108 search results for “infection” in the Student website
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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 RoepFaculty of Medicine
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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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Cornelis HokkeFaculty of Medicine
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Irene Pascual GarciaFaculty of Science
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Maria YazdanbakhshFaculty of Medicine
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Mark van BuchemFaculty of Medicine
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Cornelis van KootenFaculty of Medicine
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Frank BaasFaculty of Medicine
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Lioe-Fee de Geus-OeiFaculty of Medicine
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Jaap van DisselFaculty of Medicine
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Noortje DannenbergFaculty of Science
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Eric SnijderFaculty of Medicine
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Alexander GorbalenyaFaculty of Medicine
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Edmond RingsFaculty of Medicine
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Leo VisserFaculty of Medicine
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Gert Jan LammersFaculty of Medicine
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Joan Hendrik VeelkenFaculty of Medicine
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Annemieke GelukFaculty of Medicine
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Marlies ReindersFaculty of Medicine
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Thorbald van HallFaculty of Medicine
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Jannie Keyser-BorstFaculty of Medicine
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Paul ParrenFaculty of Medicine
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Karin de VisserFaculty of Medicine
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Louis KroesFaculty of Medicine
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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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Koos van der Hoeven
Faculty of Medicine
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Jaap Jan ZwagingaFaculty of Medicine
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Frits KoningFaculty of Medicine
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Thomas OttenhoffFaculty of Medicine
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Fijs van LeeuwenFaculty of Medicine
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Jan van LithFaculty of Medicine
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Willem FibbeFaculty of Medicine
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Bart van HoekFaculty of Medicine
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Annette van der Helm-van MilFaculty of Medicine
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Amir ZadpoorFaculty of Medicine
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Reinaldus ToesFaculty of Medicine
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Mark de BoerFaculty of Medicine
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Manfred WuhrerFaculty of Medicine
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Frank StaalFaculty of Medicine
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Thomas HuizingaFaculty of Medicine
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Henricus VerspagetFaculty of Medicine
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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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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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Improving nature’s antibiotic
'What nature made isn’t necessarily an optimized medicine to use in the human body,’ says Professor of Biological Chemistry Nathaniel Martin. That’s why a group of Leiden researchers is making a chemistry-based improved version of the frequently used antibiotic vancomycin. They received an NWO NACTAR…
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Leiden students develop highly contagious card game
Infecting each other with viruses and bacteria while protecting yourself with medicines and vaccinations. Sounds like a fun evening, right? Master students Life Science & Technology Rafael Jezior and Dennis de Beeld certainly think so. Together, they developed ImmunoWars: an exciting card game based…
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Combatting antibiotic resistance in a clever way
When you become very good at one thing, that sometimes comes at the expense of something else. Such trade-offs also apply to bacteria. When becoming more resistant to one antibiotic, bacteria can sometimes become more sensitive to another. Linda Aulin, PhD candidate in the pharmacology group of Coen…