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NWO grant for smart software that searches for new medicines 04 February 2020
Gerard van Westen and his group, together with pharmaceutical company Galapagos, start on developing software that invents new effective molecules. Th...
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Ebola-on-a-chip: Leiden scientists against a fatal virus 03 February 2020
Although Ebola is a virus with significant fatality rates, we still lack effective countermeasures to battle it. To change this, Alireza Mashaghi and ...
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Awards for three Leiden Partnership projects with industry sector 28 January 2020
NWO is funding three partnership projects with the industry sector. The projects relate to speeding up the search for new medicines, studying the chan...
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Understanding the building blocks of life better 24 January 2020
With a grant from NWO, Thomas Hankemeier will develop new methods to better understand the dynamics of the building blocks of life, such as cells, enz...
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‘A good lecturer treats students as young professionals from the start’ 20 January 2020
Passionate, innovative lecturers are the driving force behind our education. Janine Geerling, former assistant professor of the Bio-Pharmaceutical Sci...
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A fatty solution for eczema 14 January 2020
Pharmacologist Walter Boiten developed a new method to determine the amount of lipids in a person's skin. With this method he tested the effects of a ...
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Tracking genes to fight breast cancer 13 January 2020
PhD student Esmee Koedoot studied the underlying processes responsible for metastases in a dangerous type of breast cancer. She hopes to find new poss...
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Faculty of Science starts new year with awards for talents 07 January 2020
Mathematician Robbin Bastiaansen, physicist Irene Battisti, pharmacist Fouzia Lghoul-Oulad Saïd and physics and astronomy student Maite Boden are the ...
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Amanda Foks receives ERA-CVD consortium grant 06 January 2020
Amanda Foks (Division of BioTherapeutics) has been awarded a Horizon 2020, ERA-CVD joint transnational cardiovascular research grant. She will lead a ...
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Ilze Bot receives prestigious grant from the Dutch Heart Foundation 02 January 2020
Just before Christmas, three talented scientists received good news: they are receiving a personal research grant from the Dutch Heart Foundation. Ilz...
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Mathematical model predicts drug concentration in the brain 17 December 2019
Do medicines arrive in the right amount at the right spot in our brain? By making a model that depicts our brain in small 'brain blocks', Esmée Vendel...
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The Cell Observatory just got upgraded, and here is why 06 December 2019
The European Commission has officially established Euro-BioImaging – which provides life scientists with open access to a broad range of technologies ...
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17 Leiden researchers on highly cited list 20 November 2019
Seventeen Leiden University scientists appear on the 2019 Highly Cited Researchers list, which was announced on 19 November by Clarivate Analytics.
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Pharmacologist Elizabeth de Lange receives Honorary Doctorate in Pharmacy from Uppsala University 12 November 2019
Professor of Predictive Pharmacology Elizabeth de Lange has received an Honorary Doctorate from the Faculty of Pharmacy of Uppsala University. She wil...
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Prestigious award for pharmacologist Meindert Danhof 09 October 2019
Meindert Danhof is the 2019 recipient of the Høst Madsen Medal for his pioneering work in systems pharmacology. He received the award on 22 September ...