614 search results for “gene and plants studies” in the Staff website
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P.J. Veth
Nonnensteeg 1-3, Leiden
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Working in a living museum
Roderick Bouman is collection manager of the Leiden Hortus botanicus. He keeps track of which plants there are in the garden, where they come from and makes sure visitors can find the right information about them. ‘We are like a regular museum,’ says Bouman. ‘Except that our objects are alive. That…
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Gert Oostindie
Faculty of Humanities
g.j.oostindie@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Elena Paskaleva
Faculty of Humanities
e.g.paskaleva@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1692
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Babak Rezaeedaryakenari
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
s.rezaeedaryakenari@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 3687
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Rolf Bremmer
Faculty of Humanities
r.h.bremmer@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ester van der Voet
Science
e.van.der.voet@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Oran Kennedy
Faculty of Humanities
o.p.kennedy@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Martina Revello Lami
Faculteit Archeologie
m.revello.lami@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1454
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New research at the Hortus: the delimitation of the genus Uvaria L.
In the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia the soursop family (Annonaceae) can be found. The genus Uvaria is a part of this family, but it has not yet been described entirely correctly. That is what Annas Rabbani will be studying during the next four years as a PhD student at the Hortus botanicus…
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How oak seedlings teach us more on dune restoration
What is the best way to restore dune ecosystems? The project TERRA-Dunes researches the role of soil microbes in the development of natural dune areas. Recently, the project went into a new phase: planting 412 oak seedlings grown in different type of soils.
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Solar panels and sedum on the roof of Snellius: A first for Leiden University
One of the largest roofs at Leiden University, that of the Snellius building, has recently been equipped with 590 solar panels and 57,000 sedum plants, making it the largest combined roof in the Benelux. The roof was officially opened on Monday 10 October by Annetje Ottow and Martijn Ridderbos, President…
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Changing our diet would help absorb global food shocks, such as during the Russia-Ukraine conflict
A plant-based diet could improve the resilience of our food system. Moving to such a diet in the European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) alone could replace almost all the production losses from Russia and Ukraine. That’s what an international team of researchers conclude in Nature Food. Leiden…
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Educational experiment with polder rice
Is polder rice a feasible circular alternative to cows on peat soil? In May, an experimental trial began, with researchers from Leiden University and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) planting around 3,000 rice plants at the Polderlab near Leiden. The researchers aimed to test rice as a middle…
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Biology student Martijn Verkuilen wins Unilever Research Prize
Martijn Verkuilen is the winner of the Unilever Research Prize 2022. By transferring DNA from a plant into yeast, he made the first move to produce a new drug for type 2 diabetes. He collected his prize in Wageningen on 24 November.
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Medical Delta AI for Computational Life Sciences
The fact that scientists are increasingly better able to access molecular cell and tissue data also brings with it a new challenge: how can scientists find the information they need for research among the vast amount of data available?
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Developing new therapies to fight muscle disease
Biophysicist Alireza Mashaghi and his collaborators are taking up the fight against muscular dystrophy: genetic disorders that cause muscle weakness. They want to inhibit the clumping of proteins that results in toxic aggregates. For this, the team receives 550,000 euros from Health Holland. The team…
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Rob Schilperoort Memorial unveiled at Leiden Bio Science Park
The Rob Schilperoort Memorial will be unveiled at the Leiden Bio Science Park on Saturday 16 September. This gigantic gate stands at the entrance to the park, which is also named after Schilperoort, its founder.
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Frederic Lens: building bridges in biodiversity research
Four green research institutes in Leiden are joining forces to integrate evolution and biodiversity research, at local and at the national level. Pivot in this collaboration is Frederic Lens.
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Wat is er te doen op de Leidse Museumnacht?
Op zaterdag 3 juni vindt de Museumnacht Leiden plaats. Ook dit jaar zijn Leidse wetenschappers en studenten onderdeel van de programmering.
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National flower: The daisy is everywhere thanks to men with mowers
The daisy has been crowned the Netherlands’ national flower. Rogier van Vugt, Head of Horticulture at the Hortus botanicus, explains why the daisy merits its elevation to national symbol.
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Construction of new bicycle parking started
Facility, Organisation
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Two Leiden professors appointed KNAW members
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) announced on 25 April that it has appointed 18 new members. These include Leiden professors Andrew Webb and Jos Raaijmakers.
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New study helps policymakers combat global warming with negative-emissions technology
Cutting down global emissions of greenhouse gases to combat global warming won’t do the trick alone: we also need negative-emissions technology that can capture carbon dioxide directly out of the air. In the prestigious journal Global Environmental Change, PhD candidate Oscar Rueda and colleagues shed…
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Sibel Bahtiri is one of the new Faces of Science: ‘I want to show how we’re finding alternatives to animal testing’
PhD candidate Sibel Bahtiri is one of the new Faces of Science. In videos and blogs, she will show what life is like as a young researcher.
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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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Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
j.b.schulhofer-wohl@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 3903
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Ellen van Reuler
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
a.a.h.e.van.reuler@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5077
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Maikel Kuijpers
Faculteit Archeologie
m.h.g.kuijpers@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2386
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Jan Wim Buisman
Faculty of Humanities
j.w.buisman@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Stefano Cucurachi
Science
s.cucurachi@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 4919
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Karsten Wentink
Faculteit Archeologie
k.wentink.2@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Alistair Kefford
Faculty of Humanities
a.kefford@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9970
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Gijsbert Rutten
Faculty of Humanities
g.j.rutten@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2112
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Janet Connor
Faculty of Humanities
j.e.connor@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7210
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Helen Pluut
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
h.pluut@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 5386
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Nidesh Lawtoo
Faculty of Humanities
n.lawtoo@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2644
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Jürgen Zangenberg
Faculty of Humanities
j.k.zangenberg@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2579
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Elmer Veldkamp
Faculty of Humanities
e.veldkamp@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7233
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Judith Pollmann
Faculty of Humanities
j.pollmann@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2740
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Rene Kleijn
Science
kleijn@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 1498
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Joni Reef
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
j.reef@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 8596
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Start pilot cultivating rice on peatland
Is polder rice a feasible circular alternative for cows on peatland? A pilot experiment started this week. On May 22nd, researchers from Leiden University and Wageningen University & Research (WUR) planted roughly 3,000 rice plants on the Polderlab near Leiden. The researchers want to test rice as a…
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Bacteria growing on light and air: a revolution for biotechnology?
Research to experiment with bacteria that grow like plants has been granted the NWO XS grant. These bacteria use light and carbon dioxide to grow, and will be designed especially for use in the biotechnological field. Tijn Delzenne and his supervisor Dennis Claessen can spend 50.000 euros on the exp…
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How the eating habits of a limited group of Americans determine sustainability
Masses of hamburgers, steaks, cheese and a lot of eggs: Americans love their animal products. But researcher Oliver Taherzadeh discovered that only a relatively small group of high-volume consumers need to modify their diet to achieve an enormous environmental gain.
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Disentangling drought-responsive traits with focus on Arabidopsis
PhD defence
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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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Report: Tracking down green spaces in The Hague in places you don't always want to be
Although there is considerable evidence that nature in the city is beneficial to both people and animals, we still do not have an overall picture of those benefits. To rectify that, a Leiden PhD candidate and a student – armed with a cargo bike – are using The Hague as a life-size laboratory.
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ERC Consolidator Grants for Leiden researchers
Five Leiden researchers have been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). This grant of up to two million euros will enable them to continue and expand their scientific research.