680 search results for “development disease” in the Student website
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Shelley van der Veek
Social & Behavioural Sciences
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Peter KopICLON
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Sarah Louise CarthyFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Reza Shaker ArdekaniSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Hanum AtikasariSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Fitri MurfiantiSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Evelien WalhoutFaculty of Humanities
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Claartje LeveltFaculty of Humanities
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Marja SpierenburgSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Akinyinka AkinyoadeAfrican Studies Centre
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Lenneke AlinkSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Emma EveraertSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Nikki MulderSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Rachel de JongSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Luyao HuangICLON
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Amer JaganjacICLON
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Tanja AhlinSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Gergana VasilevaICLON
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Lysanne PostICLON
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Henk-Jan GuchelaarFaculty of Science
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Jolein HoltzFaculty of Law
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Gijs DreijerFaculty of Humanities
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Felipe Colla De AmorimFaculty of Humanities
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Annelies van VarkFaculty of Law
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Robert OkelloFaculty of Law
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Els Goetschalckx
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Medical Delta Professor Eline Slagboom: ‘The delta region is where everything comes together’
Professor Eline Slagboom has been studying multiple generations of families for over 20 years. She collects data on why some people age healthily and others decline early.
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A better world begins with bringing together economic law, environmental law and human rights
Economic law, environmental law and human rights are important fields of law for sustainable development. But they do not interact sufficiently, which makes it difficult to implement sustainable development.
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Hermen OverkleeftFaculty of Science
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18 billion animals a year: they die, but never end up on our plate
Each year a staggering 18 billion chickens, turkeys, pigs, sheep, goats, and cows either die or are killed without making it onto someone's plate. Environmental scientists Juliane Klaura, Laura Scherer, and Gerard Breeman were the first to calculate this number on a global scale. 'Reducing these numbers…
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Manju went to Nepal during winter break: 'I would highly recommend going abroad'
Studying abroad and going on an exchange is a great way to broaden your horizons and explore new places, cultures, and fields of study. In addition to a full-semester exchange, there are many other possibilities such as a summer school or an internship. For example, LUC student Manju von Rospat went…
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Can extreme antisocial behaviour be traced back to the brain?
The brain structure of young people with conduct disorder differs significantly from that of their typically developing peers. This is the conclusion of an international study that analysed more than two thousand MRI scans, recently published in The Lancet Psychiatry. Dr Moji Aghajani, one of the principal…
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Building the best possible mini-liver (without making it too complex)
How do organs work in the body, and how can we create mini-organs to study diseases and test new medicines? That’s the idea behind organ-on-a-chip technology. During his PhD, Flavio Bonanini worked on developing the best possible mini-livers. ‘Make them as simple as possible, and as complex as neede…
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NWO-XS grants for two innovative research projects
Two Leiden Science researchers received an NWO-XS grant for their research. Both projects are highly promising, but also high-risk. Macrophages that trap bacteria and data storage made from 2D materials convinced the board of their potential.
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ASCL Seminar: Seeing Development Approaches and Narratives from the African Periphery, 1979-2023
Lecture
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From the Spanish flu to Trump's handling of the coronavirus crisis: 'Government intervention can have unexpected effects'
From the Spanish Flu during WWI to COVID-19: the role of the American government in these Pandemics. Professor Giles Scott-Smith, who together with Dario Fazzi and Gaetano Di Tommaso completed the book project Public Health and the American State, discusses a century of American responses to health…
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Designing the next generation of precision medicine
Lecture, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights
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Leiden University honours Lex van der Eb with University Medal
Leiden University has awarded its prestigious University Medal to Emeritus Professor Lex van der Eb. As a pioneer in genetics and molecular biology, he received this honour for his services to science and his key role in the development of the Leiden Bio Science Park (LBSP).
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The Power of Empathy in International Development Work: Beyond Policies and Numbers
Lecture
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Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grants
The Dutch Research Council (NWO) has awarded Vidi grants to Leiden researchers.
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International Women's Day: the visibility of women in archaeology
On 8 March, International Women’s Day, equal opportunities for women worldwide, empowerment, and gender equality take centre stage. For years, the role of women in the past has been nearly invisible. Four archaeologists reflect on this inequality of focus, from hunter-gatherers in the palaeolithic to…
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ceremony bachelor and master's programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation Ceremony
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ceremony master and master's programme Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Festival, Graduation Ceremony
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Three NWO Open Competition grants for Leiden scientists
Smart drug carriers, uneven cosmic expansion, and solar energy storage in molecules. These are the topics of three newly awarded NWO-XS grants to researchers at the Faculty of Science.
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Beyond Classifications and Segments: Recent developments in understanding the dialectal variation of tonal languages
Lecture
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The Processes of Dying of the Greeks from the Hellenistic Period to the Early Empire
Lecture, Ancient History Research Seminar
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PhD-Student Maia Casna receives two awards for osteoarchaeological research
PhD-student Maia has received multiple awards regarding her research on the impact of tobacco on the respiratory health of past Dutch populations.
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Tentoonstelling: Het onvertelde Caribische verhaal
Het zichtbaar maken van ongeschreven verhalen van inheemse culturen en volken van de Cariben. Dat doet de tentoonstelling ‘Caribbean Ties’ in de Oude UB.
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BrAInpower exhibition: tremendous and troubling uses of AI in our daily lives
Care robots, medical treatments, deepfakes and self-driving cars all with the aid of artificial intelligence (AI). The BrAInpower exhibition at Rijksmuseum Boerhaave shows spectacular applications of AI and explains how it can make such huge leaps. Bas Haring, Professor of Public Understanding of Science,…
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Five tips for The Night of Discoveries
Discover budding creators, artists and researchers at the Night of Discoveries art and knowledge festival. And many researchers from Leiden University are taking part.