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Six Leiden researchers receive ERC Starting Grant 22 November 2022
Six researchers from Leiden University have received an ERC starting grant. This grant of on average 1.5m euros will enable the researchers to launch ...
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The Mindfulnest at the Science Faculty 18 November 2022
Are you in need of some rest, stressed about an exam, or feeling under the weather? Since a few months you can find Mindfulnest at the Science Faculty...
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Life after the Grand Jamboree: Wrapping-up iGEM 10 November 2022
‘A challenging rollercoaster, but also a very bonding and insightful experience,’ that’s how the team of iGEM Leiden 2022 wraps up their participation...
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Research project into environmental tipping points receives €10 million 25 October 2022
Arjen Doelman (Leiden University), Max Rietkerk (Utrecht University), Ehud Meron (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) and Isla Myers-Smith (University...
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Three Leiden researchers receive ERC Synergy Grant 25 October 2022
Leiden researchers Arjen Doelman, Tom Huizinga and Manfred Wuhrer have been awarded ERC Synergy Grants worth millions of euros for their research on p...
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How quantum mechanics threatens our digital lives – and makes them safer 23 September 2022
Much of the work of Serge Fehr, Professor of Quantum Information Theory, is abstract and theoretical and comprehensible to very few people. But his wo...
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Rational points and new dimensions 25 August 2022
How can you solve equations that define not ‘just’ curves, but also two-dimension surfaces or even higher-dimensional objects? That’s the big question...
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Hermen Jan Hupkes appointed professor of Non-linear Analysis 22 August 2022
From 1 August, Hermen Jan Hupkes has been appointed Professor of Non-Linear Analysis at the Mathematical Institute. 'Initially I don't think that much...
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Pim Overgaauw: ‘As Institute Manager, you are the spider in the web’ 22 August 2022
Pim Overgaauw is at his best when he can support others. His new position as Institute Manager of the Mathematical Institute is therefore a perfect fi...
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Four Leiden consortia awarded large NWO grants 27 July 2022
No less than four Leiden research teams have been awarded a grant by NWO. On 27 July NWO honoured 21 applications in the Open Competition ENW-XL. NWO ...
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Pim Overgaauw appointed Institute manager of the Mathematical Institute 14 July 2022
As of 1 September, Pim Overgaauw is appointed as Institute Manager of the Mathematical Institute. The job is not new to him, as he has been ad interim...
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In search of the atoms of mathematics 01 July 2022
Combining geometry and number theory. That is what Dr Jan Vonk of the Institute of Mathematics receives a Vidi grant for today. ‘By fusing these two d...
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Italian nurse acquitted of murder after statistical analysis 25 April 2022
Italian nurse Daniela Poggiali was arrested and convicted of murdering two hospital patients in 2014. Her case attracted the attention of Leiden stati...
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In Memoriam Emeritus Professor G. van Dijk 22 April 2022
Gerrit van Dijk was born on 14th August 1939 in Kampen. He studied Mathematics in Utrecht where he also received his PhD in 1969 on the thesis ‘Spheri...
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Léo Ducas appointed professor of Mathematical Cryptology 11 April 2022
In cryptography, the sky is the limit according to the new professor Mathematical Cryptology Léo Ducas. He already designed several cryptosystems as p...