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14 Veni grants awarded to Leiden researchers
Fourteen promising researchers from Leiden University have been given the opportunity to realise their research plans for the coming years thanks to a Veni grant from the NWO. This year, these subsidies have been granted to studies of the influence of noise on the great tit, the conditions necessary…
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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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The eighty-year-old Leiden Papyrological Insitute has a small but great collection
The Leiden Papyrological Institute celebrated its eightieth birthday on Monday 19 January. Its collection of papyri – including paper, potsherds, pieces of wood and even lead – covers the period from 300 B.C. until after 800 A.D. and is entirely of Egyptian origin. The institute’s anniversary is being…
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The quest for more antibiotics
Streptomycetes are similar to moulds, but these bacteria live in the soil. They are very popular in biotechnology because they produce a great many antibiotics and enzymes. Gilles van Wezel will be using his Vici subsidy to study ways of increasing their production.
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Leiden University celebrates 444th birthday with residents of Leiden and The Hague
Leiden University celebrated its 444th anniversary with a historical procession on 8 February. It celebrated this year’s Dies Natalis in time-honoured fashion with a ceremony in the Pieterskerk, but broke with tradition by sending professors out to primary schools.
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Staying healthy with big data
By analysing the metabolism using big data techniques, we can identify health risks at an earlier stage. Thomas Hankemeier, professor of Analytical Biosciences at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, explains how that works.
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A thousand participants in Dies for alumni
The Dies Natalis for alumni on 11 February was an online event. Almost 1,000 alumni tuned in to Bastiaan Rijpkema’s interview with Annetje Ottow, who had then been President of Leiden University’s Executive Board for all of three days. Alumni are part of her portfolio on the Executive Board.
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Debate: ‘A Crisis on the Rise? The Impact of Violence and Impunity on Mexican Society’
Mexico is currently facing an unprecedented social and political crisis, with expanding criminal and political violence, rampant impunity and crumbling political institutions. Next to the daily report of anonymous victims of violence, last summer in Central Mexico at least 15 citizens were executed…
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Leiden astronomers launch biggest space-ice database ever: ‘A kind of phone book, but for ice’
It is the largest database for space ice yet: The Leiden Ice Database for Astrochemistry: LIDA. Created by astrophysicists at the Leiden Observatory, LIDA includes not only hundreds of measurement data, but also software to examine astronomical observations and prepare new measurements with the James…
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Ton Liefaard speaks about 30 Years UN CRC, in Italy
Last week, to commemorate the thirtieth anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, Prof. Dr. Ton Liefaard shone a fresh light on children’s rights, in Italy.
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Van Marum Colloquium: Making Kinetics at Surfaces a More Exact Science
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50 years of voting rights for women in the Swiss Confederation
Christa Tobler writes an extensive article on voting rights for different groups for the annual congress of the
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Online tools
This section provides an overview of online tools for the study of the medieval Low Countries. The websites linked down below are often times both available in Dutch and English.
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Securing Humanitarian Operations: Preparedness and Response to Cyber Crises in Aid Delivery
How do humanitarian organisations adapt cyber incidents to their specific priorities and needs, and how can they adapt strategies of other organisations?
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Data-Driven Machine Learning and Optimization Pipelines for Real- World Applications
Machine Learning is becoming a more and more substantial technology for industry.
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Online Master’s Experience European Law
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Online Master’s Experience Comparative Criminal Justice
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Online Master’s Experience Law & Finance
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Online Master’s Experience Law & Society
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Online Master's Experience Day African Studies
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Guest lecture asylum lawyer Bart Toemen
As a lawyer, how can you contribute to ensuring that the best interests of the child play a greater role in immigration law? That question was the topic of asylum lawyer Bart Toemen's guest lecture in the course ‘Kind en migratie’ (child and migration), given in the master’s programme ‘Jeugdrecht’ (Child…
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Master's Online Experience Day Linguistics: Q&A
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Online Master's Experience: Master Biomedical Sciences
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Master's Online Experience Day Modern Languages
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Veni Grant for Lucia Bossoni
Postdoc Lucia Bossoni has received an NWO Veni grant to research brain diseases for the next three years. She will work in labs at both the LUMC and the Leiden physics institute.
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The EU’s Response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: International and European Perspectives
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Parkinson Protein α-Synuclein Binds Surprisingly Strong with Membrane
Α-synuclein, a protein associated with Parkinson’s disease, proves to bind with membranes in a surprisingly efficient way. It confirms scientists’ suspicion of the protein’s leading role in the transmission of neurotransmitters between nerve cells in the brain. Publication in PLoS ONE.
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Indonesia's Choice - Discussing the upcoming elections
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Online Master's Experience Day Mathematics
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Online Master's Experience Day Computer Science
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Online Master's Experience Day Computer Science
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Advancing the Defence Rights of Children: Fair Trials Regional Training Event for Lawyers
From 26 until 28 January Leiden Law School hosted the regional training for lawyers as part of the EU funded project Advancing the Defence Rights of Children, organized by Fair Trials.
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Asian(s) in the Netherlands
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LIC Lecture + drinks
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Cleveringa Meeting Leiden 2023
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On-Campus Master's Experience Day
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Career opportunities PhD's outside academia
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Online Master's Experience Day Physics
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Pain and it's consequences in dementia
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CANCELLED: Book Presentation and Discussion: Central Asia 300-850 Roads and Kingdoms
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Digging Deep in the Galilee: 10 Years of Excavations on a Hill with a View
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Van Marum Colloquium: CO2 Electrolysis Systems for Chemical and Food Production
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Class invariants for tame Galois algebras
Promotores: B. Erez, P. Stevenhagen, Co-Promotor: B. de Smit
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