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COVID Radar is a good predictor of increasing infections
The COVID Radar app is citizen science at its best. More than 200,000 users in the Netherlands are answering questions about their health and behaviour to help predict the development of the pandemic. Niels Chavannes, Professor of General Practice at Leiden University Medical Center, explains how the…
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Bart RoepFaculteit Geneeskunde
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euros grant for smart antibiotic combinations – tackling resistant infections and antimicrobial resistance
Optimised antibiotic combinations can combat bacteria more effectively while also slowing the development of resistance. Scientists from five European countries are joining forces to identify such combinations and provide tools for others to do the same. The project is led by Professor Coen van Hasselt…
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Johan de FijterFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Cornelis HokkeFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Frank BaasFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Maria YazdanbakhshFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Cornelis van KootenFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Mark van BuchemFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Lioe-Fee de Geus-OeiFaculteit Geneeskunde
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LUMC professor Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives Spinoza Prize
Leiden professor of Cellular Immunology of Parasitic Infections Maria Yazdanbakhsh receives the prestigious NWO Spinoza Prize this year. This, in many ways, border-crossing scientist contributes with her research to more effective vaccines against parasitic infections and better medication for inflammatory…
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Noortje DannenbergFaculty of Science
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Jaap van DisselFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Tomasz Prajsnar
Faculty of Science
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Alexander GorbalenyaFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Edmond RingsFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Leonardus VisserFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Jacco Wallinga
Faculteit Geneeskunde
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Eric SnijderFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Joan Hendrik VeelkenFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Aloysius KroesFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Karin de VisserFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Jannie Keyser-BorstFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Thorbald van HallFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Paul ParrenFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Annemieke GelukFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Marlies ReindersFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Gert Jan LammersFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Outbreak of an infectious disease? Mathematics helps in making quick, informed decisions
A job thanks to COVID—something not many people can claim. But PhD candidate Vera Arntzen can. Over the past four years, she has mapped two crucial characteristics of SARS-CoV-2 infections. Thanks to her research, experts can now make well-informed decisions on matters like quarantine duration, which…
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ERC-subsidie om uit te zoeken hoe kinderen luchtweginfecties te lijf gaan
De crèche en het klaslokaal zijn misschien wel de meest gunstige plekken voor ziekteverwekkers. Toch is er relatief weinig bekend over hoe kinderen reageren op virussen en bacteriën en hoe het komt dat sommige kinderen veel beter beschermd zijn dan anderen. Simon Jochems, onderzoeker aan het Leids Universitair…
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Major study offers practical guidance on antibiotic dosing in patients with obesity
Leiden researcher Anne-Grete Märtson brought together a large number of studies to better understand antibiotic dosing in patients with obesity. The publication in a renowned medical journal has already garnered much positive reactions, Märtson says. ‘It’s high time researchers started sharing more…
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Major Leiden symposium on TB bacteria
More than 1.3 million people worldwide die of tuberculosis (TB) each year, making research on its prevention and control essential. Researchers from various disciplines in Leiden are studying TB. A symposium on 24 March will highlight different activities in the hope of boosting nationwide collabora…
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Three awarded research projects in NWO-XS call
Cryogenic memories, antibiotic treatment for urinary tract infections and recycling plastic sustainably. These are the subjects of the three NWO-XS grants awarded to Leiden Science researchers.
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Leiden ‘super antibiotic’ keeps dangerous gut bacterium under control with a low dose
The antibiotic EVG7, developed in Leiden, has proven capable of fighting the dangerous gut bacterium C. difficile with only a minimal dose. What’s more, the bacterium is far less likely to return, a major issue with existing antibiotics. The research was published in Nature Communications.
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UMCs join forces to increase pandemic preparedness
Four university medical centres, including the LUMC, are joining forces to increase pandemic preparedness in the Netherlands.
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Innovative approach to antibiotic resistance
Resistance to antibiotics is a major problem in health care. Thanks to a grant from the Elise Mathilde Fund and the LUF, pharmacologist dr. Coen van Hasselt can look for new dosing schedules to reduce the development of antibiotic resistance.
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Amir ZadpoorFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Margreet KloppenburgFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Manfred WuhrerFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Frank StaalFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Annette van der Helm-van MilFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Koos van der Hoeven
Faculteit Geneeskunde
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Jaap Jan ZwagingaFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Thomas HuizingaFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Bart van HoekFaculteit Geneeskunde
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Jan van LithFaculteit Geneeskunde