117 search results for “fight” in the Staff website
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Developing new therapies to fight muscle disease
Biophysicist Alireza Mashaghi and his collaborators are taking up the fight against muscular dystrophy: genetic disorders that cause muscle weakness. They want to inhibit the clumping of proteins that results in toxic aggregates. For this, the team receives 550,000 euros from Health Holland. The team…
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How a local shaman can help fight climate change
Who knows more about environmental governance: a professor of natural resource governance or a local shaman in the remote uplands of Myanmar?
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Pride is a celebration, but also a fight for visibility
‘Be yourself. Be as gay, queer, trans as you can and show the world you exist.’ These rousing words from Looi van Kessel marked the start of the third Pride Leiden for the university boat, with the theme: ‘450 years of being yourself’.
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700,000 euros for the fight against aggressive breast cancer
To inhibit proteins that contribute to the growth of aggressive cancer cells, that’s the plan of Professor Bob van de Water and his team. They will receive over 700,000 euros from the KWF Dutch Cancer Society for their research. Researcher Maaike Vreeswijk and pathologist Danielle Cohen are affiliated…
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Executive Board President Annetje Ottow on fighting racism: ‘It’s the responsibility of all of us’
‘We may have taken steps together, but there is still much to do in the fight against racism and discrimination’, says Annetje Ottow, President of Leiden University’s Executive Board. ‘We have to be aware of this and continue to focus on this difficult, uncomfortable and often confronting topic.’
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Interdisciplinary minor ’Violence Studies’: ‘It felt like we were going to fight a group of people’
The interdisciplinary, English-taught minor ‘Violence Studies’ looks at violence from very diverse scientific perspectives. What are the benefits from this approach? Students and lecturers evaluate: ‘This minor’s a goldmine’.
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Timo Kos on the cuts and elections: ‘We’re fighting for the future of our university’
The university may seem a bit subdued in the run-up to the Dutch elections on 29 October. The media has barely mentioned education as an election issue, but behind the scenes the university is lobbying hard, says acting President of the Executive Board, Timo Kos. ‘We’re fighting for the future of our…
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Franciscus ClaasFaculty of Medicine
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Sjaak NeefjesFaculty of Medicine
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In-house Emergency Service (BHV)
Leiden University has an extensive in-house emergency service (Bedrijfshulpverlening, BHV). An emergency response officer is an employee who has followed a training programme allowing him or her to assist others in case of minor incidents. Do you want to become an emergency response officer yourself?…
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Paul ParrenFaculty of Medicine
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Frits KoningFaculty of Medicine
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Thomas OttenhoffFaculty of Medicine
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Pancras HogendoornFaculty of Humanities
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Erwin MullerExecutive Board
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Annette van der Helm-van MilFaculty of Medicine
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Reinaldus ToesFaculty of Medicine
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Mark de BoerFaculty of Medicine
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Bart RoepFaculty of Medicine
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Jan-Peter LoofFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Maarten VermeerFaculty of Medicine
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James HardwickFaculty of Medicine
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Thomas HuizingaFaculty of Medicine
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How Leiden University is taking action against cancer
One in two people will be diagnosed with cancer. World Cancer Day on 4 February raises awareness of the impact of this devastating disease. Leiden University is conducting various studies aimed at preventing and controlling cancer. Below are just a few examples.
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In memoriam Robert-Jan van Ette
Organisation
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Joanne van der LeunFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Martine JagerFaculty of Medicine
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Sjoerd van der BurgFaculty of Medicine
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Jelle van BuurenFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Ed KuijperFaculty of Medicine
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Martin TaphoornFaculty of Medicine
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Judith BovéeFaculty of Medicine
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Marcel TijstermanFaculty of Medicine
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Christi van AsperenFaculty of Medicine
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Adriaan LankesterFaculty of Medicine
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Carien CreutzbergFaculty of Medicine
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Lioe-Fee de Geus-OeiFaculty of Medicine
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Jeanine de Roy van ZuijdewijnFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Ruth PrinsFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Rob TollenaarFaculty of Medicine
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Peter DevileeFaculty of Medicine
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Maria YazdanbakhshFaculty of Medicine
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Ferry OssendorpFaculty of Medicine
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Liesbeth van der HeideFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Live blog: Alternative demonstrations in Leiden and The Hague against government cuts
Alternative demonstrations were held in Leiden and The Hague on Thursday 14 November after the national protest in Utrecht was cancelled. Leiden University supports these protests, which were organised by WOinActie. Read our live blog of the demonstrations.
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Mario van der SteltFaculty of Science
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Hermen OverkleeftFaculty of Science
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Exhibition on Anton de Kom’s second life, which began in Leiden
Few people would associate the name Anton de Kom with Leiden. Yet the Surinamese freedom fighter is the subject of an exhibition at Museum De Lakenhal.
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Leiden academics nominated for Person of the Year
Leiden academics Remco Breuker and Auke-Florian Hiemstra stand to win the title of Person of the Year.
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BEAT-COVID team discovers sugar-coated antibodies that predict disease progression
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from 15 departments at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) realised they could do more for patients if they joined forces. This is how the BEAT-COVID group has been able to rapidly gain knowledge about COVID-19, the role of the immune system and…