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Light and nanoparticles against cancer16 July 2020Leiden PhD student Xuequan Zhou has designed a new promising molecule that efficiently kills cancer cells, but does not harm healthy tissue. The trick...
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New technique offers chemists unprecedented control in drug research29 June 2020Leiden 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...
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Smart chemistry rids anti-cancer drugs of serious side effects18 June 2020Researchers of the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) and the Leiden Institute of Chemistry have made an important discovery about the commonly u...
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Three Leiden Science projects receive computing time on national supercomputers16 June 2020A night sky of more than 40 petabytes in size, simulating young star clusters and understanding how the body inhibits viruses: three Leiden projects h...
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Minute molecular movements might lead to more efficient biofuel cells28 May 2020Leiden researchers have found minute movements in the laccase enzyme. This discovery could lead to the development of much more efficient biofuel cell...
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Shell works with Leiden and VU researchers on quantum computer algorithms for chemistry26 May 2020Shell cooperates with theoretical physicists and chemists of Leiden University to research how quantum computer algorithms can help simulate complex m...
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In Memoriam Professor Huib Ovaa20 May 2020On the 19th of May 2020, our dear colleague and friend Professor Dr. Huib Ovaa has passed away from prostate cancer. Last summer Huib became ill, and ...
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Body's own marijuana helps us forget traumatic memories12 May 2020The endogenous compound anandamide – often referred to as the body’s own marijuana – plays a role in erasing memories of a traumatic event. This was d...
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17.9 million euro for national NMR Roadmap consortium07 May 2020The National Roadmap for Large-Scale Research Facilities programme of NWO enables the building or renovation of research facilities with international...
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Marcellus Ubbink receives grant for research into evolution of enzymes20 April 2020The Dutch organisation for scientific research NWO has announced that it will award an ENW-Klein grant to Marcellus Ubbink (LIC) for his research into...
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How Leiden researchers are going to fight Gaucher's disease with a start-up07 April 2020It has kept Leiden professor Hans Aerts busy throughout his academic career: Gaucher's disease, a hereditary metabolic disease. Together with professo...
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Rik Mom receives an NWO Tenure Track and returns to Leiden30 March 2020Through an NWO grant, chemist Rik Mom has received a tenure track position at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry, where he obtained his PhD cum laude i...
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Three Leiden Science women in Leiden Top 5010 March 2020On International Women’s Day 2020, the first edition of the Leiden Top 50 was revealed, a list of 50 women who made a difference in Leiden in 2019. Am...
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New carbon membrane generates a hundred times more power09 March 2020Leiden chemists have created a new ultrathin membrane only one molecule thick. The membrane can produce a hundred times more power from seawater than ...
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2.8 million euros for photosynthesis research27 February 2020In the programme NWO Open Competition Domain Science - GROOT, twenty new consortia will start a large research project. This boost of more than 47 mil...