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Good data management is the foundation of high‑quality, transparent, and reproducible research.
The LUMC Advanced Data Management Team offers a range of practical courses, both hands‑on and online, to help you manage your research data effectively before, during, and after your project. Our training includes:
Data stewardship Writing a data management plan Reviewing a data management plan Castor workshop Castor showcase
Towards a LUMC publication policy – input requested
One of the LUMC Open Science goals is to establish an institutional publication policy. This is part of the LUMC Open Science workstream in Academia in Motion. The purpose of the LUMC publication policy is to ensure that LUMC research is published in the right places and for the right audience. The publication policy will help researchers in choosing the best and most effective way to publish their work.
The publication [...]
A new conference on the biology of aging will be held as the first general meeting of the newly founded European Federation for Aging Research (EFAR). Together with the German (DGfA), Dutch (DuSRA), Scandinavian (Nordic Aging), and British (BSRA) societies for aging research, we founded EFAR that aims to connect the community of aging researchers across Europe. Additional aging societies from countries across Europe are about to join as well. Our aim is to form a structure for scientific exchange, [...]
We are looking for about 3-5 enthusiastic board members to help build and shape the board of the new sub-theme LUMC Center for Health and Ageing. We are specifically looking for a diverse group of researchers: early-career and senior, and from both fundamental and clinical research. All LUMC researchers can apply.
What is in it for you?As a board member, you can:
get connected with colleagues across the LUMC and beyond make yourself heard and seen as one of [...]PhD candidate Hinke Hoffstädt will defend her PhD thesis – “How about you, though?” Support for family caregivers of patients with life-threatening diseases on April first at 1.00 PM. You can join in person at the Academiegebouw in Leiden, or via the livestream.
The Keystone meeting Aging: Immune Function and Organ Health will bring together experts to explore how the immune system shapes organ health, longevity, and strategies for rejuvenation. Recent discoveries reveal that aging is influenced by immune function and inflammation, opening new avenues for therapies to counter aging and age-related disease.
This meeting will integrate cutting-edge insights in immune biology and organ science, focusing on immune regulation of organ preservation and communication. In partnership with the Keystone Innate Immunity meeting, it [...]
On 9 January 2026, the Medical Statistics and Ageing group at the LUMC is organizing a mini-symposium on the latest developments in the analysis of longitudinal data for ageing research, titled “Large-scale longitudinal data for ageing research: from classic to novel questions.” Please find the programme below, including abstracts. If you would like to attend, please let us know via the registration form below.
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Following the enthusiastic response to the first Dutch Dementia Researchers Conference in 2024, we are excited to announce the second edition of the DDRC, taking place on February 12, 2026, at 1931 Congrescentrum in ’s‑Hertogenbosch.
On behalf of Alzheimer Nederland, ZonMw, Health~Holland, and DEMPACT, we warmly invite all dementia researchers, from all disciplines, to join us for another inspiring and collaborative day. The DDRC is your platform to share research, foster new connections, and learn about studies that advance our [...]
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On November 12th, a succesful and well-attended Strategic Meeting was held regarding the split into two new research subthemes of LEGend. It took place in the LEVEL building across from the LUMC. Much valuable input was given on the important points under consideration. These were (1) how to name the subtheme on aging, as well as possibly rename LEGend as a theme , (2) what vision on research this subtheme should have and which topics should fit into [...]
The annual symposium of the Dutch Reproducibility Network will be held at the Poortgebouw, Leiden on 19 January 2026.
Join this event to discuss how institutions can bring policy on open science and reproducibility into research practice. The event is open for anyone working in research and education.
In four workshops and two plenary sessions, topics of culture change, recognition, and behavior change will be discussed. You can contribute to the program and showcase your own reproducibility related project during [...]