Bringing the theoretical world of mathematics and computer science to more applied research areas. That is what Daan Pelt, assistant professor at the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) is trying to achieve with the methods he is developing as a solution to challenges in image proc…
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LDE white paper on critical materials, green energy and geopolitics
With its Green Deal The European Union has set itself much-needed ambitious climate goals. But the energy crisis and geopolitical tensions are making these difficult to achieve. Seven researchers from the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities (LDE) alliance have written a white paper offering solutions.
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Revolutionizing plant protection strategies: Ding lab receives 2.4M grant to investigate plant immunity
Plant biologist Pingtao Ding, assistant professor at the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), has received a 2.4 million European grant from the European Research Council (ERC). This ERC Starting Grant for promising young researchers allows him to unravel the molecular mechanisms by which plants resist…
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New insights into mycobacterial infections with NWO grant
Why are mycobacteria such successful pathogens? And are there defence mechanisms in the body that help reduce an infection? To find out, Annemarie Meijer has been awarded the NWO Open Competition ENW-XL grant. She will not explore this quest alone. Five other leading Dutch research groups are participating…
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Longevity gene discovered in plants
Harvesting rice from the same field, without planting new rice plants? A discovery may bring this scenario closer. Leiden scientists have discovered a gene that allows annual plants to grow after flowering, instead of dying. Publication on 13 April in Nature Plants.
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4 Vici awards for Leiden researchers
Chemist Alexander Kros and astronomer Joop Schaye are two of the four Leiden researchers who have been awarded a Vici as part of NWO's Innovation Research Incentives scheme. They each have 1.5 million euros to set up a research group and employ PhD candidates.
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Master’s students Brechtje de Jong and Ilse de Weert win KNMP Studentenprijs 2024
Brechtje de Jong, a Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences master’s student, and Ilse de Weert, a Pharmacy student, have won the KNMP Studentenprijs 2024. They received the award for their outstanding academic performance and research internships.
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Symposium honouring departing LUMC Dean Pancras Hogendoorn
Pancras Hogendoorn bade farewell as Dean of Medicine and Vice-Chairman of the LUMC Board of Directors with a symposium at the LUMC.
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Fighting diseases with good bacteria
Researchers from the Institute of Biology Leiden have discovered how good intestinal bacteria regulate our innate immune system. This surprising discovery could make it possible to treat diseases related to inflammation, such as diabetes and colitis, with a cocktail of good bacteria. Publication in…
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LACDR excels at the FIGON Dutch Medicine Days
The Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) received no less than three awards during the Figon Dutch Medicine Days. Bas Goulooze won the PhD Prize for best PhD candidate, Natalia Ortiz Zacarías and Huub Sijben both received a poster prize. ‘Scientists must be able to communicate their research…
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Magnifying the minute
Making all those things we normally cannot see visible is the challenge that fascinates Fons Verbeek, Leiden's new Professor of Computational Bio-Imaging. Contributions from chemistry, optics and in particular computational sciences to making and processing these images give greater insight into the…
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Leiden celebrates tenth anniversary of ERC
The European Research Council, better known as the ERC, turns ten this year, and researchers from Leiden celebrated this on 23 June. The ERC is an important provider of research funding, also to Leiden University. Over the past ten years researchers from the University have been awarded over 70 ERC…
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Proteomics and functional investigation of SUMO and ubiquitin E3 ligases
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Liposome-based vaccines for immune modulation: from antigen selection to nanoparticle design
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LCN2 seminar January 2024
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3D modeling and RNA-based therapeutics for Dutch-type Cerebral amyloid angiopathy
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MCBIM Lecture: Supramolecular Recognition of DNA and RNA Junction Structures for Anti-viral and Anti-cancer Therapy
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Targeting for success: Mechanistic insights into microRNA-based gene therapy for Huntington disease
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Öykü KurtpinarFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Thijs van OschFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Sjoerd van der BurgFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Bram KosterFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Lioe-Fee de Geus-OeiFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Jacques van DongenFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Irene VikatouFaculteit Archeologie
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Robert KlautzFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Helena VrabecFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Adam CohenFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Nikki VostersFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jos WinninkFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Henk-Jan GuchelaarScience
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Antonius Johannes RabelinkFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Rudolf PoolmanFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Zeynep AnliFaculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Anjali PanditScience
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Rob NelissenFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Kimia HeidaryFaculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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LIC Guest Lecture: Controlling biological systems: From nanopore-forming toxins to a chemical-genetic system to map ZDHHC-specific S-acylation
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POSTPONED: LIC Lecture
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Het grenzeloze leven: de fascinerende wereld van celwandloze bacteriën
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LED3 Lecture: Translational Chemical Biology
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Immunological Features in Healthy and Pre-eclamptic Oocyte Donation Pregnancies
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CBI Lecture: Decoding Glycan-Mediated Interactions in Infection and Immunity
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Developmental effects of polystyrene nanoparticles in the chicken embryo
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