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Leiden spin-off In Ovo awarded 2.5 million grant 10 June 2020
Leiden biotech company In Ovo, a spin-off of Leiden University, has received a European Innovation Council Accelerator Pilot Grant. In Ovo will use th...
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New professor of Biotherapeutics Delivery at LACDR 29 May 2020
Matthias Barz has been appointed full Professor of Biotherapeutics Delivery at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR).
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Probing the secret forces of pericytes 28 May 2020
Leiden researchers found a way to measure the tiny forces exerted by pericytes, one of the most elusive, hard to research cell types, which occur in t...
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Finding unique drug structures with artificial intelligence and chemistry 26 May 2020
In the search for new medicines against diseases such as cancer, a Leiden team has developed a new workflow. This approach combines artificial intelli...
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More efficient drug development with the help of computer models 19 May 2020
The coronavirus has the world in its grip. Finding a cure has never been more important. Unfortunately, the development of new drugs for treatment of ...
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COVID-19 Research and Education at Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research 18 May 2020
Since the start of the Corona crisis, several COVID-19 related research and teaching projects were started at LACDR. The computational and teaching ac...
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Predicting and preventing serious COVID-19 symptoms 07 May 2020
Scientists in Leiden are looking for signals in blood samples to predict whether patients will develop serious COVID-19 symptoms or not. Based on that...
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Successful start of e-learning skills platform in Brightspace 29 April 2020
For the first time, students were able to develop their skills using a digital platform in Brightspace. It turned out to be a success: on average stud...
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Ad IJzerman wins prestigious Nauta Pharmacochemistry Award 22 April 2020
Professor of Pharmacochemistry Ad IJzerman has won the Nauta Award for his years of research into signal processing proteins that are interesting for ...
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International media report on Leiden dosage app for corona patients 30 March 2020
Coen van Hasselt's research group quickly produced an app that enables doctors to determine the correct dosage of commonly used medicines for corona p...
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App helps doctors find the right dose of corona medication 25 March 2020
Leiden researchers have developed an app that doctors can use to more easily determine the right dosage of medication for corona patients. At the mome...
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Understanding metastasis: Science Groot grant for Erik Danen 05 March 2020
A team led by Erik Danen from the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research has received a 3 million euros NWO Science Groot grant to unravel the first...
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The QSPainRelief consortium will improve the treatment of chronic pain 28 February 2020
The €6.24 million EU-funded research project QSPainRelief has kicked off. The project aims to help patients suffering from chronic pain with novel, pe...
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Science Groot funding for Leiden scientists 24 February 2020
Leiden scientists are the main applicants for five projects that have been awarded a Science Groot grant of up to 3 million euros in the Science Domai...
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Partnering with businesses to scale up metabolism research 21 February 2020
Predicting whether someone will fall ill and which treatment will benefit them most: that is the aim of the techniques that Professor of Analytical Bi...