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Antibiotics of the future: looking for a new way to kill bacteria 04 July 2022
Current antibiotics only address very few target proteins in bacteria to kill them. Researchers know that there are more possible target proteins to t...
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Marcellus Ubbink new Scientific Director of the LIC institute 23 June 2022
As of 1 July, Marcellus Ubbink is the new Scientific Director of the Leiden Institute for Chemistry. He will succeed Hermen Overkleeft, who led the in...
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Sander van Kasteren: from molecule builder to Professor of Chemical Immunology 15 June 2022
Sander van Kasteren only noticed some small, subtle changes since he was appointed professor on 1 May. Still, he has to get used to the idea, even th...
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Grant for development of artificial green fuels 15 June 2022
Researchers at Leiden University have been awarded a €4 million EU grant to develop climate-neutral fuels. With this money they will expand the broad ...
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Breakthrough artificial photosynthesis comes closer 31 May 2022
Imagine we could do what green plants can do: photosynthesis. Then we could satisfy our enormous energy needs with deep-green hydrogen and climate-neu...
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How Oncode-PACT is bringing new cancer medicines closer with 325 million in Growth Fund money 18 May 2022
How can you ensure that more experimental drugs reach the finish line? At the moment, only one in twenty cancer drugs that are tested on humans makes ...
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National Growth Fund invests many millions in faster and more sustainable (cancer) drug development 14 April 2022
On 14 April, the National Growth Fund awarded million euros in grants to two consortia in which Leiden's science faculty is involved. Pharma-NL will r...
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From lab discovery to a new drug: the Venture Challenge makes it possible 14 April 2022
A breakthrough from the PhD research of medical chemist Elmer Maurits may help patients with autoimmune diseases and blood cancer in the future. But b...
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Electrochemistry for renewable energy 29 March 2022
Imagine we could convert the greenhouse gas CO2 into synthetic fuels using sustainable energy. This would enable us to reduce the amount of CO2 and at...
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Leiden researchers join forces against tuberculosis 24 March 2022
About one and a half million people worldwide die each year from tuberculosis. For thirty years, therapy with antibiotics has been the same, while it ...
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Is a cancer pill a matter of time? 21 February 2022
A cancer pill, preferably without severe side effects, is something we’d all welcome. Is it a matter of time before such a pill is a reality? We put t...
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Real-time solid-state NMR spectroscopy inside living cells 10 February 2022
Researchers from the Leiden Institute of Chemistry show proof of principle that live-cell structural changes and metabolic processes can be followed i...
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Innovative Leiden research receives NWO grant 08 February 2022
On January 24 Professor Annemarie Meijer and Dr Sander Wezenberg received a NWO grant for their research. The grant was awarded within the Open Compet...
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Sabine Wenzel wins first Surface Science Young Investigator award 02 February 2022
Ever did something for the first time and got an award for it? Sabine Wenzel did. Her research about the surface of zinc oxide won her the Surface Sci...
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Century-old electrochemistry law gets update 19 January 2022
The Gouy-Chapman theory describes what happens near an electrode when it is in contact with a salt solution, but this description does not match real...