Company or group introductionLeiden Bio Science Park is described as one of Europe’s leading life sciences and health clusters, bringing together research, education, startups, scale-ups, and multinational companies within a single ecosystem. Foundation year1984 LocationNot discussed in the transcript. Modality…
Querétaro, Mexico — March 24, 2026 Bionomic, a Dutch agritech startup developing biological crop protection solutions, has been awarded the GreenTech Americas Innovation Award 2026. The award was presented during the opening ceremony of GreenTech Americas at the Querétaro Congress…
As antibiotics are losing effectiveness worldwide, bacteriophages are increasingly seen as a promising and targeted alternative. At the same time, access to phage therapy remains limited due to market barriers, regulatory complexity and investment risks. We are proud to share…
When the Netherlands’ most influential science advisory body visits your ecosystem, it is not a coincidence. Today, the Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR – Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy) brought its full council to Leiden Bio Science Park,…
On 18 March 2026, municipal council elections take place across the Netherlands. These elections give residents the opportunity to vote for their local council, the body that makes decisions on housing, transportation, social services, and local investment, including in innovation…
A Crucial Step Toward Introducing Predictive Testing Services into Clinical Practice Leiden, The Netherlands, 10 March 2026 — VitroScan is a Dutch biotech company developing predictive ex vivo micro‑tumor testing to help physicians make informed cancer treatment decisions. Today VitroScan announced that…
The University Sports Centre (USC) has been renovated, and we would love to take you on a quick tour of the building. Whether you are a colleague at LBSP, a student, or an external sports enthusiast: everyone is welcome to…
Exactly one year after the first edition, the second national Skills Heroes Powered By final competition for Laboratory Technicians took place on 4th February 2026. Fifteen students from Intermediate Vocational Laboratory Education (MLO) competed at mboRijnland in Leiden for a…
The Academic Hospital Paramaribo (AZP) and the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) have been collaborating for approximately fifty years in the fields of neurosurgery and heart disease. Vascular surgeons Jan van Schaik and Daniël Eefting (also partly affiliated with Haaglanden…
The Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), as a partner within the reNEW consortium, is once again receiving tens of millions for research into new treatments based on stem cells. The LUMC announced this. Novo Nordisk Foundation The partnership will receive…
Key Region Leiden has received a €100,000 grant from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs to support entrepreneurs better in the Leiden region. The funding, that was awarded through the SME Services Action Agenda, will be used to strengthen connections…
Researchers have found that the risk of a brain tumour coming back can be better predicted by counting the number of immune cells in the tumour under a microscope. This result comes from research by the Leiden University Medical Center…