229 search results for “meaning plant” in the Student website
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Tressia ChikodzaFaculty of Science
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Ellen CieraadFaculty of Science
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Wei Ping YoungFaculty of Archaeology
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Unique ‘penis plant’ flowers at Hortus
Amorphophallus decus-silvae, or the ‘penis plant’ as it is known, has just flowered at the Hortus botanicus. It flowered for two days, and then the pollen, which the male flowers produced was collected. As far as the plant experts at the Hortus can tell, this was just the third time that this species…
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Barbara GravendeelFaculty of Science
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Kiki SpaninksFaculty of Science
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Kevin BretscherFaculty of Science
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Marieke ElfferichFaculty of Science
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Peng SunFaculty of Science
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Peiyan QinFaculty of Science
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Plants and planets
The Plants & Planets exhibition brings two worlds together in a dazzling mix of science, nature and art. It opens at Old Observatory Leiden and Hortus botanicus on 7 February.
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Martijn BezemerFaculty of Science
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Jeanine de Roy van ZuijdewijnFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Jiaxin ZhangFaculty of Science
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SofiaFaculty of Science
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Sticky insects: plants protected with biological glue
Drained leaves and plants stripped bare. Insects can completely destroy crops. Soon, these situations may be behind us, with the new pesticide developed by Leiden and Wageningen researchers. With their plant-based ‘insect glue’, insects are incapacitated.
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Farzad AslaniFaculty of Science
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Han van Konijnenburg
Faculty of Science
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Isabel Siles AsaffFaculty of Science
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Pascal NuijtenFaculty of Science
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Frederic LensFaculty of Science
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Xinya PanFaculty of Science
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Oude UB exhibition shows the beauty of ‘pavement plants’
For a few years now, Leiden’s Hortus botanicus has been mounting a campaign to cherish wild plants in the city – for the biodiversity and beauty of this spontaneous vegetation. Botanical artists reveal this beauty in an exhibition at Oude UB in Leiden.
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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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Plant stress increases: New research with bacteria offers hope
Soil that is too wet, or too dry. Or with a lot or few nutrients. Due to climate change, the differences are becoming bigger, and plants must increasingly be able to adapt to survive. How do you make plants more stress-resistant? For this purpose, researchers from Leiden, along with other universities,…
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Discover plant-based food at the university during Meat- and Dairy-Free Week
Facility
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Emily StrangeFaculty of Science
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Sandra IrmischFaculty of Science
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Grant opens door to decipher the secret sensory world of plants
Plants not only sense when they are touched, but they can also adapt to it. For example, by strengthening or defending themselves. But how do plants do this? The Green TE (Green Tissue Engineering) consortium has been granted a Gravitation grant of almost 23 million euros to investigate exactly this…
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Jitske van WelsenFaculty of Science
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Plant-based party on campus: discover and enjoy during Meat and Dairy-Free Week
Facility, Organisation
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Paul KesslerFaculty of Science
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What rare plants and animals can you find on campus? Join in the BioBlitz
Do you also love a city where nature can bloom, crawl and flutter freely and exuberantly? And do you fancy a challenge out in the fresh air? If so, grab your mobile and take part in the BioBlitz 'Higher Education is Flourishing' from 22 May.
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Salma BalazadehFaculty of Science
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Nienke BeetsFaculty of Science
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Roderick BoumanFaculty of Science
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Pingtao DingFaculty of Science
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Plant cuttings fair
Arts and culture, Stekjesmarkt
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Plant cuttings fair
Arts and culture, Stekjesmarkt
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This is the library you did not know you had been looking for
2,240 plant extracts from 1,299 different plant species of Dutch origin. That’s the collection of the Dutch Extract Library, which has recently been transferred to the Institute of Biology Leiden. To plant biologist and contact person for this library Pingtao Ding this is a true treasury. ‘To bring…
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Chao DuFaculty of Science
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Kees Libbenga
Faculty of Science
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Bert van DuijnFaculty of Science
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Peter van BodegomFaculty of Science
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Open science means better science
Leiden University has an active open science community. Open science means transparency in all phases of research by precisely documenting every step of the way and making this publicly available. ‘It’s time to be open,’ say psychologists Anna van ’t Veer and Zsuzsika Sjoerds. There is increasing awareness…
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Freedom: what does it mean?
On 5 May we celebrate freedom, a basic human right that should not be taken for granted. We asked international students and staff what it means to them.
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Plants & Pencils – Botanical drawing workshop
Arts and culture
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Altay Temel
Faculty of Science
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Plant cuttings fair at the Hortus
Arts and culture, Stekjesmarkt