Leiden researchers from different disciplines look together at complex social problems. What happens when they join forces with artists? The results c...

Some bacteria, it turns out, have proteins much like ours that organise the DNA in their cells. They just do it a bit differently. This is revealed by...

One discovered that arteriosclerosis resembles an autoimmune disease, while the other developed a system to aid in the search for new medications. For...

Professor of Science Communication Ionica Smeets will be awarded an honorary doctorate by the Open University. She receives the award because she exem...

Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, J...

Aya Ezawa bade farewell as Diversity Officer of Leiden University at a celebration in the Academy Building on 11 June. Since her appointment in 2019, ...

‘The climate crisis is the greatest threat we face,’ says Leiden University environmental scientist Paul Behrens. ‘And yet, there is hope. In the near...

Eleven lecturers from Leiden University have been awarded Comenius grants that will allow them to work with their teams on an innovation project withi...

The university makes staff aware of the importance of cybersecurity at work. And that is essential, say our privacy and security officers. Because the...

How do you set up a successful collaboration between science and practice? That was the main theme of the final meeting of a triptych of symposia on h...

Leiden University will deepen its cooperation with knowledge institutions in Africa. During a trip to Ghana, a delegation spoke with several African k...

An X-ray scanner, some small metal balls, and a newly developed algorithm. That is all you need to make a 3D model that enables you to look inside art...

The field of leadership suffers from ‘adjectivism’, says Professor Ben Kuipers. He immediately caveats this by saying that he too is going furnish the...

Using all the software you need for lectures on your own laptop. From the new academic year, that will be the standard at our faculty. That is when th...

‘Take science communication more seriously.’ This is the message that Ivo van Vulpen, professor by special appointment in Science Communication in Ph...