News
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New technique offers chemists unprecedented control in drug research 29 June 2020
Leiden 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 effects 18 June 2020
Researchers 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 supercomputers 16 June 2020
A 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 cells 28 May 2020
Leiden 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 chemistry 26 May 2020
Shell 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 Ovaa 20 May 2020
On 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 memories 12 May 2020
The 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 consortium 07 May 2020
The 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 enzymes 20 April 2020
The 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 Leiden 30 March 2020
Through 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 50 10 March 2020
On 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 power 09 March 2020
Leiden 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 research 27 February 2020
In 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 Dame 25 February 2020
How 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 organelles 25 February 2020
The 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 ...