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Spinoza Prize for chemical biologist Hermen Overkleeft25 June 2026Professor of Bio-organic Chemistry Hermen Overkleeft develops innovative methods to study disease processes. This increases our understanding of the h...
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Visit by PhD students from The University of Kansas22 June 2026On 26 May 2026, the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC) hosted a delegation of PhD students from The University of Kansas. They were visiting our univ...
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Marcellus Ubbink reappointed as Scientific Director of the LICAppoinment 19 June 2026Marcellus Ubbink has been reappointed as Scientific Director of the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC) until 1 July 2030. ‘In the coming years, I wan...
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Funding for green fertilisers, high-energy particles and a circular power plantGrants and appointments for Faculty of Science 11 June 2026Researchers at the Faculty of Science work at the frontiers of knowledge every day, tackling today’s major societal challenges. Their work is recognis...
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NWO Open Technology grant for research into the circular power plantPHYSICS 09 June 2026Leiden professors Dirk Bouwmeester and Irene Groot are jointly investigating the concept of a circular power plant. Research that contributes to new s...
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How bacteria survive with almost no oxygen28 May 2026Researchers in Leiden have, for the first time, observed how a specialised enzyme helps bacteria stay alinve when oxygen levels are low, and how that ...
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Grants for AI in healthcare, computing with light and climate-resilient citiesGrants and appointments for Faculty of Science 28 May 2026
Researchers at the Faculty of Science work at the frontiers of knowledge every day, tackling today’s major societal challenges. Their work is recognis...
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New clue to severe MS progression: ‘Overloaded cleanup cells’ in the brainNeuroscience 26 May 2026Researcher Daan van der Vliet, together with colleagues from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, Leiden University and Utrecht University, has...
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Grégory Schneider appointed Professor of Chemical Nanotechnology21 May 2026Grégory Schneider has been appointed Professor of Chemical Nanotechnology at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC) as of 1 May. ‘This title really e...
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Grants for research on immune cells, vegan cheese and PFAS detectionGrants and appointments for Faculty of Science 21 April 2026
Researchers at the Faculty of Science work at the frontiers of knowledge every day, tackling today’s major societal challenges. Their work is recognis...
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Chemotherapy without side effects: Matthijs Hakkennes helps find the needle in the haystack fasterCancer research 20 April 2026Chemotherapy, but without hair loss or extreme fatigue. It may be possible if the toxic drug only becomes active where it is ‘switched on’ by light. M...
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From lockdown to the lab: Leiden PhD researcher develops ‘decoy molecule’ to slow down coronavirus15 April 2026While the Netherlands was in lockdown because of the coronavirus, PhD candidate Koen Rijpkema began his research into the same virus. In the lab, he d...
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What does a cell eat? This new tool makes it visiblePhd defence 24 March 2026What if you could watch a single cell eat in real time? This could answer questions about diseases such as cancer. PhD candidate Yixuan Wang has devel...
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Grants and appointments for microbiome research, enzyme development and moreGrants and appointments for Faculty of Science 24 March 2026
Researchers at the Faculty of Science work at the frontiers of knowledge every day, tackling today’s major societal challenges. Their work is recognis...
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Preparing for the next pandemic: scientists discover a new class of influenza antiviralsChemical biology 19 March 2026Researchers from Leiden University, University of York, University of Barcelona/IQTCUB/ICREA and The Francis Crick Institute report a new class of exp...