News
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Success for Leiden with Vidi subsidies 24 November 2009
NWO has awarded a Vidi subsidy to a total of 89 young and innovative researchers. Leiden researchers have won twelve of these subsidies and three subs...
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Feodor-Lynen research fellowship for Bela Bode 13 October 2009
Dr Bela Bode receives a Feodor Lynen research fellowship for postdoctoral researchers by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation for development of new ...
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Thierry Rohmer received Ernst Award for elucidating the light-switch of plants 23 September 2009
PhD student Thierry Rohmer received the Ernst Award 2009 of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) for his publication in the Proceedings of the N...
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25 million euros for research into energy from plants and algae 14 July 2009
On Friday 10 July the Towards Biosolar Cells research programme was granted a budget of 25 million euros by the Dutch Government. The Ministry of Agri...
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First step in converting solar energy using ‘artificial leaf’ 30 June 2009
Two things are needed to produce fuel from sunlight: an antenna that harvests light, and a light-driven catalyst. The most efficient antennae contain ...
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Major European subsidy for membrane fusion 23 June 2009
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded chemist Dr Alexander Kros a Starting Independent Researcher Grant of 1.4 million euro. He will be usi...
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Molecular mystery in space 16 June 2009
The space between the stars isn't simply a void; it also contains substances such as methanol and carbon dioxide. So far, chemical theories have been...
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A week immersed in solar biofuels 21 April 2009
The Honours Class From Solar to Fuel with Bio consisted almost entirely of the workshop on Solar Biofuels from Micro-organisms that drew more than eig...