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ERC Synergy Grant to unlock sugar codes for health and a sustainable society 05 November 2020
Hermen Overkleeft and his colleagues Gideon Davies (University of York) and Carme Rovira (University of Barcelona) will receive a 9.1 million euros Sy...
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New insight brings sustainable hydrogen one step closer 19 October 2020
Leiden chemists Marc Koper and Ian McCrum have discovered that the degree to which a metal binds to the oxygen atom of water is decisive for how well ...
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Dick Stufkens Prize 2020 awarded to physical chemist Mark Koenis 15 October 2020
The Dick Stufkens Prize 2020 for the best PhD thesis of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry has been awarded to Dr Mark Koenis. Koenis ...
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A synthetic vaccine against meningococcus 06 October 2020
Leiden chemists recreated the bacterial capsule of meningococcus in the lab. With a few modifications, these capsules can serve as an extra safe and e...
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Three Leiden researchers receive Rubicon Grant for research abroad 30 September 2020
Chemist Liubov Belyaeva, psychologist Janna Marie Bas-Hoogendam and LUMC researcher Elisa Giacomelli have received a Rubicon Grand and will therefore ...
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New research shows the limitations of coordination in chemistry 24 September 2020
A common assumption in chemistry is that the coordination number of a catalyst's surface determines the reactivity of the reaction it catalyses. Strik...
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Faculty of Science opens academic year with live stream in homely setting 07 September 2020
From a white leather armchair, on which Barack Obama once sat, Dean Michiel Kreutzer opened the academic year. This time not with visitors, but comple...
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Four bold Faculty of Science researchers receive NWO XS grants 31 August 2020
Four scientists from the Faculty of Science will receive a grant of up to 50,000 euros in the Open Competition Domain Science - XS from science financ...
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Three new professors for the Leiden Institute of Chemistry 31 August 2020
With Sylvestre Bonnet, Jeroen Codée and Remus Dame, the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC) will be getting no less than three new professors. Bonnet ...
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Three LUF grants for talented Leiden Science researchers 25 August 2020
Fighting against cancer, antibiotic resistance and disposable plastics: Ahmed Ali, Fredj Ben Bdira, and Valerio Barbarossa receive a LUF grant for the...
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Scientists find strong evidence that wasting syndrome is the same for all organisms 10 August 2020
An interdisciplinary team of Leiden researchers has discovered that wasting syndrome, a severe byproduct of tuberculosis, is the same for all humans a...
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Paradigm-shifting theory highlights the importance of substrate flexibility in enzymatic reactions 30 July 2020
Leiden chemists have proposed a new model for enzymatic reactions, in which the flexibility of the substrate is much more important than previously th...
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Volkert van Steijn new programme director for MST 27 July 2020
After many years, Peter Hamersma will retire and resign as Programme Director for the BSc Molecular Science & Technology. His successor is Volkert van...
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Light and nanoparticles against cancer 16 July 2020
Leiden PhD student Xuequan Zhou has designed a new promising molecule that efficiently kills cancer cells, but does not harm healthy tissue. The trick...
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New technique offers chemists unprecedented control in drug research 29 June 2020
Leiden chemists have developed a new technique with which they can determine the role of kinases – a group of proteins – in a living cell. This techni...