494 search results for “ecology and evolution” in the Staff website
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Embryos of the bitterling perform a somersault. This teaches us something new about natural selection
Even embryos can become embroiled in an evolutionary arms race with another species. Leiden biologists demonstrate this with larvae of the rosy bitterling that parasitize the gills of freshwater mussels. They published their research on February 19 in PNAS.
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Tropical bananaquits lose song quality in the city
I think we should go this way. This way! THIS! WAY!! Making yourself heard in a city can be difficult. That is not only the case for humans, but birds seem to be hindered by urban noise as well. Researcher Hans Slabbekoorn of Leiden University already showed that great tits in Leiden communicate differently…
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Foraging skills may have made the essential difference in the evolution of our huge brain
Hunter-gatherers acquire their food through complex gender-specific foraging techniques for a relatively stable and diverse supply of energy. New research indicates that this specialisation by boys and girls starts at a very young age. Most likely, this enabled the human species to evolve much larger…
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Tracking the origin and evolution of molecules in space
How do molecules originate and evolve in space? And how does that ultimately determine the chemical composition of planets and their atmospheres? The Dutch Astrochemistry Network (DANIII) receives 1.6 million euros from NWO to find out. A large group of Leiden astronomers and chemists is contributing:…
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Adapting to climate change: mutation enables flour beetles to speed up their development
Leiden biologists have found a mutation in flour beetles that allows them to speed up their development. The study has been published in Nature Ecology and Evolution.
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Cathleen Broersma
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c.m.e.broersma@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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David Milhanas Henriques Norte
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d.milhanas.henriques.norte@biology.leidenuniv.nl |
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Shekhar Kolipaka
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
s.s.kolipaka@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3451
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Cora Leder
Faculteit Archeologie
c.t.leder@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 NNB
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Corrie Bakels
Faculteit Archeologie
c.c.bakels@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2393
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Ellen Cieraad
Science
e.cieraad@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Laura Llorente Rodriguez
Faculteit Archeologie
l.llorente.rodriguez@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5389
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Martha Dellar
Science
m.e.dellar@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Athanasios Moraitis
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a.moraitis@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 6 2220 0860
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Yali Si
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y.si@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Karline Janmaat
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
k.r.l.janmaat@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jesse Ouwehand
Science
j.ouwehand@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ecology and genomics of Actinobacteria and their specialised metabolism
PhD defence
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Tessa Verhoef
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t.verhoef@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7903
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Bregje Brinkmann
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b.w.brinkmann@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7475
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Amanda Henry
Faculteit Archeologie
a.g.henry@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7844
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Sophie Planchenault
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s.j.planchenault@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Joeri Morpurgo
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j.morpurgo@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Leiden archaeologists mentioned in Top 13 Discoveries in Human Evolution during 2023
In a recent article published on PLOS, Drs. Briana Pobiner and Ryan McRae of the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History discuss the top 13 discoveries in human evolution in 2023.
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Anagnostis Theodoropoulos
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a.theodoropoulos@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4882
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Barbara Gravendeel
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b.gravendeel@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ben Wielstra
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b.m.wielstra@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5135
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Katerina Johnson
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
k.v.a.johnson@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Scientific breakthrough: evidence that Neanderthals hunted giant elephants
Neanderthals were able to outwit straight-tusked elephants, the largest land mammals of the past few million years. Leiden professor Wil Roebroeks has published an article about this together with his German colleague Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser in the Science Advances journal.
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Martin van der Plas
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m.van.der.plas@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Hard chews: why mastication played a crucial role in evolution
We do it every day but barely give it a thought: chewing our food. But the ‘simple’ process of masticating food may have played a crucial role in the evolution of our jaws, facial muscles and teeth.
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Microbiome ecology professor Ákos Kovács' new job feels like coming home
‘Working in Leiden is a dream come true.’ Ákos Kovács studied in his birth country Hungary and worked in Germany, Denmark and Groningen. As professor of Microbiome Ecology at IBL, he immediately started working together with his new colleagues to make discoveries about the versatile bacterial species…
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Ecology PhD student wins Dutch award for investigative journalism
PhD student and research journalist Sebastiaan Grosscurt won a Tegel in May. In the data category, Grosscurt and his colleagues won the prestigious Dutch journalism award. 'For me, ecological research and journalism are two ways of achieving the same thing.'
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Emilie Didaskalou
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e.a.didaskalou@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5652
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Jordy van der Beek
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j.g.van.der.beek@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Maarten Schrama
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m.j.j.schrama@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7483
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Olympic gold for Industrial Ecology student Dirk Uittenbogaard
Dirk Uittenbogaard, a student on the Delft-Leiden Master’s in Industrial Ecology, has won a gold medal for rowing at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. Uittenbogaard took gold in the men’s quadruple sculls, together with Abe Wiersma, Tone Wieten and Koen Metsemakers.
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IBL Spotlights - Evolution& Biodiversity
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Tom Kouwenhoven
Science
t.kouwenhoven@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4799
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Jac Aarts
Faculteit Archeologie
j.m.m.j.g.aarts@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Geert de Snoo
Science
g.r.de.snoo@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Konstantinos Georgopoulos
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k.georgopoulos@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5114
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Caitlin Black
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c.e.black@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Philipp Kropf
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p.kropf@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Marvin Groen
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m.groen@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Yanan Liang
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y.liang@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sam Boerlijst
Science
s.p.boerlijst@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Zhenyang Chen
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z.chen@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Together the universities from Leiden and Paramaribo tackle ecological and social challenges
Research on flora and fauna with attention for economic interests and partnership with the local population. This is all bundled in a cooperation programme of the Anton de Kom University of Suriname and Leiden University. Working together on the basis of equality is key. ‘A thorny challenge, but one…
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multidisciplinary perspectives in archaeology and marine historical ecology
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