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The Mindfulnest at the Science Faculty18 November 2022Are 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 iGEM10 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 million25 October 2022Arjen 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 Grant25 October 2022Leiden 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 saferInaugural lecture 23 September 2022Much 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 dimensions25 August 2022How 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 Analysis22 August 2022From 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 2022Pim 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 grants27 July 2022No 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 Institute14 July 2022As 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 mathematics01 July 2022Combining 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 analysis25 April 2022Italian 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 Dijk22 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 Cryptology11 April 2022In cryptography, the sky is the limit according to the new professor Mathematical Cryptology Léo Ducas. He already designed several cryptosystems as p...
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Jacqueline Meulman receives honorary membership at statistics society VVSOR05 April 2022Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics Jacqueline Meulman received an honorary membership during the annual meeting of the Netherlands Society for S...