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A call about: cybersecurity
Aram Segaar, Corporate Information Security Officer in the Information Management Department, works every day with his team to create and maintain a secure working environment at Leiden University. October is ‘Cybersecurity Month’. Aram explains how the university stays safe and the conscious (and unconscious)…
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Students kick-off next construction phase of new Gorlaeus building
And the construction has started! Students of the Leiden Science study associations ceremoniously hammered down the first poles of the new Gorlaeus on Tuesday morning. By doing so, they initiated the second phase of the construction of the second part of the new building.
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Faculty of Science kicks off the Academic Year with a vibrant talk show
The Faculty of Science launched the new Academic Year on 21 September with a special We Are Science talk show. Dean Paul Wouters starred in his role as talk show host and received a wide variety of guests.
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Executive Board column: Energy and new insights at the strategic conference
It’s become somewhat of a tradition at Leiden University: the strategic conference at the end of June each year. About a hundred staff including the faculty boards, academic directors, directors of the expertise centres and Administration and Central Services, the representative councils and student…
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Scientific breakthrough: evidence that Neanderthals hunted giant elephants
Neanderthals were able to outwit straight-tusked elephants, the largest land mammals of the past few million years. Leiden professor Wil Roebroeks has published an article about this together with his German colleague Sabine Gaudzinski-Windheuser in the Science Advances journal.
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How a Dutch man collecting 400,000 pieces of litter ended up on a scientific paper
Anti-litter activist Dirk Groot photographed, tagged, and collected more than 400,000 pieces of litter in the Netherlands. Now, he and his data are included in a study on urban litter by researchers from Leiden University and Andrea Ballatore from Birkbeck, University of London.
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'We are only content when everything is taken care of'
Two organisers at heart. In the background, facilities managers Nick van Asperen and Kees Schoonwater ensure that staff and students have everything they need to work and study well. Recently, the familiar faces started doing so in a new role. Schoonwater is now project manager housing and Van Asperen…
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ICT conference Our Digital Future: ‘This touches on everything we do here’
What are the digital challenges facing us now and in the near future? This was the question discussed by over 250 ICT experts, functional application management staff and information managers during the Our Digital Future conference on 26 January. We asked some of them how they found the day and what…
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First detailed picture of ice in planet-forming disk
An international team of astronomers led by Ardjan Sturm of the Observatory has made the first two-dimensional inventory of ice in a planet-forming disk of dust and gas surrounding a young star. The researches, including Melissa McClure, used the James Webb Space Telescope and publish their findings…
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Jasper's day
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing? What kinds of things is he doing and what does his day look like? In each newsletter Jasper gives a peek into his life as dean.
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Fighting gliobastoma brain tumours with two grants
Few researchers see potential in research on glioblastoma, an incurable brain tumour. Alexander Kros brought together colleagues who are up to the challenge. European research funder ERC recently made 10.6 million euros available, a year earlier NWO provided 3 million euros. ‘In six years, we certainly…
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These were Leiden University’s interdisciplinary milestones of 2023
Connecting worlds, enhancing research and teaching, and providing innovative solutions to complex social issues: that is the idea behind interdisciplinary research. In that respect, a huge amount happened at Leiden University in 2023.
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Academic freedom report
What does academic freedom mean? And how do we give shape to it in Leiden? The Academic Freedom Core Team considered these questions and presented its final report on 17 June.
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‘Moon landers’ measure greenhouse gases in unique agricultural living lab
A huge shiny aluminium object stands in the middle of the Polderlab in Oud Ade. Are the researchers trying to make contact with extraterrestrial life? Certainly not; they are using the 'Moon landers' to measure whether innovative forms of agriculture reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Fleur van Duin works…
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Super Mario Kart Battle
Festival, We are Science week
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Linda Huivenaar-van Ede Van Der Pals
Universitair Facilitair Bedrijf
b.l.huivenaar@ufb.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 6969
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LCN2 Seminar september 2022
Lecture
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CML talents receive Stans Award 2024
CML grants three Stans Awards each year, known as the best student thesis, best PhD paper and best outreach from the past year. The CML staff nominated students and colleagues and this year’s jury Prof.dr.ing. Jan Willem Erisman and Prof.dr.ir Willie Peijnenburg made the final decision.
