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Teaching synthetic molecules how to communicate 04 July 2019
Although Sander Wezenberg just started working in Leiden in March this year, he already managed to win a Vidi grant from NWO. Inspired by nature, Weze...
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SUNRISE initiative’s first stakeholder meeting 21 June 2019
Over 170 SUNRISE’s stakeholders gathered on June 17-18 at the Academy Palace of Brussels, in connection with the EU Sustainable Energy Week, as one o...
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Student team hopes to heal skin with squid protein 03 June 2019
Eleven ambitious Leiden students hope to heal burns with a special substance from squid teeth. They are taking part in the international iGEM competit...
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Non-adiabatic effects may substantially affect rate of reaction relevant to Haber-Bosch catalysis 01 June 2019
Using N2 dissociation on Ru(0001) as a representative showcase (for catalysts employed in the Haber-Bosch process), we have shown for the first time t...
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We finally understand how oxygen reacts on platinum 27 May 2019
Platinum is a widely used catalyst, but its precise mechanism largely remains a mystery to scientists. Ludo Juurlink has now demonstrated for the firs...
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European collaboration shines a light on enzyme discovery for industry 27 May 2019
A European consortium has provided a disruptive technological breakthrough to allow the discovery and characterization of novel enzymes for industrial...
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Vidi grants for nine Leiden researchers 23 May 2019
From artificial intelligence to letters from the Dutch East Indies and from breast-cancer gene BRCA-1 to the collaboration between government and oppo...
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Only in America: chemist becomes America correspondent 29 April 2019
Chemistry, which is what Hans Klis studied in Leiden, is not what one might expect of a general journalist. ‘I’m a late bloomer,’ he says, despite hav...
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Yoga, inclusiveness and dilemma game at first Science PhD Day 26 April 2019
Morning yoga, having your resumé checked at the information market, or dancing for inclusiveness: just a small selection of the activities of the firs...
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Large-scale European project identifies risks of nanoparticles 23 April 2019
The large-scale project NanoInformatics will assess the risks associated with nanoparticles. The project will be funded by the EU with 6.8 million eur...
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The hunt for selective drugs 23 April 2019
How do you ensure that a drug has an effect on the right protein – and nothing else? Chemist Anthe Janssen explored various methods for determining th...
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Will soap and sunlight solve the energy problem? 23 April 2019
A consortium of international researchers comes with a unique solution to the energy problem. By mimicking photosynthesis, they aim to produce sustain...
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Two major teaching grants for Leiden lecturers 23 April 2019
Studying with an app and exploratory learning in large groups. Two educational innovations that will be possible thanks to the Comenius Programme of t...
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In memoriam professor Mathieu Noteborn 08 April 2019
On the 5th of April 2019 our dear colleague and friend Professor Dr Mathieu Noteborn has passed away. In January of this year he was diagnosed with bo...
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Geert de Snoo new Director of Netherlands Institute of Ecology 04 April 2019
Professor Geert de Snoo, Dean of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University, has been appointed Director of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIO...