100 search results for “vries outbreaks” in the Student website
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Emma de VriesFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Mike de VriesUniversity Facility Services
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Bart de Vries
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Ellen de Vries
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Kees de Vries
ISSC
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Erik de VriesFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Micaela de VriesFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Jacqueline de VriesAfrika-Studiecentrum
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Juriena de VriesFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Willem de VriesFaculty of Humanities
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Ieke de VriesFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Jarno Revelman de VriesFaculty of Humanities
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Mary Hop-de Vries
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Maggeltje Verlaan-de Vries
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Caroline de Vries-JurriansenLeiden University Libraries
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Hans de VriesFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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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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A message in the local group chat during a measles outbreak, and other solutions for a healthier city
How can we ensure that young people vape less? How do we prevent the spread of scabies among students? And how can we encourage physical activity at work? Students from Health and Medical Psychology recently presented their answers to these questions to professionals in the field.
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Why we should be more concerned about the spread of bird flu
'The chance of a pandemic is small, but not zero,' according to Nikki Ikani, assistant professor of intelligence and security. She warns in various media outlets about the ignored signals and the facilitated mutations, calling it 'alarming that mammals can also contract it.'
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Animation: Why Leiden is the birthplace of the Janssen vaccine
If you'll soon be getting a COVID-19 vaccine, you might just get the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) one. This vaccine was developed for the most part in Leiden – and this is no coincidence. Watch the animation below about the development of one of the vaccines in the fight against COVID-19.
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‘Having children is increasingly seen as something that can be planned and managed’
What are the main trends in family life today? Three stand out: young adults living with their parents for longer, people delaying parenthood and widening inequality between families. How did these trends emerge, and what are their consequences? Leiden experts explain.
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Maarten Wille
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hong Tae Jang
Faculty of Humanities
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Exhibition sculpture ‘Zie Justitia’ at Leiden Law School extended until January 2023
The art committee of Leiden Law School has extended the exhibition of the sculptures by the Leiden artist Koen de Vries in the C-wing of the KOG building until January 2023. On Thursday 8 December, the finissage of the exhibition will take place in the C-wing at 16.45 hours with drinks and light sna…
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Honorary doctorates for Belgian virologist Marc van Ranst and German Arabist Beatrice Gründler
Leiden University is awarding an honorary doctorate to virologist Marc van Ranst. Van Ranst has been one of the main advisers of the Belgian government during the Covid pandemic. German Arabist Beatrice Gründler will also receive an honorary doctorate for her work in the field of Oriental Manuscript…
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Learning about measurement errors now also possible online
Making learning material come alive and convey it in the best possible way: that is the aim of education developer Wybrigje de Vries of the Science Teacher Support Desk. Together with university lecturer Edgar Blokhuis, she developed the online module ‘Error Assessment’ for first-year LST bachelor students.…
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Open Call: apply for Student Panels Archaeology
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How Europe will be better prepared for the next pandemic
The European PANVIPREP research project started at the Leiden University Medical Center on 11 March. The participants are virologists, biochemists and pharmacists from 14 European countries. Their mission is to develop antiviral drugs to protect Europe during pandemics. At least two such antivirals…
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Wanted: student representative Institute Board Political Science
Education, Organisation
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These are the student members of your Programme Committee and Programme Board
Education, Organisation
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These are the student members of your Programme Committee and Programme Board
Education, Organisation
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Racist riots in the UK: which root causes need to be addressed?
The UK has recently been facing racist violence outbreaks. Tahir Abbas, Professor of Radicalisation Studies, discusses this in an article on Hyphen.
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Professor Corrie Bakels receives 50th Analecta
Corrie Bakels would have given this year's Kroon lecture on Friday March 20, but the event was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. Her colleagues had planned to present to her the 50th edition of the Analecta journal on this festive occassion, so these plans had to be changed as well.
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NWA grant for health law as part of NWA Cure4life
Mirjam Sombroek, Aart Hendriks and Martine de Vries (LUMC) will work on mapping the ethical and legal aspects of gene therapy. The aim is to establish a best practice of how society can best deal with these therapies. For example with guidelines on how to regulate, reimburse and make these therapies…
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LLX roundtable on coronavirus relief fund NextGenerationEU
On Friday 21 May, the Europa Institute held an online roundtable on the European Union’s coronavirus relief fund NextGenerationEU. The roundtable was organised in the context of the Leiden Law Exchanges (LLX). Their aim is to facilitate an exchange of ideas on current legal issues between academics,…
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Leiden University 2nd Best in the 2021 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition is the world’s largest moot court competition. The Competition is a simulation of a fictional dispute between countries before the International Court of Justice. This year more than 570 law schools from across the world participated.
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Anne Meuwese and Bart Custers in Trouw on Covid apps
The more people are vaccinated, the more society can slowly reopen. Technological developments, like the Covid passport and other apps, can play a role in this. Artificial Intelligence could help greatly in developing the vaccine passport and the Covid-19 exposure notification app, Anne Meuwese and…
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Irina ZudinaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Hall of Fame Leiden Law School staff 2023
Lots of employees celebrated special successes in 2023. Here’s a list of all those scholarships, awards and honours.
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Maritime historians and vocational college students together create historical database
What do you do when you’re suddenly given access to a whole lot of data but don’t know how to organise and analyse it? Maritime historians in the Faculty of Humanities joined forces with vocational college (MBO) students to build a database. ‘We’re so compatible with each other.’
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A computational tool that will transform bacterial genome analysis
Whether a microbe is beneficial or harmful to a plant can now be predicted with high accuracy thanks to bacLIFE. This bioinformatic tool with an intuitive interface makes it much easier to unlock the secrets of bacterial genomes. A group of Leiden biologists presented it in Nature Communications.
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Should you leave academia to handle democracy?
The relationship between academia and democracy is a complicated one. Should policy makers listen to scientists or to citizens? That is the dilemma Valérie Pattyn and Johan Christensen will discuss with a panel of experts during the academic conference EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF).