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Are bacteriophages the new antibiotics? 16 December 2022Bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, may be used as an alternative treatment option when antibiotics fail. Leiden researchers have studied th...
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‘But how many bacteria live on my hands, then?’ Micro-day in photos 01 November 2022From 22 to 24 October, researchers of the MARBLES-project informed museum visitors about microbes: bacteria and fungi that live all around us. The eve...
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PhD Graduate Van Groesen: ‘Nothing is too crazy to try.’ 26 October 2022In a world where bacteria are increasingly resistant to antibiotics, Emma van Groesen set out to find a solution. This month she obtained her PhD, aft...
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Bacteria without cell wall gobble up DNA from environment 20 September 2022A bacterium hiding from the immune system and picking up bits of DNA from its environment. The result: gaining new traits, such as better protection...
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A unique defence: Bacteria lose cell wall in the presence of virus 08 June 2022Bacteria temporarily live without their cell wall if dangerous viruses are near. A remarkable feature, as the cell wall is a sturdy barrier against th...
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Collaborating bacteria sacrifice themselves for the greater good 07 June 2022Like ants, termites and bees, some bacteria work together as a multicellular group. There is a strict division of labour in such colonies, to make the...
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Researchers tackle antibiotic-resistant bacteria 06 May 2022When a bacterium becomes more resistant to one antibiotic, it sometimes becomes more sensitive to another. To better understand this interaction, rese...
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Combating antibiotic resistance together 24 March 2022Antibiotic resistance is a common problem among patients. The European Project TIPAT trains pharmacologists, microbiologists and immunologists of six ...
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Dangerous microbes in lower level safety lab? A new technique could make it possible 18 January 2022Researchers need to work in specialized environments when they work with dangerous bacteria and viruses. These microbes spread easily, so only in labs...
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Bacteria stunt with established plant-soil feedback theory 29 September 2021‘What I find most alluring about soil life is that you can steer it,’ researcher Martijn Bezemer of the Institute Biology Leiden (IBL) reveals. ‘You c...
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Discovery Leiden nominated for KIJK: Best Tech-idea of 2021 14 September 2021Using artificial intelligence to find new antibiotics. With that, researchers from Leiden University are nominated by magazine KIJK for the Best Tech-...
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BRAIN appoints University of Leiden as partner for BEC-Enabled production strain development 02 September 2021
BRAIN Biotech and the Leiden University will jointly develop an Aspergillus based production strain with high yield and thus contribute to a bio-based...
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Leiden students brew coasters from beer waste 01 July 2021Turning beer waste into a useful, sustainable product. That was the mission of students from Leiden at the international BISC-E event. The biology stu...
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Microbes protect crops from microbes 03 June 2021Farmers do not love them all. Microbes can cause tragic consequences for crops. Even the presence of just one pathogenic fungus or bacterium can drast...
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Researchers discover hitchhiking bacteria 23 March 2021Imagine that you need to travel, but you don’t have a car and you’re dead broke. What do you do? Hitchhiking, of course! Leiden biologists found that ...