http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/ibl en ralf.boland@gmail.com Copyright 2013 2013-03-25T15:34:04+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/ibl/newsitem/march_2013_more_than_100x_antibiotics_in_the_classroom/ More than 100 teaching packages of our outreach project Antibiotica Gezocht! (Wanted: Antibiotics!), from the Molecular Biotechnology group, have found their way to Dutch and also some Belgian schools. Some 65 secondary schools have ordered one or more practical packages since last September. 2013-03-25T14:34:04+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/ibl/newsitem/march_2013_zebrafish_models_for_human_immune_diseases/ In two recent papers, published in Disease Models and Mechanisms and in The Journal of Immunology, IBL researchers report on new zebrafish models for studying human infectious diseases and immune disorders. 2013-03-20T10:15:14+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/ibl/newsitem/february_2013_in_memoriam_dr._frans_witte/ On the 12th of February, our colleague Frans Witte died suddenly after a long battle against the cancer that had troubled him for many years. Frans had been a staff member of Leiden Biology since 1977. 2013-02-14T10:09:51+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/ibl/newsitem/january_2013_strategy_meeting_ibl/ IBL scientific staff members came together in Noordwijkerhout to talk about the strengths and structure of the institute, research strategies and teaching plans for the coming years. 2013-01-29T18:19:54+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/ibl/newsitem/january_2013_wouter_halfwerk_received_prize_for_the_best_thesis_of_the_scie/ Wouter received the C.J. Kok prize for his study on: ‘Tango to traffic, a field study into consequences of noisy urban conditions for acoustic courtship interactions in birds’. 2013-01-21T19:34:46+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/ibl/newsitem/december_2012_molecular_biotechnology_moves_to_the_sylvius_laboratories/ The research group Molecular Biotechnology (MBT) has moved in the second week of December to the fourth floor of the Sylvius laboratories. Through the move of the group of Professor Gilles van Wezel the Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology groups of Leiden University will be united in a unilocation, which will strongly enhance interaction and facilities. 2012-12-19T15:14:13+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/ibl/newsitem/december_2012_journal_about_dune_research_hollands_duinen_celebrates_its_40/ The journal Holland’s Duinen (in Dutch) started as a cooperation between Leiden University and the water company (Dunea) that manages the dunes north and south of The Hague. Fourty years ago the first issue of Meijendel Mededelingen saw the light. 2012-12-11T14:23:09+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/ibl/newsitem/november_2012_ibl_student_annebelle_kok_won_the_2012_lisf_award/ The LISF award is a prize for the best MSc-report on a project abroad funded by the Leiden University Fund (LUF). Annebelle Kok reported about her fieldwork in Malaysian Borneo and the results of her study on growth and development in Opisthostoma snails at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center. 2012-11-19T11:48:16+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/ibl/newsitem/november_2012_ibl_symposium_healthy_lives_in_a_changing_world/ This years annual IBL-symposium will be on the 15th of November and the theme is: “Healthy Lives in a Changing World”. 2012-11-06T13:26:04+00:00 http://science.leidenuniv.nl/index.php/ibl/newsitem/november_2012_fish_for_pharma_launches_new_website/ The Marie-Curie Initial Training Network “FishForPharma”, coordinated by Dr. Annemarie H. Meijer at the Institute of Biology, has launched the project’s official website. 2012-11-01T15:27:45+00:00