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Prof. Wim Jiskoot (DDT) the most famous JPharmSci author
The Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences lists the top-ten most downloaded papers for papers published each quarter of the year. In the most recent listing for January - March 2012 issues, three papers from Prof. Wim Jiskoot, all of which were published in the March 2012 issue, were among the top-ten.
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Ewine van Dishoeck appointed Academy Professor
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (KNAW) has awarded an Academy Professorship to Ewine van Dishoeck, Professor of Molecular Astrophysics at Leiden University.
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Faculty closed on Monday 30 April; Queen’s Day
On April 30, we celebrate Koninginnedag ("Queen's Day"), a national holiday to commemorate the birthday of our Queen's mom. It is by far the most widely celebrated holiday in the Netherlands. Therefore the faculty is closed on Monday April 30.
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Black holes hinder development of galaxies
Galaxies grow because their gravity attracts fresh gas from outside. In order to understand this process astronomer, Freeke van de Voort took to the computer and simulated it. She discovered that black holes cause a significant decrease in the fresh gas that is swallowed.
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Peer into the zebrafish at Naturalis; learn more about humans
At the National Natural History Museum Naturalis in Leiden it is now possible to magnify the larva of a zebrafish up to 500,000 times. This small fish is a popular research subject because it teaches us about the processes of illness and health in humans.
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Leiden researchers abroad with a Rubicon subsidy
Four Leiden researchers will be gaining experience at prominent international research research institutes funded by a Rubicon subsidy from NWO. One international researcher will be coming to Leiden.
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Professor Jan Wijbrans brings Geology back to Leiden
The origin of life on earth. This is one of the questions that Jan Wijbrans, Extraordinary Professor of Geology, will be addressing in his new role. For the first time since the 1980s, Geology will again be taught in Leiden. Inaugural lecture: 19 March.
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In search of the frontier between sound and language
Comparison between babies and song-birds when they are learning a non-existent language—a study of this kind has never been tried before. But this is what Claartje Levelt, Carel ten Cate (Leiden University) and Jelle Zuidema (University of Amsterdam) are attempting.
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Rare astronomical discovery: an ancient metropolis in the distant universe
An international team of astronomers has found a substantial cluster of mature red galaxies in the early universe. The cluster is located 10.5 billion light-years from the earth, and is the most distant ever to be observed. This concentration of galaxies offers a glimpse of one of the most densely populated areas in the early universe. The results will shortly be published in Astrophysical Journal Letters.
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Snorkeling for study credits in ‘unique Honours Class’
A new Honours Class allows exceptional students to do research in Normandy into the origins of life. What is especially extraordinary is that the Honours Class is the product of a collaboration between the universities of Leiden, Utrecht and Amsterdam, and two museums. Dr Rinny Kooi of the Institute of Biology Leiden calls the class ‘unique’.
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