365 search results for “taal immune responses” in the Staff website
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Elly TaalFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Nadia Taal PetrovaFaculty of Science
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Transcriptional regulation of effector-triggered immunity (ETI): from tissue to cells
PhD defence
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Grants for research on immune cells, vegan cheese and PFAS detection
Researchers at the Faculty of Science work at the frontiers of knowledge every day, tackling today’s major societal challenges. Their work is recognised through grants, prizes and other awards. We highlight some of these achievements below.
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Max Joosten
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Responsible collaboration
When you work with partners from home or abroad, these collaborations must be safe and responsible.
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Targeting the immune system to inhibit atherosclerosis
A new treatment for atherosclerosis showed promising results in isolated cells but proved to be less effective in initial animal tests. Bachelor student Biopharmaceutical Sciences Willemijn van der Heijden aimed to understand why. She investigated whether the formation of a protein layer around the…
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Bart RoepFaculty of Medicine
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Drugs for our immune system in the right place at the right time
Immunologist Leender Trouw specialises in the complement system, which is part of the immune system. In some diseases drugs help activate or inhibit this system. This is best done ‘in the right place at the right time’ − the title of his inaugural lecture.
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Turning the tables on tuberculosis: boosting our own immune forces
Tuberculosis bacteria survive by hiding in our immune cells. In her PhD research, biologist Salomé Muñoz Sánchez explores how boosting the body’s own defenses might outsmart this deadly pathogen. Her work reveals two key proteins that help immune cells destroy the bacteria.
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Leila Akkari appointed Special Professor of Cancer–immune interactions
Leila Akkari was appointed Special Professor of Cancer-immune interactions at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC) on 15 December. Akkari is a researcher at the Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), where she studies the relationship between cancer cells and the immune system, with a particular focus…
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Agnieszka KazimierczukAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Jin YanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jennifer SchenseFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Henk KeldermanFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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protection strategies: Ding lab receives 2.4M grant to investigate plant immunity
Plant biologist Pingtao Ding, assistant professor at the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), has received a 2.4 million European grant from the European Research Council (ERC). This ERC Starting Grant for promising young researchers allows him to unravel the molecular mechanisms by which plants resist…
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Cornelis HokkeFaculty of Medicine
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Academia in Motion: ‘Our collective responsibility to create, share and improve knowledge’
Anna van ’t Veer is the face of Open Science Community Leiden (OSCL). She calls for an academic system that centres transparency. ‘Culture chance can only be achieved together.’
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Extra information faculties on OER
The faculties Humanities and Science have made a page with extra information on OER.
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Responsible Removals: Holistic Portfolio Design, Systems Integration, and Equitable Allocation of Carbon Dioxide Removal
PhD defence
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Margo DonaFaculty of Science
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Maria YazdanbakhshFaculty of Medicine
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Andrea BartolucciFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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LUMC will administer first Dutch stem cell gene therapy to patients
Researchers and clinicians at Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) are about to begin a milestone clinical study. It will be the first time a stem cell gene therapy developed in the Netherlands is used in a clinic. The therapy will be used to treat children with SCID, a rare disorder where children…
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Firefighting robots must be developed responsibly
As robotics advances in the field of emergency response, firefighting robots – or 'firebots' – offer promising improvements in safety and operational efficiency. However, to ensure these technologies truly benefit society, non-technological factors must be considered from the outset.
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Annemarie MeijerFaculty of Science
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Mark van BuchemFaculty of Medicine
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Cornelis van KootenFaculty of Medicine
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Frank Baas
Faculty of Medicine
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Patrick van Hage
Faculty of Science
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Researchers discover how malaria parasite survives in mosquitoes
Researchers from Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have discovered how malaria parasites escape the immune system of mosquitoes. The so-called QC enzyme changes proteins on the outside of the malaria parasite such that the immune cells are unable to recognise the parasite. As a result, the parasite…
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Alex Geert CastermansFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Huub de GrootFaculty of Science
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'Rutte cannot fully hide behind indirect responsibility'
On Friday 15 January, the Dutch ‘Rutte III’ government resigned following the scathing report on the childcare benefits scandal. What are the political consequences?
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Werken aan een effectiever malariavaccin
In het Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum wordt gewerkt aan de ontwikkeling van een nieuw malariavaccin dat effectiever is dan de huidige vaccins.
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Maurijn van der ZeeFaculty of Science
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Lioe-Fee de Geus-OeiFaculty of Medicine
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Irene Pascual GarciaFaculty of Science
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Safety, responsibility and connection: especially now
We, the Executive Board and deans, have recently heard from different sources that the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues to evoke strong feelings of tension, anxiety and insecurity within our university community. We take this very seriously and so are once again addressing you all.
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How can we encourage responsible financial behaviour?
PhD candidate Shekinah Dare researched which psychological factors contribute to responsible financial behaviour and well-being. She wants to use this knowledge to develop interventions to encourage people to manage their money better. PhD ceremony on 10 November.
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Marieke TollenaarFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Young, sleeping memory cells are crucial in fighting a reinfection
Researchers from the Netherlands Cancer Institute, the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and Oncode have created a tracking system that can reveal how often cells have divided. This allowed them to find a yet undiscovered population of immune cells: young memory cells that behave like stem cells.…
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A quick call with Petra Slabber about Emergency Response Day
Every year, the first Monday in November is Emergency Response Day: the opportunity to recognise the importance of emergency response officers. At Leiden University over 400 enthusiastic and dedicated emergency response officers make sure our students and staff are safe, says emergency response training…
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Melanie FinkFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Eamon AloyoFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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A Community of Practice in responsible research across Europe
Sarah de Rijcke has been awarded Wellcome funding to study and promote responsible research practices
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T-cells more important in the fight against the COVID-19 virus than initially thought
A COVID-19 vaccine that specifically instructs the immune system to produce T-cells rather than antibodies is shown to provide good protection in a mouse model, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) researchers report in Nature Communications. According to them, the alternative vaccine may offer a…
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