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Biology students expose exotic amphibians in the dunes
During the spring of 2021, a group of eight biology students from Leiden set out into the dunes in search of amphibians. Using DNA, they determined the geographic origin of the animals. And guess what? In many cases they discovered exotic populations of animals that do not naturally belong in The Netherlands.…
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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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From research in space to director on earth
After ten years and one day, Leiden Observatory has a new director. As of 1 September, Ignas Snellen will set the course for the astronomical institute. In this interview, you will get to know Ignas. Or at least a little. That is why we gave him five dilemmas and asked the people around him who he really…
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The quest for the magic angle
Stack two layers of graphene, twisted at slightly different angles to each other, and the material spontaneously becomes a superconductor. Science still can't explain how something so magical can happen, but physicists use special equipment to reveal what is taking place under the surface.
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A call about: Scholars Programme Europaeum
On 28 October 2021 there is an online information session about the two-year Scholars Programme of Europaeum. This network brings young researchers and leaders together to discuss developments in Europe and to promote pan-European thinking. Does that sound interesting to you? Would you like to know…
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Reading list - our favourite books this summer
Did you also read a lot this summer? We made some real headway on our bookshelves. After all, nothing beats reading a beautiful or thrilling book outside. In this reading list, you'll find our favourite books for the summer of 2022. If you have any suggestions, let us know via Twitter, Facebook or I…
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Webb data suggest potential atmosphere around rocky exoplanet
Researchers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope may have detected atmospheric gases surrounding 55 Cancri e, a hot rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for the existence of any rocky planet atmosphere outside our solar system.
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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 annual interview is changing: from scores and numbers to more human dimensions
Speaking with your manager more often, focusing explicitly on well-being and giving more recognition and rewards for teamwork and team performance: the annual Performance & Development (P&D) interview will have a new format and also a new name. With the acronym GROW (Gesprekken over Resultaat, Ontwikkeling…
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Ine Alvarez van Tussenbroek
Science
i.alvarez.van.tussenbroek@biology.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Noëlle Mahboeb-van Lobenstein
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
n.r.mahboeb@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9506
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Lys Van de Voorde
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
l.van.de.voorde@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1506
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Gabriëlle Luykx-van Tuijl
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
gluykx@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4031
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Merijn Smit-van Leusden
Science
msmit@strw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Lion Steenvoorde-van der Putten
Administratief Shared Service Centre
a.j.m.steenvoorde@assc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Merel Vesseur-van Leeuwen
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.vesseur@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7442
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Jordy Feenstra-van Leeuwen
Universitair Facilitair Bedrijf
j.feenstra@ufb.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2172
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Elisabeth de Kler-van der Poel
Faculteit Geneeskunde
e.h.j.de_kler-van_der_poel@lumc.nl | +31 71 527 6825
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Marijn Stipdonk-van der Geest
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
m.a.k.stipdonk@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7638
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Joke de Best-van Delft
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.p.de.best@sea.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 3422
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Maureen Rutten-van Mölken
Faculteit Geneeskunde
m.p.h.m.rutten-van_moelken@lumc.nl | +31 71 526 9727
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Caroline Spaargaren-van Riel
Faculteit Geneeskunde
c.c.spaargaren-van.riel@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 526 2076
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Ton Anbeek van der Meyden
Faculty of Humanities
t.anbeek@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Joyce Devilee-van Leeuwen
Administratief Shared Service Centre
j.van.leeuwen@assc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5555
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Barbara Visscher-van Grinsven
Science
b.c.p.visscher@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1477
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Simone Heidt-van der Lubbe
Bestuursbureau
s.a.m.heidt@bb.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2852
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Hanneke Jelles-van der Vegt
Science
j.d.jelles@hortus.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8517
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Anne van der Sluis
Science
a.s.van.der.sluis@lic.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Teun Versteeg-van Leerdam
Science
t.j.versteeg.2@umail.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5144
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Wil van der Voort
Universitair Facilitair Bedrijf
w.m.h.van.der.voort@ufb.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Leonard Blussé van Oud Alblas
Faculty of Humanities
j.l.blusse@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2766
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Susan Lovink-van Wezel
Expertisecentrum SOZ
s.c.lovink@sea.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727