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Profiling programme about body’s own marijuana brings institutes together 12 July 2018
Bringing together institutes and research groups, how do you do that? The Faculty of Science set up a joint research theme and financed three PhD posi...
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Marc Koper new President International Society of Electrochemistry 03 July 2018
Marc Koper, Professor of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, has been elected as President Elect of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE). ...
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Irene Groot receives Vidi grant: looking at catalysts at atomic scale 01 June 2018
Catalysts are indispensable in everyday life. We know what they do and more or less how they do it, but we still lack a fundamental understanding abou...
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Vidis for nine Leiden researchers 01 June 2018
Nine talented Leiden researchers have been awarded a Vidi subsidy by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Vidis are intended fo...
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Scientists have morals too 20 April 2018
A group of early career scientists have written a code of ethics through an initiative of the World Economic Forum. Chemist and co-author Sander van K...
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Converting CO2 to store renewable energy 19 April 2018
Yuvraj Birdja converted CO2 to formic acid to store energy in a sustainable way, with different catalysts. With this new knowledge, scientists are a s...
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Five Leiden professors elected to KNAW 18 April 2018
The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences has elected five Leiden professors from different disciplines as new members. Two of the new member...
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VICI for Mario van der Stelt 12 April 2018
For his ground-breaking chemical biological research, a VICI-grant has been awarded to Mario van der Stelt, professor of Molecular physiology at Leide...
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Marcellus Ubbink in Leidsch Dagblad: "Nanodisk biedt kans op beter griepvaccin" 10 April 2018
Marcellus Ubbink talks about research on nanodisks.
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Two graphene layers lean in for a kiss 23 March 2018
Leiden physicists and chemists have managed to bring two graphene layers so close together that an electric current spontaneously jumps across. In the...
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TOP subsidy for research into sustainable platinum electrodes 20 March 2018
Leiden research into the properties of platinum receives a TOP subsidy of 780.000 euros from the The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research ...
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Female talent in the spotlight 07 March 2018
The representation of women in science is improving, also at the Faculty of Science. On 8 March – International Women's Day – we highlight the work of...
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Three VICI grants for Leiden researchers 22 February 2018
Three Leiden researchers have been awarded a prestigious Vici grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). They each receive 1...
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Changing enzymes for clean energy and disease prevention 21 February 2018
They can play a role in metabolic disorders and can break down tough plant fibers: β-glycosidases are enzymes that play many roles in nature. Fredj Be...
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Observing a changing platinum electrode 12 February 2018
The surface of platinum electrodes changes much more during use than was previously thought. In a collaboration between the Leiden Institutes of Chemi...