News
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Combatting antibiotic resistance in a clever way 28 September 2021
When you become very good at one thing, that sometimes comes at the expense of something else. Such trade-offs also apply to bacteria. When becoming m...
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Publication on the design of multifunctionalized nanoparticles 10 September 2021
Despite considerable progress in the design of multifunctionalized nanoparticles (NPs) that selectively target specific cell types, their systemic app...
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In Memoriam professor Wim Jiskoot (1961-2021) 23 August 2021
Afgelopen zondagavond, 22 augustus, is na een kort ziekbed onze zeer gewaardeerde collega professor Wim Jiskoot, Hoogleraar Technologie van toediening...
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Improving the treatment of newborn babies with life-threatening sepsis 12 August 2021
Coen van Hasselt’s pharmacology group collaborated on a study recently published in the renowned Lancet Infectious Diseases. The international team ma...
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How do children's kidneys eliminate drugs? 09 August 2021
What dose of medicine do you give a child? That depends to a large extent on how quickly their kidneys remove the drug from the blood. For ethical rea...
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Master projects continue thanks to lab automation 09 August 2021
The fact that corona has created a wave of creativity is evident when walking around in the lab of pharmacologist Coen van Hasselt from the LACDR. Sud...
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Senior Teaching Qualification for Linda Holtman 15 July 2021
Congratulations to Linda Holtman, lecturer at LACDR, for receiving her Senior Teaching Qualification (SKO).
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LACDR Spring symposium 2021 18 June 2021
For the second year in a row, we had to hold the LACDR Spring symposium 2021 as an online event. But nevertheless, there were impressive presentations...
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Alumnus Robert Ietswaart: ‘Machine learning is revolutionising drug discovery’ 15 June 2021
Robert Ietswaart does research into gene regulation at the famous Harvard Medical School in Boston. He developed an algorithm to better predict whethe...
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Safety testing of chemicals without laboratory animals 08 June 2021
Testing chemical substances without using animals. It seems a utopia, but a European team is going to develop a way to make this a reality. The RISK-H...
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Academic Pharma submits application to National Growth Fund 08 June 2021
Knowledge institutions in the Netherlands are to work together with the pharma and biotech industries to accelerate drug discovery and development. To...
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Virtual children help prevent withdrawal syndrome in real children 25 May 2021
When children wean off from heavy medication, they often experience withdrawal symptoms. The severity of these symptoms is often difficult to predict....
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Animation: Why Leiden is the birthplace of the Janssen vaccine 25 May 2021
If you'll soon be getting a COVID-19 vaccine, you might just get the Johnson & Johnson (Janssen) one. This vaccine was developed for the most part in ...
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NWO grant for research facility into the impact of environmental factors on health 21 May 2021
What is the influence of non-hereditary factors on our health, such as lifestyle, diet and exposure to harmful substances? The Exposome-Scan project, ...
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Virtual preparation for lab practicals 17 May 2021
How can we better prepare students for their practicals, so that they learn more from them? Marjo de Graauw and her colleagues want to renew science e...