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Michelle Spierings aims for Klokhuis Wetenschapsprijs with musicality animals 26 October 2021
Tapping to a rhythm, recognizing sound patterns and enjoying music: For people, it is common sense. But is this also the case for animals? It is the r...
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Leiden biology student finalist UN youth delegate 22 October 2021
Roel Wouters (24), a biology student at Leiden University, is a finalist in the election for UN youth delegate for Biodiversity and Food. The digital ...
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NWO grant gives way to more sustainable production of antibiotics 06 October 2021
The opportunity to explore a new, exciting research topic. That is how Lennart Schada von Borzyskowski describes his successful application for the NW...
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NWO grant of 350.000 for Wielstra lab 30 September 2021
Ben Wielstra and his team have received a ENW-M-1 grant. This grant of 354.000 euros is awarded by NWO, and will enable the researchers of the Institu...
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Bacteria stunt with established plant-soil feedback theory 29 September 2021
‘What I find most alluring about soil life is that you can steer it,’ researcher Martijn Bezemer of the Institute Biology Leiden (IBL) reveals. ‘You c...
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Leiden students are finalists of ‘Most innovative student of the Netherlands’ 27 September 2021
Identifying pathogens with a mobile testing kit, even in remote areas. Rapidemic, a student team of Leiden, are trying to make it possible. Now, they ...
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Tropical bananaquits lose song quality in the city 21 September 2021
I think we should go this way. This way! THIS! WAY!! Making yourself heard in a city can be difficult. That is not only the case for humans, but birds...
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Discovery Leiden nominated for KIJK: Best Tech-idea of 2021 14 September 2021
Using artificial intelligence to find new antibiotics. With that, researchers from Leiden University are nominated by magazine KIJK for the Best Tech-...
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Even a duck can parrot 06 September 2021
That a parrot can copycat sounds is nothing new. But vocal learning is not common in animals. Researcher Carel ten Cate of the Institute of Biology Le...
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Back to Faculty with Nikie Veld 02 September 2021
Nikie Veld is an education coordinator at Biology. Her job now mainly revolves around getting students back to the Faculty. ‘In the corona era, we wer...
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BRAIN appoints University of Leiden as partner for BEC-Enabled production strain development 02 September 2021
BRAIN Biotech and the Leiden University will jointly develop an Aspergillus based production strain with high yield and thus contribute to a bio-based...
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Leiden students brew coasters from beer waste 01 July 2021
Turning beer waste into a useful, sustainable product. That was the mission of students from Leiden at the international BISC-E event. The biology stu...
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Mission successful: deposits on small plastic bottles 29 June 2021
After years of lobbying by environmental activists, a deposit scheme for small plastic bottles is to be introduced on 1 July 2021. One of the leaders ...
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Evolutionary change in protective plant odours 23 June 2021
Plants can’t run away from enemies. Still, it would like to keep life-threatening herbivores at a distance. This can be done with odours. Klaas Vrieli...
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Alumnus Robert Ietswaart: ‘Machine learning is revolutionising drug discovery’ 15 June 2021
Robert Ietswaart does research into gene regulation at the famous Harvard Medical School in Boston. He developed an algorithm to better predict whethe...