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Translating science into treatments of rare metabolic disorders 06 February 2020
Leiden biotech startup Azafaros has successfully completed a funding round, raising 25 million euros of investments for developing treatments of rare ...
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The hunt for selective drugs 23 April 2019
How do you ensure that a drug has an effect on the right protein – and nothing else? Chemist Anthe Janssen explored various methods for determining th...
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The body's own marijuana as inspiration for drug research 19 October 2018
Endocannabinoids - the body's own marijuana - are promising departure points for drug research. Professor of Molecular Physiology Mario van der Stelt ...
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Anthe Janssen wins the YMCS Public's Choice Prize 10 September 2018
Anthe Janssen, a PhD student in the Molecular Physiology research group of Prof. Mario van der Stelt, has been awarded the Public's Choice Prize for B...
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Double success at the EMBL Chemical Biology Conference 06 September 2018
Thomas Bakkum en Tom van der Wel, two PhD candidates from the Leiden Institute of Chemistry, have both won poster prizes at the EMBL Chemical Biology ...
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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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Mario van der Stelt appointed Professor of Molecular Physiology 19 December 2017
Mario van der Stelt has been appointed Professor of Molecular Physiology at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry with effect from 1 November 2017.
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Annelot van Esbroeck wins Best Oral Communication Prize 21 September 2017
Annelot van Esbroeck-Weevers, PhD student at the Molecular Physiology research group at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry, headed by Dr. Mario van der...
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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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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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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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Freek Janssen wins award for best European Young Medicinal Chemist 08 September 2016
Freek Janssen, a PhD-student in the department of Molecular Physiology, has received an award for the best oral presentation during the Young Medicina...
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Hui Deng wins ICRS Award at an international meeting in Poland 11 July 2016
Hui Deng (MSc.), a PhD-student in the department of Molecular Physiology, has received an award for the best oral presentation during the 26th Interna...
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New substances inhibit inflammation in the brain 07 January 2016
Chemical biologists from Leiden, led by Dr Mario van der Stelt, have discovered substances that can reduce inflammation processes in the brain. This i...