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Bart Lenselink will represent LACDR at the FIGON Dutch Medicines Days 23 July 2015Drs. Bart Lenselink won the oral presentation at the LACDR Spring Symposium with his presentation “Predicting Drug Potency”.
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Prof.dr. Ad IJzerman appointed as Secretary of The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities 14 July 2015
As of May 2015, Prof. dr. Ad Ijzerman has been appointed as Secretary of The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities.
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Drug development: how can we make it more efficient? 14 July 2015It takes years to develop new medicines, from the test tube to trials in humans. During the process it often happens that a drug that seems promising ...
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Interview with Rawi Ramautar at ASMS Conference 2015 10 June 2015Live from the ASMS Conference 2015 in Saint Louis: Baljit Ubhi, our Metabolomics Specialist, has a coffee with Rawi Ramautar, Assistant Professor at t...
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New measuring method facilitates drug research 29 May 2015
Leiden chemical biologists led by Dr Mario van der Stelt have developed a method to facilitate the search for new drugs. This method has allowed them ...
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Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences ranks ninth in the QS World University Rankings 28 May 2015Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences has done very well in the QS World University Rankings, being allocated a very impressive ninth position.
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The Netherlands becomes global player organ-on-chip technology 21 May 2015Organ-on-chip technology is used in drug research and customized treatments for patients. Research Institutes and industry join forces within the Inst...
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Cellular therapy promising treatment for arteriosclerosis 21 May 2015Vanessa Frodermann, a PhD student at the Biopharmaceutical department of the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, has discovered that arterioscle...
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Better, faster and earlier diagnosis with new Metabolomics Facility 15 April 2015On Friday 17 April Leiden Mayor Henri Lenferink will officially open the new Metabolomics Facility of Leiden University. The facility’s ultimate goal ...
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Dr. Dong Guo won the Dutch Medicinal Chemistry prize 2013-2014 31 March 2015On March 27th, 2015 the biannual Dutch Medicinal Chemistry Prize for the best Dutch Ph.D. thesis in the field was awarded to Dr. Dong Guo, a current p...
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Leiden researchers discover genes that affect spread of breast cancer 18 March 2015Researchers at Leiden University have mapped genes that cause breast cancer cells to migrate. The Leiden toxicologists Professor Bob van de Water, Dr ...
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Discoverer of the Year 2014: Annelien Zweemer 19 February 2015
Former PhD student Annelien Zweemer was granted the C.J. Kok Award 2014, also known as “Discoverer of the Year”. A festive ceremony took place at the ...
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Mimetas receives 5.2 million dollar investment for organ-on-a-chip 07 January 2015Venture capital investors Zeeuws Investerings Fonds and Participatiemaatschapij Oost Nederland have joined forces with national and regional partners ...
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Extreme obesity demands tailor-made medication 06 January 2015Doctors and pharmacists should take greater account of obesity when dosing medicines. The distribution in the body and the breakdown of a medicine can...
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‘Discoverer of the Year’, best dissertation and Education Award 2014 06 January 2015At the New Year’s reception of the Faculty of Science on 6 January, it was announced that Annelien Zweemer, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, ...