491 search results for “mathematics biology” in the Staff website
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David Mattias VersluisFaculty of Science
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Léo DucasFaculty of Science
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Dimitris Gerontogiannis
Faculty of Science
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Yajnaseni DuttaFaculty of Science
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Elie Studnia
Faculty of Science
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Federica Pasquotto
Faculty of Science
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Francesca AriciFaculty of Science
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Maarten Hoeneveld
Faculty of Science
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Marton HablicsekFaculty of Science
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An atrium full of pies and tasters for Pi Day
The students and staff at the Faculty of Science celebrated Pi Day with… pie! More than twenty participants baked a pie for the first edition of the Leiden Science baking competition – people queued up to sample the creations.
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How ‘sleeping’ microorganisms can determine the fate of a population
Microorganisms that temporarily ‘go to sleep’ play an important role in the evolution and survival of a population. Mathematician Shubhamoy Nandan conducted research on the effect of this characteristic called ‘dormancy’ in a novel mathematical model.
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Paul KesslerFaculty of Science
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Pingtao DingFaculty of Science
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Tom van der WelFaculty of Science
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Michael Yonli
Faculty of Science
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Several Leiden Science students excel and win KHMW Young Talent awards
A true shower of awards for students from the Faculty of Science during the annual KHMW Young Talent Awards ceremony. On Monday, 25 November, no less than nine first-year students received a prize for the best academic results in their first year. In addition, there were graduation prizes for master’s…
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‘A good teacher always has multiple ways to explain the same concept’
Assistant professor Joost Willemse firmly believes that as a teacher, you’re never done learning. ‘Students ask questions about things you’ve never thought of yourself. Ultimately, that makes you better at your job.’ That’s why he always encourages his students to ask questions. And it’s appreciated:…
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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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Ekaterina Kosarevskaia
Faculty of Science
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Daphne NesenberendFaculty of Science
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David KokFaculty of Science
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Dean WardellFaculty of Science
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Tristan Wiegers
Faculty of Science
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Sanskar Agrawal
Faculty of Science
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Jialing YuFaculty of Science
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Paolo Bordignon
Faculty of Science
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Niels KolenbranderFaculty of Science
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Jorre The
Faculty of Science
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Alex Braat
Faculty of Science
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Abed Razawy
Faculty of Science
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Camiel Koopmans
Faculty of Science
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James Harpur
Faculty of Science
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Stef Nomden
Faculty of Science
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Mathematical Instruments and their Use: Circulation of Knowledge and Imperial Appropriation in Early and Mid-Qing China
Lecture, China Seminar
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Ariane BriegelFaculty of Science
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Eveline de BoerICLON
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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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‘To truly understand the brain, we must understand the chemistry’
How do fats and enzymes in the brain contribute to multiple sclerosis? In his PhD research, Daan van der Vliet combined chemistry and neuroscience to gain new insights into how brain disorders develop.
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Chao DuFaculty of Science
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Simulation of infant gut makes predictions about optimal milk
David Versluis successfully simulated an infant gut virtually. This is crucial for research on improvements in formula milk. Currently, such research primarily relies on diaper contents, which is not optimal. Versluis defended his doctoral thesis on April 23.
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Noise at sea: research on how wind farms affect fish
PhD candidate Fien Demuynck researched how wind farms affect fish and how to minimise any negative impact.
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Research project into environmental tipping points receives €10 million
Arjen Doelman (Leiden University), Max Rietkerk (Utrecht University), Ehud Meron (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) and Isla Myers-Smith (University of Edinburgh) received an ERC Synergy grant of 10 million euros with their RESILIENCE project. The researchers will investigate whether and how tipping…
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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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300 million euros for new international stem cell consortium
The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), the Danstem Institute from the University of Copenhagen and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute in Melbourne have received 300m euros from the Novo Nordisk foundation. The aim of this new international consortium is to bring stem-cell based therapies…
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Tommaso Lamma
Faculty of Science
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Daan ZunnenbergFaculty of Science
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Rens Blaauwendraad
Faculty of Science
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Charlotte DombrowskyFaculty of Science
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Jolien KamphuisFaculty of Science