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In pictures: animal mummies in a scanner 22 February 2021
The story of Tutankhamun, the Egyptian pharaoh, is world famous. But did you know that the Ancient Egyptians mummified not only people but animals too...
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Frederic Lens: building bridges in biodiversity research 18 February 2021
Four green research institutes in Leiden are joining forces to integrate evolution and biodiversity research, at local and at the national level. Pivo...
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Hybrid zones: a quick guide by Ben Wielstra 11 February 2021
Ben Wielstra studies hybrid zones, regions in which distinct populations of organisms meet, mate and produce genetically admixed offspring. In the jou...
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Cod behave differently in noisy environment 09 February 2021
Underwater noise from seismic surveys affects the behaviour of Atlantic cod. These are the results of research by Leiden biologists in collaboration w...
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Noise pollution affects marine life worldwide 05 February 2021
Man-made sounds in and around the oceans stress marine life and have an impact on marine species and ecosystems by changing the underwater acoustic cl...
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How animals flirt with each other 01 February 2021
How do animals choose their partners? The answer is simple: it’s all about quality. While humans tend to wear clothes that happen to be in fashion, an...
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Spitting cobra leads to Science publication 22 January 2021
Spitting cobra venom composition has been influenced by defensive behaviour according to an international research team. This may have originated from...
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New classification for tropical plant group Phyllanthus 19 January 2021
There is much wrong with the taxonomy of the plant genus Phyllanthus. Roderick Bouman of the Hortus botanicus Leiden has developed a new phylogeny for...
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New book to improve and promote science with citizens 18 January 2021
The new open access book The Science of Citizen Science bundles insights into science that is conducted together with citizens, to promote this growin...
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Artificial intelligence helps in the search for new antibiotics 14 January 2021
With the search for new antibiotics becoming increasingly urgent, artificial intelligence offers valuable help. Smart software developed by Leiden PhD...
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How NeCEN helped develop the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine 11 January 2021
The Phase 3 clinical trial results of the promising Covid-19 vaccine of Johnson & Johnson are expected this month. The Dutch electron microscopy facil...
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NWA subsidy for four Leiden science communication projects 21 December 2020
A festival that combines music and science, and a digital 'time machine' for science history: four Leiden projects that focus on science communication...
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‘My mother couldn’t attend my wedding due to corona measures’ 18 December 2020
At the Faculty of Science, forty per cent of the employees are of a non-Dutch nationality. Amongst PhDs that is even sixty per cent. How are they doin...
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IBL coordinates project to search for new medicines in marine biodiversity 17 December 2020
Gilles van Wezel of the Institute of Biology Leiden will lead a European consortium to search for new medicines and disease-suppressive microbes while...
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It’s all about the cell wall for brand-new professor Dennis Claessen 16 December 2020
Dennis Claessen has been appointed professor of Molecular Microbiology at the Institute of Biology Leiden. With his teaching and research on the cell ...