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Mathematical model helps to explain the formation of spine and ribs
Mathematical biologists from Leiden have developed a model that helps to explain how the spine and vertebrae, among other things, form during embryonic development. The same process, the other way around, plays a key role in cancer metastasis. Publication in iScience.
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Leiden Bio Science Park acclaimed best business park in the Netherlands
On 8 October, the Leiden Bio Science Park won the Menzis award for the Best Business Park 2009. The jury particularly praised the fact that 25 years ago when the park was founded, the choice was made in favour of the biomedical life sciences, a specialisation still successful today.
- Masterclass: Religious Imagination in the Late Medieval Low Countries
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Walk-in concert University organ
Arts and culture
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Publications
Electronic versions of our publications can be obtained by sending an e-mail to Esther van den Bos: bosejvanden@fsw.leidenuniv.nl
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Prospects for law reform and democracy under Indonesia’s new president
VVI Research Meeting 2023-2024
- Volume 2 (2007)
- Public Diplomacy (incl. Soft Power and Sharp Power)
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Comenius grants for three Leiden lecturers
Three lecturers from Leiden University have each been awarded a €50,000 Comenius Teaching Fellows grant to implement an educational innovation project. They are Carlijn Bergwerff (Education and Child Studies), Francesco Ragazzi (Political Science) and Krista Murchison (Centre for the Arts in Society…
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A rapidly developing international friendship
Staff and student mobility, a cooperative education programme and the possibility of a joint research center in artificial intelligence and data science. A delegation from Chinese partner XJTU paid a fruitful visit to the Faculty of Science in the last week of October.
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Juvenile or criminal law for young delinquents? Alumna Maaike Kempes is on the case
As an enthusiastic nature lover, Maaike Kempes began studying biology at Leiden University. Now, she is extraordinary professor of Forensic Neuropedagogy at the faculty of Social Sciences. She is researching how neurobiology plays a role in delinquent behaviour among young people. ‘They’re like Ferraris…
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Heartache and cake at the bake sale for Turkey and Syria
Students held a bake sale to raise money and gain attention for the earthquake in Turkey and Syria.
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Prime Minister gives lecture to first-year students
Mark Rutte, the Dutch prime minister, gave a guest lecture to first-year law students at Leiden University. He spoke about democracy, the war in Ukraine and the role of the Netherlands.
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Record number of grants for collaboration with universities outside the EU
Good news for international collaboration: the EU’s International Credit Mobility programme has awarded 163 grants to students and researchers from Leiden University and partner universities in 19 countries outside the EU. The grants are for 19 projects that have arisen from existing partnerships.
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Why we need to look underwater to understand our past
Traces of the past remain hidden in rivers, lakes and seas. In his inaugural lecture Martijn Manders will explain why underwater archaeology is important to understanding our history.
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Looking at the big world of microbiology through the smallest lenses
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, the father of microbiology, died 300 years ago. 2023 has therefore been designated the Antoni van Leeuwenhoek year. The new Unimaginable exhibition in Rijksmuseum Boerhaave is about the amazing world that Van Leeuwenhoek made visible. What was so special about the way he worked?…
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Visualization of the maternal immune system at the maternal-fetal interface
PhD defence
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The tumor-stroma ratio in epithelial cancer types
PhD defence
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Metabolic and Functional Evaluation of Diabetic Cardiomyopathy using MR Spectroscopy and MR Imaging
PhD defence
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Molecular endometrial carcinoma classification
PhD defence
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Lymphovascular space invasion in endometrial carcinoma
PhD defence
- Huizinga Lecture
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‘Dutch people should take human trafficking more seriously'
Citizens underestimate their role, but they really can make a difference, says legal specialist Corinne Dettmeijer-Vermeulen. Combatting injustice is still the mission of this former National Rapporteur on Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence against Children. She will deliver the Cleveringa lecture…
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Hello Leiden. How’s it going? Minister Van Engelshoven pays online working visit to Leiden University
Teaching during the corona crisis, the high workload and the challenges faced by the Faculty of humanities. In an online working visit to Leiden University on 12 October, Minister for Education, Culture and Science, Ingrid van Engelshoven, discussed the hot topics of the day with the Executive Board,…
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Scaliger medal presented to LERU President Kurt Deketelaere
The first Scaliger Medal was presented on 19 September to Leuven Professor Kurt Deketelaere, President of the League of European Research Universities (LERU). He received the award in recognition of his tireless commitment to promoting European research.
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Two major teaching grants for Leiden lecturers
Studying with an app and exploratory learning in large groups. Two educational innovations that will be possible thanks to the Comenius Programme of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Chemist Ludo Juurlink and Professor of Science Education Fred Janssen from the Leiden Graduate…
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From textiles to teaching: Leiden’s role in colonialism and slavery
Using enslaved people as servants, becoming an administrator in the Dutch West India Company or making uniforms for the colonial army. Many people from Leiden played a role in colonialism and slavery. Historians are conducting preliminary research and finding striking examples.
- SAILS Lunch Time Seminar: A few simple rules for prediction
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Joan van der Waals colloquium
The Joan van der Waals colloquium is an ongoing bi-weekly lecture series.
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Exploring host-immune-microbial interactions during intestinal schistosomiasis
PhD defence
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Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ)
CERQ is a questionnaire measuring cognitive coping strategies developed by Dr. Nadia Garnefski and Dr. Vivian Kraaij.
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Hall of Fame
Many of our staff and students have won an award, received a grant, obtained an academic fellowship for their quality or have been socially engaged due to their specific expertise. See below for an overview per year.
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Hall of Fame 2016
Many of our staff and students have won prizes over the past year. Others have been awarded a subsidy, or, because of their eminence in their field, they have been appointed member of an academic society or have taken on a position in the community. Reasons enough to be proud of them and to include…
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LED3 PhD-Postdoc Symposium 2024
Conference
- Volume 16 (2021)
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Poster sessions
Speech Prosody 2024 includes several poster sessions, the description of which you can find below.
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Older publications
Overview of the publications of the department of Environmental Biology (1972-2015)
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Sponsored Research
Global Interactions sponsors a number of research projects of Leiden University researchers.