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National Growth Fund invests many millions in faster and more sustainable (cancer) drug development14 April 2022On 14 April, the National Growth Fund awarded million euros in grants to two consortia in which Leiden's science faculty is involved. Pharma-NL will r...
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From lab discovery to a new drug: the Venture Challenge makes it possible14 April 2022A breakthrough from the PhD research of medical chemist Elmer Maurits may help patients with autoimmune diseases and blood cancer in the future. But b...
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Electrochemistry for renewable energy29 March 2022Imagine we could convert the greenhouse gas CO2 into synthetic fuels using sustainable energy. This would enable us to reduce the amount of CO2 and at...
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Leiden researchers join forces against tuberculosis24 March 2022About one and a half million people worldwide die each year from tuberculosis. For thirty years, therapy with antibiotics has been the same, while it ...
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Is a cancer pill a matter of time?21 February 2022A cancer pill, preferably without severe side effects, is something we’d all welcome. Is it a matter of time before such a pill is a reality? We put t...
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Real-time solid-state NMR spectroscopy inside living cells10 February 2022Researchers from the Leiden Institute of Chemistry show proof of principle that live-cell structural changes and metabolic processes can be followed i...
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Innovative Leiden research receives NWO grant08 February 2022On January 24 Professor Annemarie Meijer and Dr Sander Wezenberg received a NWO grant for their research. The grant was awarded within the Open Compet...
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Sabine Wenzel wins first Surface Science Young Investigator award02 February 2022Ever did something for the first time and got an award for it? Sabine Wenzel did. Her research about the surface of zinc oxide won her the Surface Sci...
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Century-old electrochemistry law gets update19 January 2022The Gouy-Chapman theory describes what happens near an electrode when it is in contact with a salt solution, but this description does not match real...
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Leiden University strengthens its focus on Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry with seven new group leaders31 December 2021Tackling key challenges of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry to aid drug discovery is one of the focus areas of Leiden University. To this end,...
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Thomas Hansen wins the KNCV-Backer Prize07 December 2021Thomas Hansen is the recipient of the 2020 KNCV-Backer Prize for best organic chemistry thesis in the Netherlands.
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These Science students excelled and won a KHMW Young Talent Prize06 December 2021No fewer than seven Leiden FWN students received a Young Talent Award from the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences on Monday, 29 November. Mark van den Bo...
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These eleven Leiden Science researchers are among the most highly cited19 November 2021Eleven researchers of the Faculty of Science are on the 2021 Highly Cited Researchers list of Clarivate Analytics. Only 0.1 per cent of researchers ar...
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Non-invasive DNA-labeling tool opens doors for new research04 November 2021Dutch researchers have developed a new tool to label DNA for studying chromosomes in live cells. The tool is non-invasive and can be applied in cultur...
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Towards molecular complexity in birth places of stars: Formaldehyde formation from carbon atoms reacting with water ice02 November 2021Scientists at Leiden University (Netherlands), Stuttgart University (Germany) and Ural Federal University (Russia) have successfully put forward a nov...