Marcellus Ubbink studies the relation between evolution, structure, dynamics and function of enzymes, with a particular interest in beta-lactamases. He uses a range of biophysical techniques for this purpose.

Jiahui started as a PhD researcher at the Industrial Ecology department of CML in November.

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…

I am interested in system-biology study of Streptomyces development. The developmental process of multicellular bacteria contains a high level of complexity, and it is related to various bio-activities. My study focuses on three aspects of this process, morphological differentiation, antibiotic production,…

The PhD project of Anna Roseboom falls within the framework of the ERC Advanced project COMMUNITY. The overall aim of this project is to unravel the regulatory networks that control natural product biosynthesis in Actinobacteria.

The climate crisis, the return of TB and the digitisation of cultural heritage. The Netherlands and Indonesia face many of the same challenges. A visit by a delegation from Leiden University to Indonesia at the end of June highlighted the benefits of cooperation.

Without academic freedom, we might not have antibiotics, nor a deep understanding of human behaviour. Literary criticism, climate models, and ecological restoration would be severely limited; just like ethical reflection on artificial intelligence, justice, trauma, parenting, faith and hope. All these…