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Faculty of Science starts new year with awards for talents 07 January 2020
Mathematician Robbin Bastiaansen, physicist Irene Battisti, pharmacist Fouzia Lghoul-Oulad Saïd and physics and astronomy student Maite Boden are the ...
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Amanda Foks receives ERA-CVD consortium grant 06 January 2020
Amanda Foks (Division of BioTherapeutics) has been awarded a Horizon 2020, ERA-CVD joint transnational cardiovascular research grant. She will lead a ...
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Ilze Bot receives prestigious grant from the Dutch Heart Foundation 02 January 2020
Just before Christmas, three talented scientists received good news: they are receiving a personal research grant from the Dutch Heart Foundation. Ilz...
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Mathematical model predicts drug concentration in the brain 17 December 2019
Do medicines arrive in the right amount at the right spot in our brain? By making a model that depicts our brain in small 'brain blocks', Esmée Vendel...
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Ad IJzerman Highly Cited Researcher 2019 13 December 2019
Ad IJzerman was elected Highly Cited Researcher in the 2019 Web of Science mapping of research achievements. As defined by the Web of Science team a...
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The Cell Observatory just got upgraded, and here is why 06 December 2019
The European Commission has officially established Euro-BioImaging – which provides life scientists with open access to a broad range of technologies ...
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17 Leiden researchers on highly cited list 20 November 2019
Seventeen Leiden University scientists appear on the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list, which was announced on 19 November by Clarivate Analytics.
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Pharmacologist Elizabeth de Lange receives Honorary Doctorate in Pharmacy from Uppsala University 12 November 2019
Professor of Predictive Pharmacology Elizabeth de Lange has received an Honorary Doctorate from the Faculty of Pharmacy of Uppsala University. She wil...
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Prestigious award for pharmacologist Meindert Danhof 09 October 2019
Meindert Danhof is the 2019 recipient of the Høst Madsen Medal for his pioneering work in systems pharmacology. He received the award on 22 September ...
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LACDR excels at the FIGON Dutch Medicine Days 08 October 2019
The Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) received no less than three awards during the Figon Dutch Medicine Days. Bas Goulooze won the PhD...
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Two Bio-Pharmaceutical Scientists win KNMP Student Award 08 October 2019
Two former Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences students win the KNMP Student Award this year. Esmée de Zwaan for her research into new therapeutic strategies,...
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Record sum Leiden Science Run for refugee scholars 01 October 2019
The Leiden Science Run 2019 has raised a record sum of 12,135 euros for refugee student foundation UAF. No less than 101 teams – also a record – and t...
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Pharmacologist Rob van Wijk is highlighted author of the month 26 September 2019
Pharmacologist Rob van Wijk is the Highlighted Trainee Author in the October 2019 issue of the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. ...
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Michiel Kreutzer new Dean of the Faculty of Science 26 September 2019
Professor Michiel Kreutzer has been appointed as Dean of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University. He will take up the role on 1 January 2020. At p...
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Dialogue, collaboration and quantum: opening academic year Faculty of Science 03 September 2019
With a call for dialogue and collaboration, vice dean Bart de Smit kicked off the new academic year for the Faculty of Science on Tuesday 3 September....