131 search results for “brain parasitic” in the Student website
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Alena GsellFaculty of Science
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Eveline Crone
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Oana Georgiana Rus-OswaldFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Eduard KlapwijkSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Fighting gliobastoma brain tumours with two grants
Few researchers see potential in research on glioblastoma, an incurable brain tumour. Alexander Kros brought together colleagues who are up to the challenge. European research funder ERC recently made 10.6 million euros available, a year earlier NWO provided 3 million euros. ‘In six years, we certainly…
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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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Arko GhoshFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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‘To truly understand the brain, we must understand the chemistry’
How do fats and enzymes in the brain contribute to multiple sclerosis? In his PhD research, Daan van der Vliet combined chemistry and neuroscience to gain new insights into how brain disorders develop.
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Elise KortinkFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Scouring the brain for causes of psychiatric illnesses
What happens in the brains of people with psychiatric illnesses? With a €23.23 million gravity grant, scientists from different fields will search for biological causes over the next decade. ‘By joining forces, we hope to improve diagnosis and treatment for patients with these diseases.’
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Lara WierengaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Volunteers needed for brain study in resilience research project
Why do some people with adverse childhood experiences develop mental health conditions whereas others do not? A Leiden research project is looking for volunteers aged between 18 and 24 to help us understand more about human resilience.
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€10.6 million for innovative toolboxes to tackle brain cancer
Researchers at the Universities of Amsterdam (Uva) and Leiden together with the Netherlands Cancer Institute and Oncode Institute have received a €10,6 million ERC Synergy Grant to develop innovative therapeutic approaches to target glioblastoma. This is a deadly primary brain tumour for which no curing…
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Linda van Leijenhorst
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Dominique van den HeuvelFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Hongchang ShanFaculty of Science
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Kiki Zanolie
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Dietsje JollesFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Stolen Focus: Our Brains Online - The Reading List
There is a reasonable chance that you came to this reading list through a social medium. Now it's our job to keep your attention. We are going to do our best. There are so many distractions; from notifications on your phone, to another screen near you, that may also be screaming for attention. Every…
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Berna GürogluFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Finally solved: how the body's own marijuana spreads through the brain
Since its discovery thirty years ago, it remained a mystery: how does the body’s own marijuana move between nerve cells in the brain? Mario van der Stelt and his research group have now uncovered the answer. This insight could aid the development of new treatments for pain and neurological disorders…
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Lina van DrunenFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Anne Hafkemeijer
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Michelle AchterbergFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Anna van DuijvenvoordeFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Serge RomboutsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Suzanne van de GroepFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Werken aan een effectiever malariavaccin
In het Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum wordt gewerkt aan de ontwikkeling van een nieuw malariavaccin dat effectiever is dan de huidige vaccins.
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Zachry KlopFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Spinoza and Stevin Prizes for three Leiden professors
Three Leiden professors have recently been awarded the most prestigious scientific accolade in the Netherlands: Maria Yazdanbakhsh and Marc Koper have been awarded a Spinoza Prize and Judi Mesman a Stevin Prize. They received their prizes on 13 October.
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Jorien van Hoorn
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Neeltje BlankensteinFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Jenny DoetjesFaculty of Humanities
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Lisa SchreudersFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Podcast on resilience gives a boost to worrying youths
What if you get excluded? Are apps against fear and stress effective? How do you keep your brain in shape? The first season of the new podcastseries ‘BreinGeheim’ is about the social contexts of adolescent development and how teens become resilient individuals. Leiden-based behavioural scientist sit…
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Maria YazdanbakhshFaculty of Medicine
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New interactive book helps motivate young people and tackle bullying
How do you deal with bullying? How can you motivate young people? At the NeurolabNL symposium a multidisciplinary research team launched an interactive book for teachers and youth workers. This digital book offers the latest insights and plenty of useful tips and advice. Children’s Ombudsman Margrite…
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Introductory course music software: create your own track
Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure
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Marieke BosFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Frank de Vos
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Guido BandFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Remarkable PhD research: diagnosing sepsis in premature babies
How can we diagnose the life-threatening condition sepsis in premature babies as quickly and accurately as possible? That is what PhD student Manchu Thangavelu from the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR) wants to figure out.
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All episodes of Breingeheim now available on Spotify
All five episodes of the first season of 'Breingeheim' are now available to listen on Spotify. The first season of the podcastseries is about the social contexts of adolescent development and how teens become resilient individuals. In every episode, a new Leiden-based behavioural scientist and an adolescent…
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Veni grants for 22 researchers from Leiden University
An impressive 22 research projects by Leiden researchers have been awarded Veni funding from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
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‘If you understand the risks, AI is an incredible tool’
Thomas Moerland studied medicine and mathematics in Leiden and has a lifelong fascination with the origins and workings of intelligence. He brought all that together in his popular science book Van IQ naar AI (From IQ to AI).
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Ellen de BruijnFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Studying ferritin: ‘we hope this will eventually give more insight into Alzheimer's’
Martina Huber, Jacqueline Labra Munoz research Alzheimer's disease. They study ferritine, iron storage in the brain. An inbalance of iron could play a role in this form of dementia.
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Jonathan Benichov
Faculty of Science
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Ili MaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sophia NautaFaculty of Humanities