499 search results for “molecular biology” in the Staff website
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To explore the drug space smarter: Artificial intelligence in drug design for G protein-coupled receptors
PhD defence
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Isotopes and the characterization of extrasolar planets
PhD defence
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Using cryo-EM methods to uncover structure and function of bacteriophages
PhD defence
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Mining the kinematics of discs to hunt for planets in formation
PhD defence
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Data Reuse Day
Conference
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Opening party
Festival
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Race against time: Helping the Netherlands secure almost 20 million Pfizer vaccines
The whole world is waiting anxiously for sufficient supplies of coronavirus vaccines. As Launch Navigator at Pfizer, alumnus Dennis de Mik must help ensure that the Netherlands receives 19.8 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. How is he going about this and how has his Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences…
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Is a cancer pill a matter of time?
A cancer pill, preferably without severe side effects, is something we’d all welcome. Is it a matter of time before such a pill is a reality? We put this question to three Leiden researchers and asked how they themselves are contributing to new cancer treatments.
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Peter van Bodegom on sustainable horticulture
Dutch greenhouse horticulture is a world leader when it comes to innovative capacity and sustainability, but ‘the challenges are great in terms of energy, water, environment and biodiversity,’ says Peter van Bodegom, coordinator of AgriFood at the Centre for Sustainability of the Leiden, Delft, Erasmus…
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‘Science is international so our faculty should be too’
‘Our faculty is a very international community. And that is something everybody really benefit from,’ says Yun Tian. As the officer internationalisation, she is the bridge between international students and staff, the faculty and universities abroad. ‘Science goes beyond countries and carries no nationality.…
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In pictures: animal mummies in a scanner
The story of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh, is world famous. But did you know that the Ancient Egyptians mummified not only people but animals too? The National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden recently put a bunch of animal mummies through a CT scanner. This was in collaboration with Canon Netherlands…
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Wrap-ups and recordings of the Leiden University Libraries & Elsevier seminars on Reproducible Research
Leiden University Libraries (UBL) in partnership with Elsevier hosted a series of online seminars on the challenges involved in achieving reproducibility in research. The seminars aimed to identify best practices that can help to overcome central challenges around reproducibility, and to convey several…
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Netherlands and Japan united by a tradition of mutual curiosity
A delegation from Leiden University visited various universities in Japan at the end of March. The strong ties between the Netherlands and Japan are still based on a long tradition of knowledge exchange.
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Interdisciplinary minor ’Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’
The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits from this approach? Students and lecturers evaluate: ‘This minor’s a goldmine’.
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Key for effective application of a new revolutionary cholesterol lowering drug resides in a 30 year old Leiden Patent
‘’ And then the world changed forever ,welcome to the future’’. These are the words that Kausik Ray (President of the European Atherosclerosis Society) spoke when the worldwide first dose of inclisiran, a novel SiRNA based cholesterol lowering agent, was administered at the Cardiology lipid clinic at…
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Educational adventures in the tropics: discovering rainforests in Borneo
Photographing fluorescent flowers, searching for frogs and shooting tropical cucumbers out of trees: this is only a small part of the course Tropical Biodiversity and Field Methods. For this class, master’s students biology traveled to Malaysian Borneo for two weeks to gain experience in fieldwork.…
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The Executive Board of the Institute of Psychology has a new Director of Operational Management. It’s the perfect role for Paula van den Bergh
The Executive Board of the Institute of Psychology has a new Director of Operational Management. It’s the perfect role for Paula van den Bergh. ‘For me, “connection” is a nice word. If you see the connections between things, you immediately see the logic behind the processes.’ Her career has taken her…
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The whole world knows the way to the Leiden institute in Morocco
A delegation from Leiden University visited the Netherlands Institute Morocco (NIMAR) in Rabat at the end of February.
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‘The university has many roots in the colonial past. How deep and wide were they?’
Historians recently started preliminary research on Leiden University’s role in colonialism and historical slavery. Our knowledge about this is too limited and fragmented. They are looking with fresh eyes at Leiden’s archives and collections. An interview with historians Alicia Schrikker and Ligia G…
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Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grants
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to Leiden researchers.
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'Society would flourish with new farming styles’
‘The climate crisis is the greatest threat we face,’ says Leiden University environmental scientist Paul Behrens. ‘And yet, there is hope. In the near future, I think we will wonder why we didn’t make these changes earlier.’
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The Needham Question: Did Needham Need to Pose It? Is He Guilty of Coloniality?
Lecture
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Synthetic peptides as tools in chemical immunology
PhD defence
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Preferences and Beliefs in Behavior and the Brain
PhD defence
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Emergent Space-Time, Black Holes and Quantum Information
PhD defence
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Liveable planet lunch meeting - Politics of Attention for the Environment: Small Steps and Big Leaps.
Lecture
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Environmental Humanities LU: Species literacy and the cultural portrayal of animal biodiversity
Lecture
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Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry based Metabolomics Approaches for Volume-restricted Applications
PhD defence
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Improving Nature’s Antibiotics to Overcome Resistant Bacteria
Lecture, NGL-lezing
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Psychology Connected: War and Peace
Conference
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Bioengineering and Biophysics of Viral Hemorrhagic Fever
PhD defence
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Innovating Cell Pharmacy with stem cells
Lecture
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EuroScience Open Forum Leiden
Conference, ESOF Conference
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Evolution and development of orchid flowers and fruits
PhD defence
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IBL Spotlights - Evolution& Biodiversity
Lecture
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Mighty microscopy
Festival
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SRS seminar series
Seminar series
- Urban Health Programme
- IBL Symposium 2022
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Dies Natalis all about innovating and connecting
‘We could share our knowledge more with others and apply it more widely,’ said Annetje Ottow, President of the Executive Board, while presenting the new Strategic Plan on the University’s 447th Dies Natalis. The new Strategic Plan therefore focuses on innovating and connecting, among disciplines and…
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Flash interview with alumnus and new Faculty Advisory Council member Yousef Yousef
Yousef Yousef is a 'self-made man'. But he first obtained his bachelor's degree in tax law in Leiden. 'A CEO needs to have a basic understanding of the principles of law', he says.
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Opening of Academic Year on sustainability: optimism and criticism go hand in hand
The theme of the Opening of the Academy Year on 4 September was sustainability and how the university could take the lead as a change agent. How is it going about this and what else can it do? There was also room for a critical note.
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Career Talk with Maurien Olsthoorn
Debate, Career Talk
- Media Outreach Training for Young Researchers in the field of Climate and Energy
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Standing up for science workshop
Course
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LUC Major Choice Declaration Deadline
Study information, Major Choice Event
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Leiden Teachers' Academy Education Festival 2024
Festival
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Innovating and connecting
447th Dies Natalis
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Activities
On this page you will find an overview of the activities organised by the Leiden Research Support Network.