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Erik Danen appointed as Professor of Cancer drug target discovery24 April 2018As of April 1, 2018, Erik Danen has been appointed as Professor of Cancer drug target discovery at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR...
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Cancer research focusing on quality of life21 June 2017Cancer is one of the main causes of death in the Netherlands. Leiden researchers are working to improve the treatment of different types of cancer in ...
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Ten years ERC: Sylvestre Bonnet kills cancer with light12 June 2017In 2013, Sylvestre Bonnet received an ERC Starting Grant to kill cancer with molecules that can be activated by light. Two postdocs and three PhD stud...
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Ewa Snaar-Jagalska appointed as Professor in the field of cellular tumor biology24 May 2017From the 1st of April Ewa Snaar-Jagalska has been appointed Professor in the field of cellular tumor biology within the Faculty of Science at the Inst...
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Kistemaker obtains PhD cum laude on production of ground-breaking molecules18 May 2017A month ago it was Marc Baggelaar, and now Hans Kistemaker too has obtained his PhD cum laude at the Leiden Institute for Chemistry (LIC). ‘He has ma...
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Immune system plays dual role in breast cancer06 February 2017The immune system plays a paradoxical role in the spread of breast cancer. Some immune cells contribute to metastasis, while other cells can be activa...
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Three FOM-Projectruimte Grants for Leiden Physics21 November 2016The Leiden Institute of Physics has been awarded three out of twelve available grants from the FOM Projectruimte. Principal Investigators Milan Allan,...
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Stefano Coppola Receives AXA RF Fellowship to Study Pancreatic Cancer16 June 2016Leiden biophysicist Stefano Coppola has received the prestigious AXA Research Fund postdoctoral fellowship. With this grant he can work for two years ...
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Aggressiveness of cancer cells halted10 June 2016Zebrafish-human communication shows that cancer cells lacking a signaling protein are less able to develop aggressive metastatic properties. This disc...
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Halting protein degradation may contribute to new cancer treatment30 May 2016Chemist Gerjan de Bruin has designed a method of slowing down the degradation process of proteins in cells. This may contribute to new cancer medicine...
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Tumours can use ‘remote control’ to attract blood vessels02 March 2016Researchers at Leiden University have demonstrated that tumours can apply mechanical means to attract the blood vessels they need to be able to grow....
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Two NWO ECHO grants for Leiden Chemistry28 January 2016Two excellent young chemists, Jeroen Codée and Sander van Kasteren, have received an ECHO grant for €260,000 from the Netherlands Organisation for Sci...
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First baby born after reimplantation of ovarian tissue20 January 2016Late in 2015 a woman gave birth to a baby conceived following the reimplantation of thawed ovarian tissue. The woman was able to become pregnant thank...
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Leiden researchers discover genes that affect spread of breast cancer18 March 2015Researchers at Leiden University have mapped genes that cause breast cancer cells to migrate. The Leiden toxicologists Professor Bob van de Water, Dr ...
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New zebrafish study to understand human cancer06 October 2012Ewa Snaar-Jagalska, Shuning He and colleagues from IBL, LION and LACDR reported on a new zebrafish study to understand micrometastasis of human cancer...