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Marc Koper wins Carl Wagner Memorial Award 2013 19 September 2013
Chemist Prof. Marc Koper was awarded the Carl Wagner Memorial Award of the Electrochemical Society.
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LIC welcomes new Chinese CSC PhD students 24 October 2012
New Chinese CSC PhD’s are welcomed at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry. On the 28th of September 2012 a three week introduction program started espec...
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Substantial investment in Leiden centre for NMR spectroscopy 19 June 2012
Paramagnetism. An obscure occult practice? No. It’s one of the newest scientific methods for mapping the behaviour of proteins with great precision. M...
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Dick Stufkens Prijs 2010 awarded to chemist Niels Elders 18 October 2010
The Dick Stufkens Prijs 2010 is awarded to Dr. Niels Elders. The prize is given by the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry for his Ph.D. th...
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Two young chemists win Marie Curie subsidy 26 January 2010
The Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC) is to be joined by a further two talented young chemists. Bela Bode and Michele Pavanello have each won a Mari...
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Photosynthesis works with valves 01 December 2009
Photosynthesis is the origin of life on earth, but it is a phenomenon that is still barely understood. Take, for example, the extremely efficient mech...
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Success for Leiden with Vidi subsidies 24 November 2009
NWO has awarded a Vidi subsidy to a total of 89 young and innovative researchers. Leiden researchers have won twelve of these subsidies and three subs...
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Feodor-Lynen research fellowship for Bela Bode 13 October 2009
Dr Bela Bode receives a Feodor Lynen research fellowship for postdoctoral researchers by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation for development of new ...
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Thierry Rohmer received Ernst Award for elucidating the light-switch of plants 23 September 2009
PhD student Thierry Rohmer received the Ernst Award 2009 of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) for his publication in the Proceedings of the N...
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25 million euros for research into energy from plants and algae 14 July 2009
On Friday 10 July the Towards Biosolar Cells research programme was granted a budget of 25 million euros by the Dutch Government. The Ministry of Agri...
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First step in converting solar energy using ‘artificial leaf’ 30 June 2009
Two things are needed to produce fuel from sunlight: an antenna that harvests light, and a light-driven catalyst. The most efficient antennae contain ...
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Major European subsidy for membrane fusion 23 June 2009
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded chemist Dr Alexander Kros a Starting Independent Researcher Grant of 1.4 million euro. He will be usi...
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Molecular mystery in space 16 June 2009
The space between the stars isn't simply a void; it also contains substances such as methanol and carbon dioxide. So far, chemical theories have been...
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A week immersed in solar biofuels 21 April 2009
The Honours Class From Solar to Fuel with Bio consisted almost entirely of the workshop on Solar Biofuels from Micro-organisms that drew more than eig...