234 search results for “biological come” in the Student website
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How cells work together: the mathematics behind biological shapes
How do biological cells join forces to form a structure? In her PhD research, Daphne Nesenberend uses mathematics to show how forces and cooperation between cells create structure – and how simulations and experiments can reinforce each other.
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August MartinFaculty of Humanities
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Niki AntypaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Michel OrritFaculty 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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Larissa Mendoza StraffonFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Biological Origami at molecular level: folding a single protein
Human cells are protecting their proteins from unfolding and aggregating. That's what biophysicist Alireza Mashaghi and his team discovered after seven years of in-depth research into the folding mechanisms of proteins. With an unprecedented approach, the team was able to study the folding of a single…
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Dani CrowleyFaculty of Science
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Come and visit us!
As a university, we offer you the best education you can get. Professors, tutors and lecturers are ready to teach and guide you. But we do more than that. Of course, studying is your own responsibility, but we are happy to help if you need support. You decide what and when; online or on campus. These…
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Christian TudoracheFaculty of Science
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European grants for research on ultrathin membranes and the biological clock in bacteria
Two research groups involving Leiden University have been awarded a major European grant, the ERC Synergy Grant. This for research on the development of membranes that can clean water and purify medical drugs and research on the biological clock in certain bacteria.
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Spread the Wor(l)d – where international experiences come to life
The Spread the Wor(l)d event during the Study Abroad Fair is the place where international experiences truly come alive. Not only will you discover everything about studying abroad, you’ll also get the chance to connect with the vibrant international community of Leiden University.
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Oana Georgiana Rus-OswaldFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Robert VerpoorteFaculty of Science
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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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Una Europa Staff Week 2026: come together as staff and students to transform how we learn and work
Education, Research
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Breakthrough artificial photosynthesis comes closer
Imagine we could do what green plants can do: photosynthesis. Then we could satisfy our enormous energy needs with deep-green hydrogen and climate-neutral biodiesel. Scientists have been working on this for decades. Chemist Chengyu Liu will receive his doctorate on 8 June for yet another step that brings…
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Next quantum computer comes to the Netherlands
Europe's latest quantum computer is set to arrive in the Netherlands. The Dutch IT cooperative, SURF, which supports education and research institutions, has secured funding from the European EuroHPC programme to make this possible. Researchers from Leiden University will play a key role in the project,…
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Priyanshi KalraFaculty of Science
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Samadarshi MaityFaculty of Science
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Stefan SemrauFaculty of Science
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Huib Blok
Faculty of Science
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Mazene Hochane
Faculty of Science
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Luca GiomiFaculty of Science
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Max Huisman
Faculty of Science
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Lionel NdambaFaculty of Science
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Rachel DohertyFaculty of Science
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Solenn RiedelFaculty of Science
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Esmée AdegeestFaculty of Science
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Jacco TonFaculty of Science
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Serge LemayFaculty of Science
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Mengshi WeiFaculty of Science
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Thomas SchmidtFaculty of Science
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Stefan RomeijnFaculty of Science
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Julio MelioFaculty of Science
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Louise JawerthFaculty of Science
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Global Governance Journal comes to Leiden
A team of researchers based at Leiden has taken over the editorship of the journal Global Governance: A Review of Multilateralism and International Organizations. For the first time, the journal will now be based outside the United States. The new Editor-in-Chief, Associate Professor Alanna O'Malley…
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History of crime comes to life
For many people, five o’clock signals the end of their working day. But not for the motivated students of the Honours College Law. With some drinks and snacks, they keep going well into the evening. This time, they met for the festive conclusion of a course which brought the history of Dutch crime to…
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Wish Come True
As part of a wish fulfilment from Make-A-Wish, Leiden University recently welcomed a very special guest. Together with her best friend, Yuliia participated in a practical session on February 24th, where they studied the brain of a calf.
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Russian writer Maxim Osipov coming to Leiden University
Russian writer and cardiologist Maxim Osipov will come to the Netherlands for a year to teach in Leiden about Russian literature, his own work and the political situation in Russian.
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How do our language rules come about?
Many of the language rules we use today were formulated in the 17th and 18th centuries. In a dual track at the universities of Leiden and Brussels, PhD candidate Eline Lismont investigated why some rules became successful while other rules were quickly forgotten.
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NIAS grant for Robert Stein: Where do receipts come from?
Nowadays they can cause the fall of ministers, but once upon a time receipts were a new phenomenon. Associate Professor Robert Stein is to receive a grant from NIAS to map their origins.
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Donny de Bruin
Faculty of Science
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Tuo Maidina
Faculty of Science
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John van NoortFaculty of Science
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Silvana Caipa CureFaculty of Science
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Yvonne Kerkhof
Faculty of Science
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Jingjing Wang
Faculty of Science
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Wim van SaarloosFaculty of Science