194 search results for “C Gerry and P Knight Introductory Quantum Optics” in the Staff website
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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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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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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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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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Young Medical Delta Symposium: Accessibility to and through MedTech
Conference
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Environmental assessment and guidance for the future development of offshore wind energy
PhD defence
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Dosing considerations for preterm neonates
PhD defence
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Genomics applications of Nanopore long-read sequencing for small to large sized genomes
PhD defence
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Van liefdadigheid naar abortusstrijd. Leidse vrouwen en de Nederlandse vrouwenbeweging van 1860 tot 1990.
PhD defence
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The Sky is Made of Lava: How lava worlds reveal their interiors through their atmospheres
PhD defence
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Exploring the metabolism and toxicity of amino sugars and 2- deoxyglucose in Streptomyces
PhD defence
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Design and synthesis of a next generation carbohydrate-mimetic cyclitols
PhD defence
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From Risks to Public Opinion: How Structural Economic Changes Shape Political Attitudes and Policy Preferences
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Re-entry support from prison-based and community-based professionals
PhD defence
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New Polymyxin Antibiotics for Old Problems
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MAGL modulators - Structure-guided optimisation and characterisation
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Historiography and Palaeography of Sasanian Middle Persian Inscriptions
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Maneuvering through a World of Stressors
PhD defence
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Democratie, deugden docentschap
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Formación ciudadana en universidades chilenas
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Gemeenten in de wereld
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Braver Together
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A Truth Universally Acknowledged: Dutch Investment in French: Colonial Resources in the Eighteenth Century
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Shakespeare, Renan and Weber: an interdisciplinary study of the violence paradigm and what it means to law and the nation-state
PhD defence
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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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The Political Economy of Welfare State Reform: a collection of essays on human mobility and social protection
PhD defence
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Informal workshop Global rhetoric
Lecture, Workshop
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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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Animal-friendly and effective: Leiden students develop nanobodies using yeast
Yeast, alpacas, and antibodies. They may seem unrelated, but within the project of the Leiden iGEM students, they come together perfectly. For the international synthetic biology competition iGEM, the team is working on an innovative method to produce nanobodies—a special form of antibodies—using brewer’s…
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Women, Family, and Litigation in Nineteenth-Century Chongqing
PhD defence
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Closing the Gap 2023 | Emerging and Disruptive Digital Technologies: Regional Perspectives
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When speech becomes emotional
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Translating Jurjani: Why read an eleventh-century text about Arabic poetics?
Lecture, Leiden Lectures on Arabic Language & Culture
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Quantitative Pharmacology Approaches to Inform Treatment Strategies Against Tuberculosis
PhD defence
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Scheduled Protocol Programming
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Colonialism and the Age of Revolutions (1780-1830)
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A Sociolinguistic Study of an Ewe-based Youth Language of Aflao, Ghana
PhD defence
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Inflation - a reading list
In 2022, every euro in the Netherlands lost about 10% of its value, price increases comparable to the stagflation period of the 1970s. In the same year, the value of the Argentine peso halved, while prices in China only rose by 2%. How well do we understand the economic mechanisms behind inflation?…
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Workshop: Risk and Entrepreneurship – Old Discussions, Innovative Questions, New Insights
Conference, Workshop
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New Foundations for Separation Logic
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Voorrang bij verhaal
PhD defence
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Business History and Imperialism SI Workshop
Lecture, Workshop
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Symposium: The Power of Dialogue in Education
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