News
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Dennis Claessen: “Teacher of the Year 2014” 01 January 2015
Students of the Faculty of Science have chosen Dennis Claessen (IBL) as the best teacher of last year.
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Golden medal for project ELECTRACE 01 December 2014
A team of students from Leiden University, TU Delft and Rotterdam University won a golden medal during the International Genetically Engineered Machin...
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New STW-grant to redirect the plant micro biome: “Back to the Roots” 01 December 2014
Professors Jos Raaijmakers (NIOO) and Gilles Van Wezel (IBL) received an STW Perspectief- grant of €3 million from the Dutch Technology Foundation and...
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The bite that heals: New antibiotics with help from venomous animals 01 July 2014
Prof. Gilles van Wezel and Prof. Mike Richardson of the Institute of Biology Leiden received €1.4 million to find new antibiotics.
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Soil bacteria can produce a wealth of new antibiotics 01 June 2014
Soil bacteria can produce a wealth of antibiotics that are new to us, claims Gilles van Wezel, Professor of Molecular Biotechnology at the Institute o...
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White blood cells in transparent embryos 06 May 2010
Leiden molecular cell biologists in the research group of Annemarie Meijer have discovered novel early macrophage-specific genes in zebrafish, includi...
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Bacteria evolve gambling behaviour 04 November 2009
In an unpredictable environment bacteria evolve the same strategy as shareholders who try to protect themselves against unpredictable swings in the st...