209 search results for “meaning plant” in the Student website
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Ellen CieraadScience
e.cieraad@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Laura Julia ZantisScience
l.j.zantis@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Tressia ChikodzaScience
t.chikodza@cml.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727
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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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Evolutionary change in protective plant odours
Plants can’t run away from enemies. Still, it would like to keep life-threatening herbivores at a distance. This can be done with odours. Klaas Vrieling of the Institute of Biology Leiden found out with his team how plants change odour production to keep the munchers at a distance.
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Sticky insects: plants protected with biological glue
Drained leaves and plants stripped bare. Insects can completely destroy crops. Soon, these situations may be behind us, with the new pesticide developed by Leiden and Wageningen researchers. With their plant-based ‘insect glue’, insects are incapacitated.
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Kiki SpaninksScience
k.spaninks@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4835
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Barbara GravendeelScience
b.gravendeel@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Kevin BretscherScience
k.m.bretscher@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4384
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Marieke ElfferichScience
m.elfferich@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5110
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Sofia Fernandes GomesScience
s.i.fernandes.gomes@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5118
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Peng SunScience
p.sun@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Martijn BezemerScience
t.m.bezemer@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5158
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Oude UB exhibition shows the beauty of ‘pavement plants’
For a few years now, Leiden’s Hortus botanicus has been mounting a campaign to cherish wild plants in the city – for the biodiversity and beauty of this spontaneous vegetation. Botanical artists reveal this beauty in an exhibition at Oude UB in Leiden.
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Giant penis plant is blooming at Hortus botanicus
The ‘Amorphophallus titanum’ at the Hortus botanicus Leiden is blooming. This Titan Arum, also known as the ‘giant penis plant’, last flowered in 2009.
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Discover plant-based food at the university during Meat- and Dairy-Free Week
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Plant stress increases: New research with bacteria offers hope
Soil that is too wet, or too dry. Or with a lot or few nutrients. Due to climate change, the differences are becoming bigger, and plants must increasingly be able to adapt to survive. How do you make plants more stress-resistant? For this purpose, researchers from Leiden, along with other universities,…
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Jeanine de Roy van ZuijdewijnFaculty Governance and Global Affairs
j.h.de.roy.van.zuijdewijn@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9328
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Emily StrangeScience
e.f.strange@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Jiaxin ZhangScience
j.z.zhang@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Grant opens door to decipher the secret sensory world of plants
Plants not only sense when they are touched, but they can also adapt to it. For example, by strengthening or defending themselves. But how do plants do this? The Green TE (Green Tissue Engineering) consortium has been granted a Gravitation grant of almost 23 million euros to investigate exactly this…
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Frederic LensScience
f.p.lens@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Tinde van AndelScience
t.r.van.andel@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Farzad AslaniScience
f.aslani@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Weilin HuangScience
w.huang@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Xinya PanScience
x.pan@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4791
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Han van Konijnenburg
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j.h.a.van.konijnenburg-van.cittert@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Isabel Siles AsaffScience
m.i.siles.asaff@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Pascal NuijtenScience
p.nuijten@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4384
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What rare plants and animals can you find on campus? Join in the BioBlitz
Do you also love a city where nature can bloom, crawl and flutter freely and exuberantly? And do you fancy a challenge out in the fresh air? If so, grab your mobile and take part in the BioBlitz 'Higher Education is Flourishing' from 22 May.
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Nienke BeetsScience
n.beets@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5144
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Sandra IrmischScience
s.irmisch@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Paul KesslerScience
p.j.a.kessler@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5235
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Sylvia de PaterScience
b.s.de.pater@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4760
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Roderick BoumanScience
r.w.bouman@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2180
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Chenguang GaoScience
c.gao@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Plant cuttings fair
Arts and culture, Stekjesmarkt
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Plant cuttings fair
Arts and culture, Stekjesmarkt
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Peter van BodegomScience
p.m.van.bodegom@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7486
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This is the library you did not know you had been looking for
2,240 plant extracts from 1,299 different plant species of Dutch origin. That’s the collection of the Dutch Extract Library, which has recently been transferred to the Institute of Biology Leiden. To plant biologist and contact person for this library Pingtao Ding this is a true treasury. ‘To bring…
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Open science means better science
Leiden University has an active open science community. Open science means transparency in all phases of research by precisely documenting every step of the way and making this publicly available. ‘It’s time to be open,’ say psychologists Anna van ’t Veer and Zsuzsika Sjoerds. There is increasing awareness…
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Freedom: what does it mean?
On 5 May we celebrate freedom, a basic human right that should not be taken for granted. We asked international students and staff what it means to them.
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Sophie van RomburghFaculty of Humanities
s.g.van.romburgh@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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What does it mean to be Ukrainian?
It is almost two and a half years since Russia invaded Ukraine, but the conflict between the two countries has been going on for much longer. Central to it is the question of what it means to be Ukrainian. Guest researcher Viktoriia Ryhovanova teaches a course on the subject. Last academic year, the…
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Plant cuttings fair at the Hortus
Arts and culture, Stekjesmarkt
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Plant cuttings fair at the Hortus
Arts and culture, Stekjesmarkt
- Climate-Conscious Living for Students
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Research projects launched into biodiversity in food and horticulture production
Two Leiden research projects that focus on increasing the biodiversity of Dutch production systems for food and ornamental horticulture have started thanks to funding from the Dutch Research Council's KIC research programme.
- Well-being Wednesdays - Green fingers united: plant cuttings market
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ASCL Seminar: Plotting human-plant futures in Uganda
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