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Animal-friendly and effective: Leiden students develop nanobodies using yeast26 September 2024Yeast, alpacas, and antibodies. They may seem unrelated, but within the project of the Leiden iGEM students, they come together perfectly. For the int...
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Leiden University researchers tackle global challenges with Una Europa-Africa grants26 September 2024Three international research projects involving Leiden University researchers will receive funding from the Una Europa university alliance. The projec...
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Outer solar system possibly formed by a passing star24 September 2024The many thousands of small celestial bodies beyond Neptune’s orbit may have ended up there due to a star that passed close to the solar system billio...
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Leiden PhD candidate writes children’s book to get girls excited about technology24 September 2024PhD candidate Karen van den Akker has written a children’s book to get young girls excited about technology. The picture book ‘Met mama naar Mars’ tel...
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New e-value even more flexible: significance level adjustable at a later stage23 September 2024Recently, a paper by Peter Grünwald was published in the prestigious scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Grünwald is f...
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Leiden chemists discover new ways in which single-celled organisms organise their DNA23 September 2024It has only recently been discovered that single-celled organisms (bacteria and archaea) also have histones—proteins that structure DNA. Now, Leiden P...
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Largest research project on sustainable hydrogen production kicks off19 September 2024It is one of the energy carriers of the future: hydrogen. But how can hydrogen be produced in a sustainable way? With over 50 million euros in funding...
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Dutch astronomers observe giant jets emanating from black hole19 September 2024An international team of astronomers led by Dutch scientist Martijn Oei has discovered the largest pair of jets from a black hole ever seen. The 'jumb...
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Dennis Janssen appointed as Director of Operations for the Leiden Observatory17 September 2024Dennis Janssen has been appointed as Director of Operations for the Leiden Observatory. He succeeds Dominique de Vet who temporarily held the position...
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A new perspective on pneumonia: what does our body tell us about the cause?16 September 2024Effectively treating a severe case of pneumonia is often challenging. Identifying the pathogen behind it can be difficult. PhD candidate Ilona den Har...
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Royal honour for Prof. Barend Mons13 September 2024Royal honour for Prof. Barend Mons. He was made a Knight in the Order of the Dutch Lion. He received this award from the mayor of the municipality of ...
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Diabolical dilemmas in timeless theatre about the Relief of Leiden12 September 2024What is freedom worth in times of hunger? ‘Beleg’ is a modern interpretation of Lucretia van Merken’s 1774 play. With five performances in Leiden’s Sc...
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During the next pandemic, this mathematical model will speed up the search for treatment09 September 2024Do you recall all those drugs that were hastily proposed as potential treatments for COVID-19? In the event of a future pandemic, the goal is to offer...
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How to hijack natural destruction in cells: ‘We need to understand it through and through’05 September 2024Destroying proteins from the Golgi apparatus of the cell in a controlled manner. That is the focus of chemist Marta Artola’s pioneering research. By d...
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Adapt or perish – traits identified that help plants survive05 September 2024PhD candidate Jianhong Zhou aimed to better understand whether and how plant species adapt to environmental changes. She developed two databases that ...