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Cum laude on understanding catalysts under extreme conditions 11 July 2017
Physical chemist Rik Mom developed a revolutionary way to investigate catalysts in action in detail. For this work he received the distinction cum lau...
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Mario van der Stelt and Annelot van Esbroeck win awards at international conference in Canada 29 June 2017
Mario van der Stelt (Head of the department of Molecular Physiology at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry) has received the Young Investigator Award fr...
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‘Freedom makes me a better chemist’ 20 June 2017
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 treatment 19 June 2017
A 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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Champion in headwind and predictions 13 June 2017
It 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 a...
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Ten years ERC: Sylvestre Bonnet kills cancer with light 12 June 2017
In 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 08 June 2017
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 prize 29 May 2017
Former 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 ranking 22 May 2017
Leiden 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 molecules 18 May 2017
A 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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Going accurate for molecule – metal surface interactions 17 May 2017
Researchers from the THEOR CHEM group at Leiden University strive to set new benchmarks in the accuracy of the prediction of interaction energies betw...
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Hermen Overkleeft new Scientific Director of chemistry institute LIC 20 April 2017
As 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 time 20 April 2017
Jacques 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 marijuana 18 April 2017
PhD 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 questions 23 March 2017
Students get free advice of Leiden alumni about their career, applying for a job, social networking and more. The Mentor Network is an online platform...