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In memoriam professor Mathieu Noteborn08 April 2019On the 5th of April 2019 our dear colleague and friend Professor Dr Mathieu Noteborn has passed away. In January of this year he was diagnosed with bo...
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Announcement passing away Professor Mathieu Noteborn05 April 2019On Friday April 5th, 2019, our colleague and good friend Prof. Mathieu Noteborn passed away very unexpectedly.
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Geert de Snoo new Director of Netherlands Institute of Ecology04 April 2019Professor Geert de Snoo, Dean of the Faculty of Science at Leiden University, has been appointed Director of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIO...
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EU awards COFUND grant for 18 Post-docs working on the Origin and Evolution of Life02 April 2019The European Union has awarded a COFUND grant to a consortium of researchers from the universities of Groningen, Leiden and Eindhoven for a collective...
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Leiden research addresses energy challenges19 March 2019Climate change and energy transition were an important theme of the Dutch provincial elections: how should we invest in new sources of energy? Leiden ...
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Marc Koper receives the Netherlands Catalysis and Chemistry Award12 March 2019During the 20th anniversary meeting of the Netherlands' Catalysis and Chemistry Conference, Marc Koper received the Netherlands Catalysis and Chemistr...
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Vici for Sylvestre Bonnet: new light on cancer therapy08 March 2019Chemotherapy that does nothing until you irradiate it with light. Sylvestre Bonnet receives a Vici grant of 1.5 million euros for the development of t...
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Vici grant for Jeroen Codée: ‘I want to understand how sugars are formed’08 March 2019Although sugars are widely used in biological and medical research, their synthesis is still badly understood. Jeroen Codée has received a Vici grant ...
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Nine CMR-chemicals are added to the list of substances of very high concern (for health, environment)07 March 2019
The organization RIVM has recently updated the Dutch list of so-called substances of very high concern and has added 9 CMR chemicals to their list.
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Conversion of renewable raw materials on platinum shows unexpected behaviour04 March 2019The electrochemical reduction of a group of organic compounds on platinum is strongly dependent on the arrangement of the atoms in the platinum surfac...
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Seven Leiden researchers win €1.5m Vici grant26 February 2019Seven Leiden researchers have each been awarded a Vici grant by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). This will enable them to f...
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FameLab: young scientists take the stage26 February 2019In FameLab contestants explain their research to the public in a three-minute presentation – without using PowerPoint or other presentation tools. The...
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Detecting diseases with molecules in the body19 February 2019Is it possible to diagnose diseases using molecular switches? The new international consortium LogicLab will address this question. Leiden chemist Syl...
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Two cum laude distinctions for storing renewable energy05 February 2019Both Leon Jacobse and Thom Hersbach from Marc Koper's research group obtained their PhDs cum laude. They both investigated changes on the surface of a...
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SUNRISE: from sunlight to smart city01 February 2019The European Project SUNRISE, ‘Solar energy for a circular economy’, has been selected as one of the six Coordination and Support Actions (CSA) within...