On 16 May 2022, Professor Michel Wouters from the Department of Biomedical Data Sciences at the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), will deliver his inaugural lecture titled ‘Quality of Cancer Care: why the real world matters’. Wouters will use the opportunity to describe how quality registries…

Leiden University is working hard to make its buildings more sustainable, also on the Humanities Campus. An important step in this context is the construction of a Thermal Energy Storage (TES) system. Following the successful completion of the first phase, in which the Herta Mohr building was connected…

Work started today on the Kolffpad student complex, with 289 flats for students from Leiden University. Stichtnig DUWO will own the building and the University owns the site at the Bio Science Park. The building should be complete by mid-2023.

My research focuses on understanding the evolution of human communities, settlement patterns, and technological complexity. Through modeling and multiple analytical methods, I seek structural variables that influence human adaptation and collective problem-solving.

Frank Schaftenaar (M.Sc.) is a PhD student at the Division of Biopharmaceutics.

Gerhard Burger (M.Sc.) is a PhD student at the Division of Drug Discovery & Safety

How do you progress from an immense gas cloud somewhere in the universe to a star with planets? Research by Astronomy PhD student Martijn van Gelder sheds more light on the earliest phases of this process. He will receive his doctorate on November 24th.

The social sciences are vital in navigating complexities, fostering understanding and bridging divides. This was celebrated during the faculty opening of the academic year.

Dr. Josien de Klerk, Associate professor in Global Public Health at Leiden University College The Hague recently published some of her work on HIV/AIDS. In collaboration with a team of interdisciplinary researchers from the Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development she came to the conclusion…

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How do organs work in the body, and how can we create mini-organs to study diseases and test new medicines? That’s the idea behind organ-on-a-chip technology. During his PhD, Flavio Bonanini worked on developing the best possible mini-livers. ‘Make them as simple as possible, and as complex as neede…

Rita Pucci is assistant professor at LIACS.

Berent has started as a Research Staff Member at the Environmental Biology department of CML in January 2023.

Mike started as a PhD researcher at the MultiGreen project in the Industrial Ecology department of CML in February 2021.

Han de Winde is professor in Industrial Biotechnology at Leiden University. Thorough expertise in microbial molecular biotechnology and systems biology research and education at BSc, MSc, PhD and advanced level. In combination with integral management of research, development and education; including…

Petr Steindl works on quantum dots in microcavities for his PhD research. He manipulates single-photons to create complex structures of light. Applications could include quantum communication and gates for quantum computers.

Students from the ‘Public confidence in the criminal justice system’ Bachelor’s Honours Class completed this course with their presentations at the final session on Tuesday 25 May. What is unique about this honours class is the collaboration with The Hague University of Applied Sciences and the Court…

Xinpeng became a PhD candidate at the Industrial Ecology department of CML in October 2022, whose research interest lies primarily on land and food system sustainability.

Isabel is a PhD candidate at the Environmental Biology Department at CML. Her research focuses on soil ecology and how to harness soil microbiome to enhance crop quality in agricultural systems.

Leiden University has taken note of the results of the public support survey conducted by housing corporation De Sleutels among the residents of the 58 rental appartments in the Doelen complex. The findings show that the majority of the residents of the Doelencomplex are not willing to move to alternative…

Legal protection. What do those involved in youth care and child protection understand by this concept? And what needs to change to improve legal protection? This question was explored by researchers from Leiden University’s Department of Child Law. Their research fits with the government’s ambition…

ICT, Organisation

Roozbeh is a Ph.D. candidate at LIACS, studying computer architecture. His current research project, NeuroSoC, involves developing an advanced Multi-Processor System on Chip prototypes using high-density embedded Phase Change Memory (PCM) cell process technology. He is specifically working on the side-channel…

Are you interested in expanding your knowledge on the Dutch crisis management system? Leiden University is organising a unique lecture series on the subject in collaboration with the Netherlands Institute for Public Safety (NIPV). The lectures will take place on 22 April, 13 May, and 3 June.

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In June 2024 the Faculty of Archaeology welcomed a new Assistant Professor. Dr Jennifer Swerida, originally from the United States, will strengthen the Faculty’s expertise on the archaeology of West Asia. ‘I explore human-environment relationships inside an ancient oasis and the surrounding land. Previous…

Last semester, bachelor’s students in Religious Studies spent a lot of time in community centres in Leiden. The reason: field research into loneliness in the city.

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…

The financial sector, supply chains and ecology. Not necessarily topics you might associate with physics, yet it’s exactly what new professor Diego Garlaschelli is dealing with. The common thread? Complex networks.

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a prestigious Starting Grant to Leiden archaeologist Dr Nathalie Brusgaard. With this €1.5 million grant, Brusgaard will investigate how the transition to farming in Western Europe affected the relationship between humans and wild animals. A theme that,…

Environmental scientist Rutger Hoekstra addressed the General Assembly of the United Nations on 12 April. And that’s quite a big thing to do. How do you get there as a scientist? And, more importantly, what was his message? In eight questions, Rutger explains what he does and why.

Abeer Abazeed, PhD-student at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, will defend her thesis on Wednesday april 21st. Four questions about her PhD-research ‘Is it One Nile? Civic engagement and hydropolitics in the Eastern Nile Basin’.

Planets existing in other solar systems contain invaluable information about the origin of planets and life. PhD candidate Yapeng Zhang has studied their atmospheres by looking at their smallest parts: isotopes. With her research she hopes to discover what makes our own solar system unique.

Exceptional collaboration between physicians is needed to better understand and treat autoimmune diseases that cause inflammation in various organ systems.

Coen van Hasselt is Professor and Head of the Division of Systems Pharmacology & Pharmacy, which is part of the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR). I am establishing the Quantitative Pharmacology group, where we aim to develop and apply quantitative pharmacological modeling approaches…

Abolfazl is a Ph.D. candidate at Leiden university. His research interests lie in cryptographic primitives, and digital hardware design. His area of expertise is to describe digital hardware using VHDL and Verilog based on ASIC or FPGA procedure. He is currently working on the PROACT project, which…

Julian Steinke is a PhD-student within the CISCON project. This research project is about preventing cavitation at the propellers of maritime vessels. The project includes two other PhD-positions, one at the TUD and one at the UT.

The research of Roderik Gerritsen focuses on the effect of mindfulness, meditation and other contemplative practices on cognitive enhancement and what mechanisms are involved in this effect.

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