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Precision and efficacy guided novel approaches to target dyslipidemia
PhD defence
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Advanced synthetic biology tools for genetic modification of human stem cells and their applications
PhD defence
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Mismatched timing: how climate change challenges bird migration
How does climate change affect the migration routes of birds? Mainly negatively, according to a new study from Yali Si from the CML. ‘It changes the timing of natural events differently in each region,’ she explains. ‘This can lead to a growing mismatch between the availability of food and the supposed…
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New publication reviews Dutch colonial sources on the Indigenous Brazilian Tapuia people
New publication reviews Dutch colonial sources on the Indigenous Brazilian Tapuia people: ‘For them the Dutch were another piece on the political chess board’
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Leiden biologists find nanoplastics in developing heart
Nanoplastics can accumulate in developing hearts, according to a study by biologist Meiru Wang from Leiden University. Her research on chicken embryos sheds new light on how these tiny plastic particles pose a threat to our health.
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Tsinghua and Leiden researchers find that China is crucial for realising a circular economy
A new study on the province level material footprint of China underscores the need to improve resource efficiency in the country, which would be crucial for moving to a circular economy. The research carried out by researchers from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China and Leiden University was published…
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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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Dutch East Indies tax system was supposed to elevate the colony, but turned out to be token politics
In the late 19th century, the Dutch government introduced a tax system in the Dutch East Indies, with the intention of transforming the colony into a modern state. PhD student Maarten Manse wrote his thesis on this development and discovered how grandiloquent colonial ideals became bogged down in daily…
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How to make an old antibiotic a hundred times more potent
Nathaniel Martin, Professor of Biological chemistry, wondered what would happen if you take an antibiotic that has been known for 70 years and try to improve it with the latest tools of modern chemistry. Turns out it can become up to a hundred times more potent and prevent the growth of some drug-resistant…
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PhD-vacancy at the IBL on the neurogenomics of vocal learning
This project on the role of FoxPs in vocal perception and production learning is part of nine PhD-positions funded by the NWO Gravitation Programme which was granted to the Dutch Research Consortium 'Language in Interaction'
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Virtual children help prevent withdrawal syndrome in real children
When children wean off from heavy medication, they often experience withdrawal symptoms. The severity of these symptoms is often difficult to predict. Pharmacologist Bas Goulooze developed a computer model to determine the best weaning strategy for each child. His research has now been published in…
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Common frame for analyzing complex systems in Physics and Economics
Scientists often need to make sense of complex systems without knowing the important parameters or even without access to all the information. A collaboration of network theorists, including Diego Garlaschelli (IMT Lucca/Leiden), has now published a review article in the inaugural issue of Nature Reviews…
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Droplet formation caught on camera
Those pesky raindrops that get you wet on your way to work, are formed high up in the sky from clouds of water vapour. The process of nucleation describes the way this happens. Edgar Blokhuis of the Leiden Institute of Chemistry developed a theory to describe this transition more precisely. Chemists…
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Two-pronged attack on infectious diseases
A combination of two potential drugs gives hope of a 'super blockage' of an over-active immune system, Leiden researchers report in Nature. The breakthrough came from the crystallisation of a membrane protein.
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CWTS chooses new leadership - Sarah de Rijcke new director
The Centre for Science and Technology Studies (Leiden University) has adopted a new governance structure. As of January 1, 2019, the centre will be led by Prof. Sarah de Rijcke, who has been appointed by the board of the Faculty of Social and Behavioral Sciences (FSW) as the new scientific director…
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Reunionists of Leiden Historical Debating Society celebrate 65th anniversary: 'We are more alive than ever'
Friday 4 November marked the 65th anniversary of the founding of Leiden’s P.C. Hooft Historical Debating Society. Although new members have not been accepted for several decades, the society is still alive and kicking. A retrospective with former presidents Jos Hooghuis and Saskia Leupen.
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Prison or refuge? Women and the state labour institutions in the Netherlands 1886-1934
PhD defence
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The immune divide: Factors influencing immune variation and differences in vaccine responses
PhD defence
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Metabolic hormones and ethnic aspects in obesity
PhD defence
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Role of gut-liver axis in circadian exercise and dietary interventions to improve metabolic health
PhD defence
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Visuospatial neglect during and after geriatric rehabilitation, keeping it NeAR
PhD defence
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Prevalence and burden of pain in Huntington's disease
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Advancing cardiac safety and drug discovery screening using human stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes
PhD defence
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Appropriate treatment for older patients with cancer: the importance of geriatric assessment and blood biomarkers for patient-related outcomes
PhD defence
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Unraveling the drivers of antimicrobial pharmacokinetic variability in individuals with obesity and hospitalized patients with multimorbidity
PhD defence
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Braver Together
PhD defence
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Exploring Cellular and Molecular Diversity between Human Skeletal Muscles: Similar but Not the Same
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Exercise is medicine: longstanding exercise therapy in people with axial spondyloarthritis and severe functional limitations
PhD defence
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Novel targets in the liver to treat cardiometabolic diseases
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Pharmacist-driven interventions in patients with chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal failure
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Genetic and cellular origins of histiocytic neoplasms
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Shining Light on Proteolysis by the Ubiquitin Proteasome System
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From Risks to Public Opinion: How Structural Economic Changes Shape Political Attitudes and Policy Preferences
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Blog Post | Space Diplomacy or Diplomacy in Space: Japan's voyage into the outer space(s) of foreign policy
Much of the literature on space diplomacy houses a Western precedent through the use of mainstream ideas of IR to emphasise space...
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The unexplored functions of Toll-like receptor signaling: Immunometabolism, development and microbiome interactions
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- International Symposium: Good Governance
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Introducing: Yusra Abdullahi, Maha Ali & Felipe Colla de Amorim
Yusra Abdullahi, Maha Ali and Felipe Colla de Amorim recently joined the Institute for History as PhD candidates. Together they work an an integrated, collective project. Learn more about them below!
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Informal workshop Global rhetoric
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Ælfric’s Afterlives: Copying, Editing, Studying, Teaching and Remembering the Most Prolific Author of Old English
Conference
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The Powers of International Investment Tribunals
PhD defence
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Human trafficking cannot be tackled with current legislation
Each year it is estimated that thousands of people fall victim to human trafficking in the Netherlands. Many of these victims are minors. Assistant Professor of Criminal Law Luuk Esser conducted research on the current legislation to combat human trafficking. His PhD defence is on 25 September.
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Recipients Meijers Grants 2023
At least six people are off to a good start of the summer, because they are the recipients of a Meijers grant. For the next few years, these researchers will be able to devote themselves to their PhD research. Let’s meet these new PhD candidates!
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Contempt of court does not fit into the Dutch judicial system
What can criminal courts do when the course of justice is obstructed? Countries such as England and Wales apply the instrument contempt of court, which enables the court to act according to criminal law in such a case. Could that work in the Netherlands too? PhD defence on 18 December.
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500th meeting of Leiden University’s Board of Deans
On 9 June the deans of Leiden University met for the 500th time with the Rector Magnificus for the Board of Deans. An informal, inspiring and contemplative meeting without a strict ending time, say deans and former deans.