1,049 search results for “states cell biology” in the Staff website
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Clare FenwickFaculty of Law
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technique uncovers disease-related changes in tiny droplets within our cells
Understanding the behaviour of tiny droplets in our cells could aid the search for new treatments. A team of Leiden researchers has developed a groundbreaking method to study how these droplets transition from liquid to solid. This change plays a role in various diseases, including neurodegenerative…
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Han van KonijnenburgFaculty of Science
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Niels van der WindtFaculty of Science
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Ramesh Premaratne GanoharitiFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Jan-peter LoofFaculty of Law
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Meredith SprengelSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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John Sunday OjoFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Manuel Cabal LopezSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Jitske van WelsenFaculty of Science
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Two new Directors of Education at the Institute of Biology Leiden
From 1 October, two new Directors of Education will start at the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL). Dennis Claessen as the new director for the master's programme of Biology and Marcel Schaaf as director for the Biology bachelor's programme. Claessen and Schaaf have been appointed for a period of four…
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ten Cate awarded honorary membership Dutch Society for Behavioural Biology
Professor emeritus of Animal Behaviour Carel ten Cate is awarded honorary membership by the Dutch Society for Behavioural Biology (NVG). He received the honour for his activities for the Society and the discipline of behavioural biology.
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Biology student Martijn Verkuilen wins Unilever Research Prize
Martijn Verkuilen is the winner of the Unilever Research Prize 2022. By transferring DNA from a plant into yeast, he made the first move to produce a new drug for type 2 diabetes. He collected his prize in Wageningen on 24 November.
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video on Leiden student city feature Archaeology student Azra and Biology student Floris
In Leiden University's video series on Leiden and The Hague as student cities, students interview each other at their favorite spots. In the fifth video of this series, archaeology student Azra spoke with Biology student Floris in Naturalis Biodiversity Center.
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Ortiz – Winner of the 2019 - 2020 KNCV Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology thesis prize
Natalia Ortiz (Division of Drug Discovery and Safety) has been awarded the 2019-2020 PhD-thesis prize by the Division of Medicinal Chemistry & Chemical Biology, from the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society (KNCV-MCCB). The KNCV-MCCB thesis prize is a biannual award which is granted to the best PhD thesis…
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of the violence paradigm and what it means to law and the nation-state
PhD defence
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Karline JanmaatSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Leiden students build smart antibodies with protein 'Velcro'
Nine students dove into a challenging iGEM project this summer. With their idea, they aim to make antibodies more efficient - and in the meantime learn at least as much about collaboration, creativity and their own future.
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Michael RichardsonFaculty of Science
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Dario FazziFaculty of Humanities
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Paul van TrigtFaculty of Humanities
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Bart Kramer
Faculty of Science
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Sander van Kasteren: from molecule builder to Professor of Chemical Immunology
Sander van Kasteren only noticed some small, subtle changes since he was appointed professor on 1 May. Still, he has to get used to the idea, even though he had been working towards the professorship for a few years. ‘I don't quite see myself as a professor yet.'
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Elena EgorovaFaculty of Science
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Serge RomboutsSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Michiel van ElkSocial & Behavioural Sciences
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Huub de GrootFaculty of Science
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Christian HendersonFaculty of Humanities
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Sandra IrmischFaculty of Science
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Anthe JanssenFaculty of Science
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Meindert LamersFaculty of Science
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'I have always worked for a better world. Here at Biology we do the same'
The new institute manager of the IBL studied biology for six months, but went in a completely different direction: development cooperation and the financial sector. Three decades later, Resi Janssen is making a radical career switch. Or isn’t she? 'In ten years’ time I want IBL to be in a new, sustainable…
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Jennifer SchenseFaculty of Law
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Frits van der MeerFaculty of Governance and Global Affairs
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Sylvia Le DévédecFaculty of Science
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Living and Dying with the State
The state, and specifically the idea of nationality, is almost all-determining in social life in the Netherlands. It determines how people identify, how we interact with each other, and what (in)equality in society looks like. However, ultimately, the idea that we can divide people into different nationalities…
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Tycho van der HoogAfrican Studies Centre
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Animal-friendly and effective: Leiden students develop nanobodies using yeast
Yeast, alpacas, and antibodies. They may seem unrelated, but within the project of the Leiden iGEM students, they come together perfectly. For the international synthetic biology competition iGEM, the team is working on an innovative method to produce nanobodies—a special form of antibodies—using brewer’s…
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Elsje BurgersFaculty of Science
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Jiahang SuFaculty of Science
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Filippo di TillioFaculty of Science
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Sugar chemistry – Wouter Remmerswaal’s unrelenting pursuit of understanding
The dark matter of biology: clumps of sugar molecules that, for example, form sugary webs around pathogens. We know very little about them. Wouter Remmerswaal threw all his talent into the challenge – both in the lab and as a modeller – and succeeded. He received his PhD on 12th September.
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This is what you want to know about the new directors of education Biology as a student
From 1 October onwards, Dennis Claessen and Marcel Schaaf will be the new directors of education of Biology. They will replace Han de Winde. Schaaf will be responsible for the bachelor, while Claessen will mainly focus on the master tracks of Biology. We gave students and the education office the change…
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Merijn de BakkerFaculty of Science
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Paul KesslerFaculty of Science
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Esther van der EntFaculty of Science
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‘Immigration doesn’t threaten welfare states’
It is often thought that immigration threatens the solidarity on which redistribution relies. But looking at the post-war period, PhD candidate Emily Anne Wolff finds that this is not the case.
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Roeland MerksFaculty of Science
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Berend GagesteinFaculty of Science
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Roderick BoumanFaculty of Science