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Tolerance and Immunogenicity Seminar14 December 2018On Friday November 9th, LACDR hosted the 4th Annual Tolerance and Immunogenicity Seminar at the Poortgebouw of LUMC. This international symposium seri...
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Unwinding a hank of yarn: how do cellular machines unfold misfolded proteins?14 December 2018Protein chains typically fold to function. Folding is a complex process and if done correctly leads to a unique functional fold topology for a given p...
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Dr. Isabelle Kohler nominated for the Faculty Award for Teaching 201814 December 2018Dr. Isabelle Kohler, Assistant Professor at the Division Systems Biomedicine and Pharmacology, has been nominated for the Faculty Award for Teaching 2...
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Piet van der Graaf appointed as new Editor-in-Chief Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (CPT)14 December 2018The American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT) recently announced the appointment of Piet van der Graaf as Editor-in-Chief (E...
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Marit van Elsas awarded Suzanne Hovinga Prize 201814 December 2018Marit van Elsas was awarded the Suzanne Hovinga prize for the best MSc research project report in 2018 at LACDR’s fall symposium on November 1st. Mari...
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Vote for the Discoverer of the year 201813 December 2018Which brilliant scientist will be our Discoverer of the year 2018? Will it be a physicist, biologist, drug discoverer or an astronomer? Or an environm...
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Laura Heitman uses her expertise to fight cancer06 December 2018Seven talented female scientists join the fight against cancer of the Oncode Insitute. Laura Heitman of the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research i...
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14 Leiden researchers on highly cited list03 December 2018Fourteen Leiden University scientists appear on the 2018 Highly Cited Researchers list, which was announced on 28 November by Clarivate Analytics.
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Tiny, pain-free vaccinations: microneedles and nanoparticles30 October 2018If it’s up to PhD student Guangsheng Du, patients don’t need to worry about big needles anymore. At the Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research (LACD...
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Millions invested in Leiden method of determining sex of chicks before hatching29 October 2018Discovering whether a chick is male or female while it is still in the egg. Leiden biotech company In Ovo, a spin-off of Leiden University, has been g...
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Dutch Medicines Days - Rob van Wijk11 October 2018The smartwatch on my wrist reports >100 bpm. Nervously I dry my hands on my suit while walking on stage. Why doesn’t this pointer work? It’s not a gre...
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Rob van Wijk has won the oral presentations of the National PhD Competition during the FIGON Dutch Medicine Days09 October 2018He presented his PhD research entitled “Kick-starting drug development; translational systems pharmacology using innovative zebrafish experiments and ...
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First Leiden Science Family Day: glitter gel, virtual reality and ice-cold clouds09 October 2018The first Leiden Science Family Day on Saturday 6 October was a great success. During the ‘Weekend of Science’ more than 700 visitors, including 350 c...
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Laura Heitman nominated for Prix Galien02 October 2018Laura Heitman of the Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research (LACDR) has been nominated for the Prix Galien Research Award. This important pharmaceut...
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Laura Heitman has received two awards at the EFMC-ISMC 201825 September 2018Laura Heitman won the prize for Young Medicinal Chemist in Academia and the 2017 RSC MedChemComm prize.