253 search results for “human bacterien pathogenic” in the Student website
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Master’s student fundraising for research into lost human sense
Can humans sense where north is, using what is known as magnetoreception? This question had master’s student Björn Keyser (Media Technology) so intrigued that he started crowdfunding to be able to study this together with the California Institute of Technology.
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Liselore TissenFaculty of Humanities
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Carina van den HovenFaculty of Humanities
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A new perspective on pneumonia: what does our body tell us about the cause?
Effectively treating a severe case of pneumonia is often challenging. Identifying the pathogen behind it can be difficult. PhD candidate Ilona den Hartog tried something new: ‘We searched for answers in substances our own body produces.’ PhD defence on 17 September.
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Aron van de PolFaculty of Humanities
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Florian Schneider
Faculty of Humanities
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Paper versus practice: border control is in human hands
Even when a border has officially disappeared, it is still people who decide whether others may cross freely. This was also true for the Polish-German border, where PhD candidate Maryla Klajn spend six months conducting fieldwork.
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Irina ZudinaFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Ieke de VriesFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Karin de WildFaculty of Humanities
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Kate BrackneyFaculty of Humanities
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Marika KeblusekFaculty of Humanities
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Irene HadiprayitnoFaculty of Humanities
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Hans FrankenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Martin SievertFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Jet LieskerFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Karlijn van HeijstFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Humanity core theme in certificate ceremony Leiden Leadership Programme
On 3 July, students of the Leiden Leadership Programme received their certificates in the Marekerk church in Leiden. During the festive closing ceremony, it became clear that humanity and leadership go hand in hand. ‘As a leader, you have to listen, observe and acknowledge problems.’
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Improved Financial Outlook Faculty of Humanities 2026–2030
In the short term, no reorganisation is foreseen within the Faculty of Humanities, nor are any compulsory redundancies expected. Nonetheless, structural changes remain necessary. This is evident from the faculty’s draft budget for 2026 and the accompanying financial multi-year outlook.
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Alexandra PrégentFaculty of Humanities
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Alies JansenFaculty of Humanities
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Dick van BroekhuizenFaculty of Humanities
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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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Leonor Alvarez FrancésFaculty of Humanities
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‘Humans are storytellers’: the power of stories in language development of children and AI models
What do ten-year-old children and chatbots have in common? PhD researcher Bram van Dijk studied language development in both children and AI language models. ‘It’s actually quite practical that we attribute human traits to a chatbot.’
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Titia LoenenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Niels van DoesumFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Tim EnweremFaculteit Governance and Global Affairs
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Lianne BaarsFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Kristof GombeerFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Sophie StarrenburgFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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This is how artificial and human intelligence work together to strengthen democracy
How should the municipality of Eindhoven organise the reception of asylum seekers? What is the best electoral system for the Dutch Parliament? Governments regularly ask citizens for their opinions. Computer scientist Michiel van der Meer has improved the method used for citizen assemblies. He will defend…
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approach to responsible collaboration following advice of Committee on Human Rights
Leiden University is announcing its approach for sensitive collaboration with external partners. This has been prompted by the ongoing, troubling situation in the Middle East and the recent advice from the Committee on Human Rights and Conflict Areas regarding current collaboration with Israeli part…
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Jan SleutelsFaculty of Humanities
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Angus MolFaculty of Humanities
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Olga LundyshevaFaculty of Humanities
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Hilde GunninkFaculty of Humanities
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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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Can humans observe a single particle of light? (And what does that say about our brain?)
Hoping to learn something about the human brain, Leiden researchers are creating a setup to shoot single photons, particles of light, into someone’s eye. ‘The eye is a passageway to the brain.’
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The solution to antibiotic resistance might be under our feet
Biologist Nataliia Machushynets felt like she was ‘looking for a needle in a haystack’, trying to find new antibiotics to help solve the problem of resistance. During her PhD research, she did find what she was looking for, in the soil beneath our feet.
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Nivja de JongFaculty of Humanities
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Ksenia FedorovaFaculty of Humanities
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Susana ValdezFaculty of Humanities
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Walter Nkwi GamFaculty of Humanities
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Eva BaudichauFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid