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Steering the immune system with liposomes28 September 2020Liposomes – nano-sized spheres composed of fatty molecules – are very promising for vaccination. Bio-pharmaceutical scientist Naomi Benne discovered t...
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More skills and higher grades: E-learning skills platform continues to be a success21 September 2020After a promising start, also the second pilot of the digital Brightspace skills platform is a success. Third-year bachelor students had thirty new ...
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Leiden University and LUMC strengthen ties with Janssen pharmaceutical company17 September 2020Leiden University, the LUMC and Janssen have signed a partnership agreement stating that they will collaborate in different areas, including infectiou...
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Faculty of Science opens academic year with live stream in homely setting07 September 2020From 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 grants31 August 2020Four 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 LUF grants for talented Leiden Science researchers25 August 2020Fighting 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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Leiden scientists develop topological barcodes for folded molecules25 August 2020The team of Alireza Mashaghi at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research has found a way to determine and classify the shape of proteins. Their ne...
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Scientists find strong evidence that wasting syndrome is the same for all organisms10 August 2020An 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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Testing vaccines without laboratory animals?23 July 2020The quality of vaccines is still often tested by using laboratory animals. That has to change, according to researchers from Leiden University and the...
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Phenomix Field Lab offers promising healthcare solutions13 July 2020In the Phenomix Medical Delta Field Lab, which was officially opened on Thursday 9 July, scientists, healthcare institutions and businesses work toget...
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Cell-based medicinal products: grant rejected, paper published26 June 2020Cell-based medicinal products (CBMPs) belong to an innovative and heterogeneous group of medicines called advanced therapy medicinal products (ATMPs)....
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How Leiden's drug pioneers have switched to Covid research22 June 2020
From studying molecules in the blood of corona patients to developing a new concept for vaccines. The Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR)...
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Gerard van Westen appointed as full Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Medicinal Chemistry19 June 2020Gerard van Westen has been appointed full Professor or Artificial Intelligence and Medicinal Chemistry. This chair has been jointly created by the Lei...
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Master student Maddalena Centanni awarded with Arenberg-Coimbra Group Prize18 June 2020Former masterstudent Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences Maddalena Centanni will be awarded the 2020 Arenberg Coimbra Prize for Erasmus Students. Centanni spe...
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Brand-new professor Gerard van Westen wants to cross boundaries16 June 2020Brand-new professor Gerard van Westen works at the intersection of artificial intelligence and drug development. For the new chair in Artificial Intel...