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‘Freedom makes me a better chemist’Professor of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry Marc Koper has been appointed as member of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (KNAW)....
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New cellular imaging paves way for cancer treatmentA new technique using fluorescent imaging to track the actions of enzymes might aid drug design for new anti-cancer, inflammation and kidney disease t...
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Various media on drug research Mario van der SteltMedia in the Netherlands and abroad reported extensively about the drug research led by Leiden chemist Mario van der Stelt. In this research, Van der ...
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Champion in headwind and predictionsIt is a stormy Sunday afternoon, with gusts of a whopping 110 kilometres per hour. Chemist Teun Sweere defies the enormous headwind on his city bike, ...
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Ten years ERC: Sylvestre Bonnet kills cancer with lightIn 2013, Sylvestre Bonnet received an ERC Starting Grant to kill cancer with molecules that can be activated by light. Two postdocs and three PhD stud...
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Experimental drug BIA 10-2474 deactivates proteins in human nerve cells
At high doses, drug candidate BIA 10-2474 binds not only to the protein that it targets, but to other proteins as well. It thus deactivates proteins t...
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Former Chemistry PhD student Tiddo Mooibroek nominated for New Scientist Talent prizeFormer Chemistry PhD student Tiddo Mooibroek is one of the 25 nominees for the title New Scientist Science Talent 2017. Nobel prize winner Ben Feringa...
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Leiden University third in sustainability rankingLeiden University is in third place in the SustainaBul sustainability ranking. Students from eleven research universities and nine universities of app...
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Kistemaker obtains PhD cum laude on production of ground-breaking moleculesA month ago it was Marc Baggelaar, and now Hans Kistemaker too has obtained his PhD cum laude at the Leiden Institute for Chemistry (LIC). ‘He has ma...
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Hermen Overkleeft new Scientific Director of chemistry institute LICAs of July 1, Professor of Bio-organic Synthesis Hermen Overkleeft will be appointed as the Scientific Director of the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (...
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Student in war timeJacques Waisvisz (98) is one of our oldest living alumni. As a Jewish student in the Second World War, he was forbidden from completing his studies. H...
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Marc Baggelaar graduates cum laude on body’s own marijuanaPhD candidate Marc Baggelaar of the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC) graduated cum laude on Thursday 6 April. His thesis on the endocannabinoid sys...
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Alumni mentors answer student’s questionsStudents get free advice of Leiden alumni about their career, applying for a job, social networking and more. The Mentor Network is an online platform...
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Converting water into hydrogen more efficientlyScientists have long been puzzled why it is easier to produce hydrogen from water in an acidic environment than in an alkaline environment. Marc Koper...
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Jeroen Codee wins the Carbohydrate Research Award 2017For his significant original contributions in the field of carbohydrate research, chemist Jeroen Codee will be awarded the biennial Carbohydrate Resea...