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Paradigm-shifting theory highlights the importance of substrate flexibility in enzymatic reactionsLeiden chemists have proposed a new model for enzymatic reactions, in which the flexibility of the substrate is much more important than previously th...
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Volkert van Steijn new programme director for MSTAfter many years, Peter Hamersma will retire and resign as Programme Director for the BSc Molecular Science & Technology. His successor is Volkert van...
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Light and nanoparticles against cancerLeiden PhD student Xuequan Zhou has designed a new promising molecule that efficiently kills cancer cells, but does not harm healthy tissue. The trick...
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New technique offers chemists unprecedented control in drug researchLeiden chemists have developed a new technique with which they can determine the role of kinases – a group of proteins – in a living cell. This techni...
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Smart chemistry rids anti-cancer drugs of serious side effectsResearchers of the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) and the Leiden Institute of Chemistry have made an important discovery about the commonly u...
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Three Leiden Science projects receive computing time on national supercomputersA night sky of more than 40 petabytes in size, simulating young star clusters and understanding how the body inhibits viruses: three Leiden projects h...
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Minute molecular movements might lead to more efficient biofuel cellsLeiden researchers have found minute movements in the laccase enzyme. This discovery could lead to the development of much more efficient biofuel cell...
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Shell works with Leiden and VU researchers on quantum computer algorithms for chemistryShell cooperates with theoretical physicists and chemists of Leiden University to research how quantum computer algorithms can help simulate complex m...
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In Memoriam Professor Huib OvaaOn the 19th of May 2020, our dear colleague and friend Professor Dr. Huib Ovaa has passed away from prostate cancer. Last summer Huib became ill, and ...
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Body's own marijuana helps us forget traumatic memoriesThe endogenous compound anandamide – often referred to as the body’s own marijuana – plays a role in erasing memories of a traumatic event. This was d...
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17.9 million euro for national NMR Roadmap consortiumThe National Roadmap for Large-Scale Research Facilities programme of NWO enables the building or renovation of research facilities with international...
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Marcellus Ubbink receives grant for research into evolution of enzymesThe Dutch organisation for scientific research NWO has announced that it will award an ENW-Klein grant to Marcellus Ubbink (LIC) for his research into...
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Rik Mom receives an NWO Tenure Track and returns to LeidenThrough an NWO grant, chemist Rik Mom has received a tenure track position at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry, where he obtained his PhD cum laude i...
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Three Leiden Science women in Leiden Top 50On International Women’s Day 2020, the first edition of the Leiden Top 50 was revealed, a list of 50 women who made a difference in Leiden in 2019. Am...
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New carbon membrane generates a hundred times more powerLeiden chemists have created a new ultrathin membrane only one molecule thick. The membrane can produce a hundred times more power from seawater than ...