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Wild plants through the lens of a biologist
What started with an old Soviet camera and a darkroom in London grew into a lifelong passion. Developmental biologist Michael Richardson has been capturing nature - from wild coastal plants to microscopic details in the lab - since his childhood.
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Join us at 3 October University and the Weekend of Science
Are you curious about how the human skeleton works? Discover this and more on 3 October in Leiden and on 4 October in The Hague.
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Assessors: for 25 years an essential link between students and the university
For 25 years now, each faculty has had an assessor, a student representing the interests of all the faculty’s students. Yet few students are aware of this.
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Leiden University is travelling to the past and the future for its 450th birthday
Leiden University is celebrating its 450th anniversary in 2025 with a feast for the eyes, ears and spirit. The anniversary year opens with an extra special Dies Natalis on 7 February. Highlights includes an alumni festival, three exhibitions and a canal concert.
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discovery to business: 'In the lab, we often don't realise that we are working to help an immense number of patients'
'It gave our team a big boost to hear that our work was valuable,' says medical chemist Elmer Maurits about the moment they won the Venture Challenge. With their company Iprotics, they want to develop a drug that can better treat patients with autoimmune diseases and blood cancers. 25,000 euros of prize…
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Pepita HesselberthFaculty of Humanities
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Miko FlohrFaculty of Humanities
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Janna Marie Bas-HoogendamFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Lettie DorstFaculty of Humanities
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Jan van RijnFaculty of Science
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And the winner is… Results of the annual physics image competition
Salt crystals, a nano-sized golf stick and molten glass. The LION Image Award competition of 2023 yielded a lot of beautiful images once again. But in the end, only one can be the winner.
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Support the Ukrainian and Russian students in Leiden and The Hague
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has also had dramatic consequences for Ukrainian students at Leiden University. Besides their intense concern about the fate of family and friends, they also face major financial problems. This also applies to Russian students who can no longer access their bank accounts.…
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Leiden University Student Platform (LUS)
The Leiden University Student Platform (LUS) is a student-led ‘think-tank’. It consists of eight members: one representative from each of the seven faculties plus one chair.
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Carolien StolteFaculty of Humanities
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Kate BellamyFaculty of Humanities
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Maria Gabriela Palacio LudeñaFaculty of Humanities
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Susanna de BeerFaculty of Humanities
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Frans de HaasFaculty of Humanities
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Victor KlinkenbergFaculty of Archaeology
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Ritanjan DasFaculty of Humanities
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Karolina PomorskaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Bruno VerbeekFaculty of Humanities
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Nina EggensFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Nina van CapelleveenFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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James McAllisterFaculty of Humanities
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Bernard SteunenbergFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Joost BeltmanFaculty of Science
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Matthew BroadFaculty of Humanities
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Jelle BruningFaculty of Humanities
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Maarten KossmannFaculty of Humanities
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Thomas FossenFaculty of Humanities
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Boya LiFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Thomas HankemeierFaculty of Science
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Annemarie MeijerFaculty of Science
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Han de WindeFaculty of Science
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Alexander van OudenhovenFaculty of Science
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Eleftheria MakriFaculty of Science
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Peter van BodegomFaculty of Science
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Jan van DijkhuizenFaculty of Humanities
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Hao WangFaculty of Science
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CareerCollege Working in Research
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Academics start campaign against government cuts
Academics from Leiden University have started a campaign against cuts at universities.
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Working in culture and arts
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Career College: Working in Education
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Career College: Working in Research
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Career College: Working in Research
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Webinar Working as a consultant
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Jasper's day
Jasper Knoester is the dean of the Faculty of Science. How is he doing, what exactly does he do and what does his day look like? In each newsletter, Jasper gives an insight into his life.
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A guide to the academic archive
When you think of a library, you probably picture books – or students quietly studying. But for subject librarian Rutger de Jong, most of the work happens online. ‘We never throw anything away. Everything produced here in the name of science should remain findable.’
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Electric car batteries can help drive the clean electricity transition
As early as 2030, batteries in electric vehicles could fully meet the need for short-term electricity storage around the world. By connecting them to the power grid they can provide their stored energy, improving energy security and enabling renewable technologies in cleaning the grid.