381 search results for “development disease” in the Student website
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Status update in the evolutionary race between humans and resistant bacteria: two steps forward for us
A patent for what may be a potent, new antibiotic. And: a clear overview of promising approaches to overcome a crucial resistance tactic employed by bacteria. In the span of one week, two researchers from Leiden are receiving their PhDs, each of them on an important step in the battle against bacteria…
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50 jaar MRI: Hoe het LUMC dit betaalbaar maakt
50 years ago Lauterbur published the basic principle of MRI. Sine then MRI has become more expensive. Professor Andrew Webb describes what is needed to make MRI available for everybody.
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‘The COVID-19 crisis just goes to show how things can go wrong’
Ijeoma Uchegbu is Professor of Pharmacy at University College London (UCL). As a female scientist of colour, she was initially reluctant to play an active role in the university’s diversity policy. Until, that is, she had a radical change of heart: ‘I knew it; I had to become an evangelist.'
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Grégory SchneiderFaculty of Science
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Isaac ScarboroughFaculty of Humanities
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Eric StormFaculty of Humanities
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Annelieke HagenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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André GerritsFaculty of Humanities
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Nadira SaabICLON
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Lucien van BeekFaculty of Humanities
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Andrea EversSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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How Oncode-PACT is bringing new cancer medicines closer with 325 million in Growth Fund money
How can you ensure that more experimental drugs reach the finish line? At the moment, only one in twenty cancer drugs that are tested on humans makes it to the market. This is an enormous loss for patients and society. With a grant from the National Growth Fund, Oncode-PACT aims to efficiently select…
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Una Europa webinar: One Health aspects of human companion-animal bond
webinar
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COVID Radar is a good predictor of increasing infections
The COVID Radar app is citizen science at its best. More than 200,000 users in the Netherlands are answering questions about their health and behaviour to help predict the development of the pandemic. Niels Chavannes, Professor of General Practice at Leiden University Medical Center, explains how the…
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Leiden University celebrates curiosity at 449th Dies Natalis
How has evolution shaped our curiosity? And how does that curiosity ensure that we now have the technological ability to discover whether we are alone in the universe? This was all covered during the celebration of Leiden University’s 449th Dies Natalis.
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To do a PhD or not to do a PhD? Speed date about it with alumni!
Career and apply for jobs
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Opening of the Academic Year: ‘Take care of each other’
After a turbulent Covid year, the well-being of our students and staff has the highest priority. How can we prevent physical and mental health problems? This was the key question at the Opening of the Academic Year in Pieterskerk in Leiden on 6 September.
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Leiden University celebrates Dies Natalis: ‘Ahead of the times for 450 years’
An extra-long cortège, three honorary doctorates, a quiz about 450 years of university history, a Dies Natalis rap and a call to defend academic freedom: these all featured in Leiden University’s 450th Dies Natalis celebration and the official start of its jubilee year.
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Marcel SchaafFaculty of Science
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Philip SpinhovenSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Ariane BriegelFaculty of Science
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Willem van der DoesSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Victoria NystFaculty of Humanities
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Hans de VriesFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Hans MolFaculty of Humanities
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Marco CinelliFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Bernet ElzingaSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Roeland van der RijstICLON
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Innovating and connecting
447th Dies Natalis
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Governance and Democracy in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects
Lecture, Studium Generale
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Young Hae ChoiFaculty of Science