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Prof. dr. Joost Batenburg awarded with Vici grant 2015 30 March 2016
The NWO (The Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research) awarded prof. Joost van Batenburg with the Vici grant 2015 for his research project ‘Re...
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Why fundamental science matters 21 March 2016
Why do we need fundamental science? For a lot of reasons, speakers showed at the Lustrum Symposium ‘Science Matters’. This symposium was held on 18 Ma...
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Delegation from Leiden University forges new links in Brazil 19 March 2016
A delegation from Leiden University is visiting Brazil from 14 to 18 March. The first day of the visit was spent with scientists in São Paolo.
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Prof. dr. Ronald Cramer interviewed about data security by Volkskrant 15 March 2016
Saturday 13 February 2016 the daily newspaper Volkskrant published an article based on interviews with Professor Ronald Cramer and Harry Buhrman.
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Cum laude for new method making parallel programming easier 14 March 2016
PhD student Sung-Shik Jongmans of Leiden University and Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica investigated a new programming method to simplify this. On 3 Ma...
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Publication monograph Frank den Hollander and Anton Bovier 08 March 2016
The monograph "Metastability: A Potential-Theoretic Approach", Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften 351, Springer 2015, by Anton Bovier and...
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Century-old Physics Assumption Proven Wrong 02 March 2016
A new discovery proves that it matters which approach researchers take in analyzing large physical, social or biological systems that have a networked...
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Video of Honorary Doctorate Jennifer Chayes 17 February 2016
On 8 February 2016 prof. Jennifer Chayes received her Honorary Doctorate at Leiden University as part of the 441e Dies Natalis. A video registration o...
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Honorary Doctor Jennifer Chayes excels at Microsoft 08 February 2016
‘We’ve only just begun,’ said Honorary Doctor Jennifer Chayes in her acceptance speech after receiving her Honorary Doctorate on 8 February. 'We are o...
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Maths in the desert 04 February 2016
Desertification is threatening 250 million people worldwide. Ecologists have tried to predict the spread of deserts. Help is now at hand from an unexp...
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TOP grant for four of Leiden’s top scientists 02 February 2016
Four scientists will receive the TOP grant for Physical Sciences from the NWO (Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research). They are astronomer ...
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Deltaplan for Dutch Mathematics presented 07 January 2016
A week before Christmas, the Deltaplan for Dutch Mathematics was presented to Hans de Groene (director NWO) and Sjoerd Verduyn Lunel (chairman Platfor...
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Discoverer of the Year, Best Dissertation and Education prize 2015 05 January 2016
During the Faculty of Science New Year's reception, Daniël Rozen was named Discoverer of the year 2015. Nienke van der Marel and Koen van der Maaden b...
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New technique to study vascular growth 22 December 2015
Sonja Boas developed new techniques to study vascular growth computationally. The results of her research provide a better understanding into mechanis...
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Michel Zoeteman wins Young Talent Encouragement Prize 03 December 2015
Mathematics student in Leiden Michel Zoeteman received an Encouragement Prize of no less than 500 euro from the “Koninklijke Hollandse Maatschappij de...