The fact that scientists are increasingly better able to access molecular cell and tissue data also brings with it a new challenge: how can scientists...
As of 1 November, Laura Heitman has been appointed full Professor of Molecular Pharmacology at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR). H...
Leiden University, the LUMC and Janssen have signed a partnership agreement stating that they will collaborate in different areas, including infectiou...
Leiden chemists have proposed a new model for enzymatic reactions, in which the flexibility of the substrate is much more important than previously th...
In the Phenomix Medical Delta Field Lab, which was officially opened on Thursday 9 July, scientists, healthcare institutions and businesses work toget...
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...
In the search for new medicines against diseases such as cancer, a Leiden team has developed a new workflow. This approach combines artificial intelli...
The coronavirus has the world in its grip. Finding a cure has never been more important. Unfortunately, the development of new drugs for treatment of ...
Leiden biotech startup Azafaros has successfully completed a funding round, raising 25 million euros of investments for developing treatments of rare ...
Gerard van Westen and his group, together with pharmaceutical company Galapagos, start on developing software that invents new effective molecules. Th...
Public funding for fundamental research is essential for innovation and the development of new medicines. This is demonstrated by Professor Science Ba...
Erik Danen is looking at how to inhibit tumours that do not respond well to medicine – and he is making some headway. The Professor of Cancer Drug Tar...
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...
What is the best method and time to test the effectiveness of medicines? PhD student Rob van Wijk of the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LAC...
Not taking into account the saturation of drug targets can lead to wrong conclusions about the duration of a drug's action. This is what former PhD ca...
