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A clear picture of bacteria 10 January 2017
Freezing bacteria super fast to gain a true-to-nature image of the internal and external structure. Ariane Briegel Professor of Ultrastructural Biolog...
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NWO grants two IBL-proposals by interdisciplinary research consortia 15 December 2016
Recently, NWO has decided to grant two interdisciplinary research proposals for national and international consortia submitted by researchers from the...
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Delegation of Holland Rijnland visits the Institute of Biology 29 November 2016
On Thursday the 24th of November, Tseard Hoekstra and Jeroen Ververs (members of the delegation Holland Rijnland), Geert de Snoo (Dean Faculty of Scie...
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Better and faster ways of searching for antibiotics 27 October 2016
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a major problem worldwide. Molecular biologist Changsheng Wu explored innovative methods of developing new antibioti...
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Six million boost to search for new antibiotics 30 September 2016
Edith Schippers, Minister of Health, will be investing six million euros over the coming four years to boost research on new antibiotics. The programm...
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Leiden University and LUMC join Netherlands Centre for One Health 19 September 2016
Leiden University and Leiden University Medical Center have joined the Netherlands Centre for One Health (NCOH), further strengthening the academic ne...
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New Directors of Education IBL 05 September 2016
Remko Offringa, Associate Professor in Plant Developmental Genetics, and Associate Professor in Molecular Microbiology Arthur Ram both have been appoi...
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Scientists discover how to improve the production of antibiotics and enzymes in soil bacteria 02 June 2016
A team of researchers at the Institute of Biology Leiden, in collaboration with scientists from Utrecht University, has discovered a novel approach to...
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IBL-research interview: Daniel Rozen 26 April 2016
Daniel Rozen (45), at the IBL since September 2012, uses bacteria in laboratory tests on experimental evolution to study the ecology and genetics of a...
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Completion of the Science Campus 03 March 2016
The first phase of the construction of the new building for the Faculty of Science is finished. The Cell Observatory of the Institute of Biology Leide...
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Microbial protection of food crops and human health 01 January 2016
We investigate bacteria and fungi to understand their malicious or beneficial impact on food crops and their pathogenic or antibiotic role in human he...
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New insights into the production of antibiotics by bacteria 28 July 2015
Bacteria use antibiotics as a weapon and even produce more antibiotics if there are competing strains nearby. This is a fundamental insight that can h...
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Under Construction 09 July 2015
The construction of the new building for the Faculty of Science is in full progress. The Cell Observatory of the Institute of Biology Leiden will be m...
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“Principles of Plant-Microbe Interactions” 01 April 2015
Emeritus Professor Ben Lugtenberg edited a book on “Principles of Plant-Microbe Interactions” together with Paul Hooykaas, Eddy van der Meijden and Jo...
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Taking a closer look at resistance to tuberculosis bacteria 24 March 2015
Though tuberculosis can be cured today, new resistant strains of the bacteria are becoming a growing problem in the medical world. Biologist Annemarie...