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Replicated molecules reveal hiding method of bacteria13 October 2022Specific fatty acid-sugar molecules allow leprosy bacteria, among others, to hide from our immune system. How exactly is not entirely clear. Hessel va...
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In Memoriam Gerrit Lodder10 October 2022On September 30, 2022, our esteemed former colleague Gerrit Lodder passed away from the effects of Parkinson's disease. He leaves behind his wife Adry...
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From discovery to business: 'In the lab, we often don't realise that we are working to help an immense number of patients'06 October 2022'It gave our team a big boost to hear that our work was valuable,' says medical chemist Elmer Maurits about the moment they won the Venture Challenge....
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How chemist Marc Tijhuis left business to change the world15 September 2022Halfway through his career alumnus Marc Tijhuis made a radical change: he left the corporate world to join the global battle against waste with the In...
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Iprotics Wins the Venture Challenge Spring 202212 September 2022The winner of the 2022 Spring edition of the NWO Venture Challenge was announced during the Dutch Biotech Event. The innovative startup Iprotics has d...
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Marco van Eijk new OD of Life Science & Technology01 September 2022As of 1 September, Marco van Eijk has been appointed Director of Education of the bachelor's programme Life Science & Technology. He succeeds Marcellu...
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Small molecule prevents tumour cells from spreading27 July 2022Leiden chemists, together with colleagues at the University of York (UK) and Technion (Israel) have discovered a small, sugar-like molecule that maint...
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Tunnel vision alarm in the search for more efficient hydrogen cells08 July 2022A tenacious postdoc researcher persuaded Professor Marc Koper to research the oxygen reduction reaction. In Koper's eyes, there was little of interest...
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‘It’s important that people are happy in their work’06 July 2022As Director of Education, Marcellus Ubbink learned to work together with many different people. For him, the social aspects are one of the key areas i...
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Antibiotics of the future: looking for a new way to kill bacteria04 July 2022Current antibiotics only address very few target proteins in bacteria to kill them. Researchers know that there are more possible target proteins to t...
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Marcellus Ubbink new Scientific Director of the LIC institute23 June 2022As of 1 July, Marcellus Ubbink is the new Scientific Director of the Leiden Institute for Chemistry. He will succeed Hermen Overkleeft, who led the in...
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Sander van Kasteren: from molecule builder to Professor of Chemical Immunology15 June 2022Sander van Kasteren only noticed some small, subtle changes since he was appointed professor on 1 May. Still, he has to get used to the idea, even th...
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Grant for development of artificial green fuels15 June 2022Researchers at Leiden University have been awarded a €4 million EU grant to develop climate-neutral fuels. With this money they will expand the broad ...
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Breakthrough artificial photosynthesis comes closer31 May 2022Imagine we could do what green plants can do: photosynthesis. Then we could satisfy our enormous energy needs with deep-green hydrogen and climate-neu...
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How Oncode-PACT is bringing new cancer medicines closer with 325 million in Growth Fund money18 May 2022How can you ensure that more experimental drugs reach the finish line? At the moment, only one in twenty cancer drugs that are tested on humans makes ...