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Chemotherapy without side effects? It’s possible, with light
Nausea, neurologic pain and hair loss: some of the severe side effects of chemotherapy. Not necessary, biochemist Liyan Zhang showed. Together with Leiden biologists and others, she achieved great results with a drug that is only active in combination with light. Zhang will defend her PhD on 4 July.
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From wine tears to cloud transport: large mathematical conference in Leiden
The winner of the highest scientific distinction in mathematics, an explanation for wine tears and much more mathematical theory and application. From 8 to 12 July, 550 mathematicians will meet in the center of Leiden to discuss differential equations.
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Pregnancy changes brain structure
Brain researcher Elseline Hoekzema has discovered that the structure of the brain changes during pregnancy, particularly those areas related to social functions. These changes persist for at least two years after the mother gives birth. Publication in Nature Neuroscience on 19 December.
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The healing power of light
Light makes us flourish – in this respect we humans are just like a rose or an azalea. Light can also be used to treat people who are ill. In Leiden, Sylvestre Bonnet and Esther Habers are working – each in their own discipline – on new applications of light in a clinical context.
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Plankton and tumours captured in mathematical equations
Plants that grow in patterns of stripes on the edge of deserts, plankton that live on the sea bed or oscillate in the water, and melanomas that spread throughout the body. Mathematician Lotte Sewalt discovered the common elements in these three systems. PhD defence 8 September.
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Are tropical forests threatened by democracy?
Democracy may lead to more deforestation in the tropics. So write environmental scientist Joeri Morpurgo and his colleagues in the prominent scientific journal Biological conservation. They found that competitive elections are associated with more loss of tropical rainforest than elections without competition.…
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From discovery to business: 'In the lab, we often don't realise that we are working to help an immense number of patients'
'It gave our team a big boost to hear that our work was valuable,' says medical chemist Elmer Maurits about the moment they won the Venture Challenge. With their company Iprotics, they want to develop a drug that can better treat patients with autoimmune diseases and blood cancers. 25,000 euros of prize…
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A clear picture of bacteria
Freezing bacteria super fast to gain a true-to-nature image of the internal and external structure. Ariane Briegel Professor of Ultrastructural Biology came to Leiden specially to carry out this research. Leiden University is one of the few institutes in the world to have the necessary equipment. Inaugural…
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Mandrills; timing is everything
Mandrills keep track of how many days have passed to be the first to gather the food. This is shown by a team of researchers from the University of Amsterdam, Leiden University and ARTIS Amsterdam Royal Zoo. The team discovered that mandrills have the cognitive skills to learn time intervals of several…
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How Charles Darwin can help us understand terrorism
In the past decades terrorists have regularly surprised us with unexpected and spectacular attacks, such as the one on the World Trade Centre in New York. How can intelligence services stay one step ahead of them? Consult Charles Darwin and Steven Spielberg is the advice of terrorism expert Yannick…
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‘Immigration doesn’t threaten welfare states’
It is often thought that immigration threatens the solidarity on which redistribution relies. But looking at the post-war period, PhD candidate Emily Anne Wolff finds that this is not the case.
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LIFES: From Reusable Data to New Treatments and Faster Diagnoses
Early diagnosis, new treatments, and personalised care: all of these are possible if we can better unlock the wealth of information hidden in health data. Unfortunately, this data is often poorly organised, difficult to access, and not interoperable. The new international Leiden Institute for FAIR and…
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LED3 Lecture: Natural Product Antibiotics: Past, Present, Future
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LED3 Chemical Biology Talk: Cyclic Peptides in Target Discovery
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Psychology Science Day 2022
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LDE NL Space Campus Summer School
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LCN2 Seminar: Geometric Representations of Complementarity-Driven Networks
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Celebrating Naga Culture: Authenticity, Indigeneity and Modernity
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Van Marum Colloquium - The in-situ observation for electrochemical energy experiment by Operando X-ray spectroscopy
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Widening the horizons of outer space law
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Asia Academy #09: India's Democracy
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Career College: Working in Finance
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Teaching
This page contains all relevant information for lecturers teaching in the Astronomy bachelor's and/or master's curriculum at Leiden University.
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Joint Lectures on Evolutionary Algorithms (JoLEA)
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Above- and belowground interactions in Jacobaea vulgaris: zooming in and zooming out from a plant-soil feedback perspective
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- Symposium - The Future of AI is Human
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Hardware-Software Co-Design towards Efficient Neuromorphic Computing
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LED3 Lecture: Prof. Carolyn Bertozzi
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Scales of Luminosity
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LIBC SYLVIUS Lecture
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The ‘evolution’ of the Innateness Hypothesis for language
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Rethinking sex in neuroscience of mental health
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Hidden patterns in space: What geography can tell us about language evolution.
Lecture, Language and the Human Past
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Joan van der Waals colloquium by Daniela Wilson
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Elucidation of the migratory behaviour of the corneal endothelium
PhD defence
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A global analysis of matches and mismatches between human genetic and linguistic histories
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The Power of Apology: In Conversation with Jacob Dlamini
Debate, LeidenGlobal Annual Event
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Playing China’s University Entrance Exam: The Videogame 'Chinese Parents' and Its Political Potentials
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Experience Day Philosophy: Global and Comparative Perspectives
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Experience Day South and Southeast Asian Studies
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Experience Day Philosophy: Global and Comparative Perspectives
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Experience Day South and Southeast Asian Studies
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Experience Day African Studies
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Experience Day Linguistics
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Experience Day English Language and Culture
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Experience Day English Language and Culture
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Experience Day English Language and Culture
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Experience Day Linguistics
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Experience Day African Studies
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