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Delegation from Leiden University visits Mexico
A delegation from Leiden University will be visiting Mexico from 21 to 25 October. The visit aims to strengthen the ties between Mexican universities and Leiden University.
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‘Brain scanners are bringing about a revolution in neurolinguistics’
Brain scanners have radically changed neurolinguistics. They are increasing our understanding of how the brain processes language. Professor Niels Schiller has produced a standard work on this.
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300 million euros for new international stem cell consortium
The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), the Danstem Institute from the University of Copenhagen and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne have received 300m euros from the Novo Nordisk foundation. The aim of this new international consortium is to bring stem-cell based therapies…
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Right brain hemisphere also important for learning a new language
Novel language learning activates different neural processes than was previously thought. A Leiden research team has discovered parallel but separate contributions from the hippocampus and Broca's area, the learning centre in the left hemisphere. The right hemisphere of the brain also seems to play…
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Erwin Muller appointed Vice-Rector of Organisational Development
Leiden University’s Executive Board has appointed Erwin Muller as Vice Rector of Organisational Development. In this role, he will help further professionalise and improve the university’s organisation as per the Strategic Plan.
- Kick Off Meeting 24 May 2019
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University Council: important for every student
The student members of the University Council are now halfway through their term. We asked them what they have so far been able to do for their fellow students, and what is still on the list for the remainder of the year. ‘It's all about refining policies.'
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How cyborg do we want to be?
Future technologies will drastically influence our daily lives. To what extent will that benefit us? The Brave New World future congress on 2 and 3 November in Leiden will reveal a range of different scenarios, some optimistic and some worrying.
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Scouring the brain for causes of psychiatric illnesses
What happens in the brains of people with psychiatric illnesses? With a €23.23 million gravity grant, scientists from different fields will search for biological causes over the next decade. ‘By joining forces, we hope to improve diagnosis and treatment for patients with these diseases.’
- Cancelled SAILS/LIBC Hackathon
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LED3 Lecture: Noise Regulation: Tuning Fluctuations to Impact Cell-fate Decisions
Lecture
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LED3 Lecture: Oxygenases - From Mechanisms to Medicines
Lecture
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LED3 Lecture: Imaging and Editing the Lipidome
Lecture
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Leiden Alumni in Brussels Event
Alumni event
- What's Next? Alumni speak about their research career
- What's Next? Alumni speak about their research career
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CANCELLED: How are Big Data, ML and LLM changing Software Engineering?
Lecture
- What's Next? Alumni speak about their research career
- W2111 0569: Upgrade storage (NetApp) infrastructure
- Volume 12 (2017)
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Book Reviews
The Hague Journal of Diplomacy regularly publishes reviews of recent books within the field of diplomacy and global affairs.
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Finessage for ‘Touching: An Exhibition of Material Research Samples and Recipes’
Arts and culture
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Why fundamental science matters
Why do we need fundamental science? For a lot of reasons, speakers showed at the Lustrum Symposium ‘Science Matters’. This symposium was held on 18 March 2016 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Faculty of Science.
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Freon-40 may not be a useful marker of life
Observations made with the ALMA telescope in Chile and ESA’s Rosetta mission, have detected the faint molecular fingerprint of methyl chloride in gas, a chemical commonly produced by industrial biological processes on Earth, around both an infant star and a comet. Methyl chloride, also known as Freon-40,…
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Making maths fun: volunteering in Africa
This summer, PhD students Marta Maggioni and Rosa Winter went to Africa. Not just to enjoy the beautiful continent, but also to stir up the enthusiasm of young students for mathematics. They volunteered at math camps in Kenya and Ghana. ‘I think it is important they experience the fun of maths.’
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Ewine van Dishoeck after pontifical appointment: ‘Science and religion can coexist’
Pope Francis has appointed astronomer Ewine van Dishoeck to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences. She joins an illustrious list of Nobel Prize winners, such as Ernest Rutherford, Max Planck, Niels Bohr and Erwin Schrödinger. What is her view on this? An interview with our professor of Molecular astrop…
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Successful comeback for Leiden Science Run: 65 teams raise 9400 euros for refugee students
Athletic achievements, enthusiastic supporters and a beautiful donation for charity: on Saturday 15 April, the Leiden Bio Science Park was the setting for the 5th edition of the Leiden Science Run. All this was accompanied by bright sunshine. ‘What a joy to be part of!’
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An Expedition into Arithmetic Geometry
Conference
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LED3 Lecture: Controlling Biological Function with Synthetic Photoswitches
Lecture
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Florence Nightingale Colloquium
Lecture, colloquium
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Tackling societal challenges with complex adaptive systems: city science and human dynamics
Lecture
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Hackathon - From Person to Open Data
Hackathon
- W2111 0569: Upgrade storage (NetApp) infrastructure
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Computational Biology Modeling with Tree Search and Learning
Lecture
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Alumni event voor Statisticians
Alumni event
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Software Improvement Group activities in standardization, research, development and assessment in the areas of AI, security and privacy.
Lecture
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Florence Nightingale Colloquium
Lecture, colloquium
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Symposium in Multiple Scales
Conference
- Spring School Medieval and Early Modern Studies: Landscape History and Ecology
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2018 Hall of Fame
Over the past year, many of our staff and students have won prizes, been awarded a substantial grant or been appointed to an academic association or a position in public life. All of these are good reasons to include them in our 2018 Hall of Fame. We are proud of them all.
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Leiden Science Run
Festival
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Career talk for MSc and PhDs: academia or industry?
Lecture, Career talk
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CCLS Matchmaking Event
Conference, Matchmaking Event
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Discontinuous Constituency and BERT: Two Case Studies of Dutch
Lecture
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Leadership and social safety
Lecture
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Hardware-Software Co-Design towards Efficient Neuromorphic Computing
Lecture
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Towards conversational information seeking
Lecture
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Models Combination in Multi-stage Information Retrieval Architectures
Lecture
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A Brief Introduction to Reinforcement Learning
Lecture
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Learning by doing – a practical approach to integrate ethical and societal tools in quantum-innovation
Lecture