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How Leiden researchers are going to fight Gaucher's disease with a start-upIt has kept Leiden professor Hans Aerts busy throughout his academic career: Gaucher's disease, a hereditary metabolic disease. Together with professo...
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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 ...
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2.8 million euros for photosynthesis researchIn the programme NWO Open Competition Domain Science - GROOT, twenty new consortia will start a large research project. This boost of more than 47 mil...
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Proteins and DNA loops: Science-Groot grant for Remus DameHow do our cells keep DNA stored away? To find out, biochemist Remus Dame received a 3 million euro Science-Groot grant. Leiden University will share ...
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This is how a channel is formed between two organellesThe channel through which two cell components exchange material appears to form at the edge of their contact surface, and not in the middle. This was ...
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Science Groot funding for Leiden scientistsLeiden scientists are the main applicants for five projects that have been awarded a Science Groot grant of up to 3 million euros in the Science Domai...
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Lively debate at public symposium on sustainabilityA public symposium was held at Leiden University on 20 February on a hot topic: renewable energy. This is the second time in a year that the Universit...
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Four Leiden professors appointed to KHMWFour Leiden University professors have been appointed to The Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities. Andrea Evers, Erwin Muller, Sjaak Neefj...
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Translating science into treatments of rare metabolic disordersLeiden biotech startup Azafaros has successfully completed a funding round, raising 25 million euros of investments for developing treatments of rare ...
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The roughening of a platinum electrodeSmooth platinum electrodes roughen and wear when subjected to repeated cycles of oxidation and reduction, which causes nanometer-scale mounds to grow....
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Two Proof of Concept grants for LeidenProfessor of Developmental Biology Christine Mummery and chemist Dr Dennis Hetterscheid have each been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept grant. These gr...
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Faculty of Science starts new year with awards for talentsMathematician Robbin Bastiaansen, physicist Irene Battisti, pharmacist Fouzia Lghoul-Oulad Saïd and physics and astronomy student Maite Boden are the ...
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New water jet cutter for Fine Mechanical DepartmentThe Fine Mechanical Department's (FMD) new Wardjet A0612 will cut anything using a 4000 bar water jet. This enables the FMD to work faster, more accur...