146 search results for “ancient dna” in the Staff website
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Jac Aarts
Faculteit Archeologie
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Not wrapping but folding: Bacteria also organise their DNA (but they do it a bit differently)
Some bacteria, it turns out, have proteins much like ours that organise the DNA in their cells. They just do it a bit differently. This is revealed by new research from biochemists at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry and the Max Planck Institute for Biology. The discovery helps us better understand…
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Maarja Seire
Faculty of Humanities
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Cornelis van Tilburg
Faculty of Humanities
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Mariëtte Keuken
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Paul Beliën
Faculty of Humanities
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Da Jin
Faculty of Humanities
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Jürgen Zangenberg
Faculty of Humanities
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Miko Flohr
Faculty of Humanities
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Klaas Worp
Faculty of Humanities
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Kevin Groen
Science
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Daniel Zumel Gete
Science
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Kaushar Kagzi
Science
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Sam Boerlijst
Science
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Carolien van Zoest
Faculty of Humanities
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Bacteria without cell wall gobble up DNA from environment
A bacterium hiding from the immune system and picking up bits of DNA from its environment. The result: gaining new traits, such as better protection against antibiotics. Fortunately, we have not found such a damning scenario yet. However, PhD student Renée Kapteijn did find the first clues, which…
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Kim Beerden
Faculty of Humanities
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Louie Krol
Science
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Peter Bisschop
Faculty of Humanities
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Shenghao Yue
Faculty of Humanities
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Mélie Louys
Faculteit Archeologie
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Ben Haring
Faculty of Humanities
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Anita Keizers
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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‘Data science has crept into the faculties’ DNA’
From 14 to 29 PhD candidates, seven actively involved faculties and, above all, lots of innovative interdisciplinary research, all with data science as the common denominator. The university’s Data Science Research Programme (DSO) has proven so successful that after five years on a start-up grant it…
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Executive Board column: Our institutes abroad are part of our international DNA
Ever since its foundation, Leiden University has turned its gaze outwards to other cultures, languages and forms of academic practice. It is only natural, therefore, that we as a university have four institutes abroad: the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV-KNAW)…
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Irene Vikatou
Faculteit Archeologie
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Can we live longer? Leiden physicist makes discovery in protective layer in genes
With the aid of physics and a minuscule magnet, researchers have discovered a new structure of telomeric DNA. Telomeres are sometimes seen as the key to living longer. They protect genes from damage but get a bit shorter each time a cell divides. If they become too short, the cell dies. The new discovery…
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Camil Staps
Faculty of Humanities
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Maria Zisimopoulou
Faculty of Humanities
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Cisca Hoogendijk
Faculty of Humanities
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Patrick Gouw
Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden
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Nicky Schreuder
Faculteit Archeologie
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Suzan van de Velde
Faculteit Archeologie
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Diederik Meijer
Faculteit Archeologie
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Rens Tacoma
Faculty of Humanities
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Emilie Didaskalou
Science
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Meindert Lamers
Science
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Oliver Tuazon
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Kat Stewart
Science
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Sylvia de Pater
Science
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Yuye Que
Faculty of Humanities
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Nico Staring
Faculty of Humanities
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Ruurd Halbertsma
Faculty of Humanities
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Valentina Azzarà
Faculteit Archeologie
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Gerard Versluis
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Michael Kerschner
Faculteit Archeologie
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Annelou van Gijn
Faculteit Archeologie
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Alessandro Aleo
Faculteit Archeologie
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Luuk de Ligt
Faculty of Humanities
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First patient in the Netherlands successfully treated with stem cell gene therapy
Researchers from the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have successfully used stem cell gene therapy to treat a baby with the severe congenital immune disorder SCID. An important milestone: it is the first time stem cell gene therapy of Dutch origin has been administered to a patient, and also…