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This is what you want to know about the new directors of education Biology as a student
From 1 October onwards, Dennis Claessen and Marcel Schaaf will be the new directors of education of Biology. They will replace Han de Winde. Schaaf will be responsible for the bachelor, while Claessen will mainly focus on the master tracks of Biology. We gave students and the education office the change…
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Biology student Sander van Zon: ‘We can still learn so much more about lichens’
Lichens enthusiast Sander van Zon was eager to use his knowledge for his internship. He wrote an excellent thesis on lichens’ biodiversity in the city, of which his first scientific publication will appear soon. With it, he is nominated for the Leiden Science Young Talent Award 2022.
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Meindert Lamers
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m.h.lamers@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Merijn de Bakker
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m.a.g.de.bakker@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5043
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Sandra Irmisch
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s.irmisch@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Lennart Schada von Borzyskowski
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l.schada.von.borzyskowski@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4278
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Paul Kessler
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p.j.a.kessler@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5235
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Roeland Merks
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merksrmh@math.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7106
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Sylvia de Pater
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b.s.de.pater@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4760
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Wil Tamis
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tamis@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Anthe Janssen
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a.p.a.janssen@lic.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4362
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Hermen Overkleeft
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h.s.overkleeft@chem.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5037
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Roderick Bouman
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r.w.bouman@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2180
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Esther van der Ent
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e.van.der.ent@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ewa Snaar-Jagalska
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b.e.snaar-jagalska@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Graduation Ceremony MSc Biology
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Graduation Ceremony MSc Biology
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Graduation Ceremony MSc Biology
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Biology brothers write book about nature and adventure in Eastern Europe: 'I didn't know there live pelicans in Romania'
With a self-converted red camper van, biologists and twin brothers Kevin and Marvin Groen go on a nature adventure in Eastern Europe. Together, they search for wild animals, beautiful nature and places to sport. From a long search for a bear in the Slovakian wilderness to the discovery that pelicans…
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Graduation ceremony MSc Biology students
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Internships and research in the Netherlands
How can you find an internship or research project and what arrangements do you need to make?
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Your study adviser or coordinator is an expert on all aspects of your study programme. If you have any questions or concerns about your programme, whether they be of a practical or academic nature, you can contact your study adviser.
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The role of the Board of Examiners is to ensure that study programmes adhere to their Course and Examination Regulations. The Board of Examiners oversees all tests and examinations within the institute and determines whether students have acquired the knowledge and skills required for the awarding of…
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Study adviser or coordinator
Your study adviser or coordinator is an expert on all aspects of your study programme. If you have any questions or concerns about your programme, whether they be of a practical or academic nature, you can contact your study adviser.
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Study abroad: where and when?
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Arthur Ram
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a.f.j.ram@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4914
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Herman Spaink
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h.p.spaink@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5055
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Ariane Briegel
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a.briegel@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8850
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Elective credits
In addition to compulsory elements, most degree programmes also have elective credits. These are credits you can earn in a variety of ways, for example by taking elective courses, studying abroad or doing a minor.
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Board of Examiners
The role of the Board of Examiners is to ensure that study programmes adhere to their Course and Examination Regulations. The Board of Examiners oversees all tests and examinations within the institute and determines whether students have acquired the knowledge and skills required for the awarding of…
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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Chao Du
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c.du@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4947
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Pingtao Ding
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p.ding@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5306
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Tom van der Wel
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t.van.der.wel@lic.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3534
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‘Most students are convinced that statistics is not for them. I am here to convince them otherwise’
'Frans Rodenburg is an excellent teacher who is able to convey difficult information,' say his students. In his statistics classes, he wants to make students enthusiastic for his beloved subject. 'Most students are convinced that statistics is not for them. I am here to convince them otherwise.' Rodenburg…
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Unique ‘penis plant’ flowers at Hortus
Amorphophallus decus-silvae, or the ‘penis plant’ as it is known, has just flowered at the Hortus botanicus. It flowered for two days, and then the pollen, which the male flowers produced was collected. As far as the plant experts at the Hortus can tell, this was just the third time that this species…
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Arranging graduation
You're about to graduate. That means there’s a lot to be arranged. The university expects you to take certain steps, as does your faculty and/or institute. Your faculty has various regulations and procedures in place that you need to follow carefully when arranging your graduation.
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Students work on bacterium that makes sustainable plastic
A group of biology students are working on a solution to the world’s plastics problem by getting bacteria to make biodegradable plastic.
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€10.6 million for innovative toolboxes to tackle brain cancer
Researchers at the Universities of Amsterdam (Uva) and Leiden together with the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Oncode Institute have received a €10,6 million ERC Synergy Grant to develop innovative therapeutic approaches to target glioblastoma. This is a deadly primary brain tumour for which no curing…
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How drugs work better when encapsulated in nanoparticles
Chemist Tobias Bauer discovered ways to improve drugs by encapsulating them. Packages with iron nanoparticles, for example, can stimulate immune cells. Bauer will receive his PhD on 9 June.
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Programme
When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.
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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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Multiple KHMW awards for science students
As many as seven first-year students from the Faculty of Science were honoured as young talents. In addition, the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW) also lauded three master's students and an astronomy project during a vibrant ceremony on 28 November. Professor of Science Communication…
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Annual Lecture by Megan Vaughan: Africa in the time of Coronavirus. Biology, history and politics
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Human noise makes cod inactive. When it gets quiet again, they take off
She narrowly defied bureaucracy and spent days angling for cod. In the North Sea, marine biologist Inge van der Knaap discovered that noise significantly disturbs fish behaviour. ‘There is now a lot of attention for underwater noise.’