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: May 2012 – Prof. Timothy Birkhead visited Leiden for the 2012 Niko Tinbergen lecture; Prof. Timothy Birkhead from the Department of Animal and Plant Sciences at the University of Sheffield, England visited Leiden and the IBL for the 2012 Niko Tinbergen lecture. During his lecture he spoke about the study of animal behaviour addressing paradigms and progress with historical perspectives, examples from his own work on mate choice and sexual selection in birds, and some viewpoints about the future.; Read more

: May 2012 - Former IBL-employee Gerrit de Leeuw Knighted; Former IBL-employee Gerrit de Leeuw received the honor of becoming a “Knight” in the Order of Orange-Nassau (Ridder in de Orde van Oranje Nassau) for his life-time achievements as an employee and volunteer.; Read more

: March 2012 - IBL scientific director Carel ten Cate received an Open Competition NWO Grant; IBL-scientific director Carel ten Cate received an Open Competition NWO Grant in the Humanites to study the evolution of language by comparing birds with humans together with main applicant Claartje Levelt (LUCL – LIBC) and Jelle Zuidema (ILLC, UVA).; Read more