News
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Teacher of the Year 2017 throws students in at the deep end with supervision 06 August 2018
"I did not know that I could become even more proud of you." Kristian Rietveld's father responded to the news that his son was appointed Teacher of th...
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From scientific idea to promising new drug 30 July 2018
Many pharmaceutical companies no longer have their own lab and are working more closely with universities and start-ups of scientists. Professor of Sc...
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Beijing Normal University visits Leiden for Astronomy Summer School 26 July 2018
The Leiden Observatory was very pleased to welcome eight bachelor’s students from Beijing Normal University at 8 July for the BNU Astronomy Summer Sch...
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Tapping new markets for rapid DNA unraveller 19 July 2018
Researching DNA material for genetic disorders using the most powerful apparatus. This is what GenomeScan, a company on the Leiden Bio Science Park, d...
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Thinking outside your scientific box 19 June 2018
How do you study complex disasters like a nuclear explosion or a natural disaster? Who can help unravel the legal knot that Brexit has become? The imp...
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The underwater Hobbit – a new shrimp species 08 June 2018
‘In a hole under water there lived a hobbit’: a new species of shrimp named after Bilbo Baggings. Biology student Werner de Gier described this newly ...
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Move of SRON space research institute to South Holland now official 30 May 2018
By adding their signature to the collaboration agreement on 31 May, Leiden University, TU Delft, space research institute SRON and NWO confirmed the...
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From practical cookbook session to practical research session 24 May 2018
How do I conduct research? How do I structure, conduct and record what I’ve thought of and done? The Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences Programme didn’t just...
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Students solve spider mystery in Borneo 17 May 2018
They sprayed with corn starch and made detailed drawings of the genitalia of spiders. In different ways students studied spiders in the dense tropical...
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A Sizzling Summer of Space 14 May 2018
For the first time in the Netherlands this summer: the Space Studies Programme - an international summer university for those who aspire to a space ca...
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Martienke Baaij receives the “Kees Bakker Award” 26 April 2018
Leiden Biology student Martienke Baaij received the annual award for being the best BSc-student in 2017 from the “Stichting Professor Dr. K. Bakker-fo...
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How can we connect data science and law? 26 April 2018
At the Hague University of Applied Sciences, a stakeholder meeting took place on 4 April in the context of peace and justice in a digital world. The m...
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Students on expedition to Borneo 11 April 2018
Every two years, students from Leiden University go into the Malaysian rainforests of Borneo. There they speak with Malaysian people to discover the u...
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Universities of Leiden, Delft and Rotterdam aiming to work together on cooperation with China 09 April 2018
Chinese universities have big ambitions to be among the leading international higher education institutions. What does this mean in terms of opportun...
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Try-out Day at Leiden University 06 April 2018
On Friday April 6th, Leiden University organizes its biannual try-out day. We pay a visit to Physics and Astronomy, which saw their student numbers al...