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Substantial investment in Leiden centre for NMR spectroscopy19 June 2012
Paramagnetism. An obscure occult practice? No. It’s one of the newest scientific methods for mapping the behaviour of proteins with great precision. M...
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Reedijk Symposium 2012 - Guest Lecturers: Prof. Oliver Einsle & Prof. Nigel Scrutton29 May 2012
On Friday October 26th 2012 the third annual Jan Reedijk LIC Symposium will be held. The main lectures of the day will be "Enzyme catalysis in relatio...
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Reedijk Symposium 2011 - Guest Lecturer: Prof. dr. Michael Grätzel14 December 2011On Friday October 28th the second Jan Reedijk LIC Symposium will be held. The main lecture of the day "Molecular Photovoltaics and Mesoscopic Solar Ce...
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New funding for advanced microscopy using gold nanorods28 November 2011
A consortium of researchers from the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION), the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), and the Leiden Institute of Chemistry ...
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Publications Leiden researchers Skubak and Pannu frequently cited08 August 2011New publications on software by Pavol Skubak and Navraj Pannu have been cited over a hundred times within the first three months. The citation numbers...
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Dick Stufkens Prijs 2010 awarded to chemist Niels Elders18 October 2010The Dick Stufkens Prijs 2010 is awarded to Dr. Niels Elders. The prize is given by the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry for his Ph.D. th...
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Two young chemists win Marie Curie subsidy26 January 2010The Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC) is to be joined by a further two talented young chemists. Bela Bode and Michele Pavanello have each won a Mari...
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Photosynthesis works with valves01 December 2009Photosynthesis is the origin of life on earth, but it is a phenomenon that is still barely understood. Take, for example, the extremely efficient mech...
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Success for Leiden with Vidi subsidies24 November 2009NWO has awarded a Vidi subsidy to a total of 89 young and innovative researchers. Leiden researchers have won twelve of these subsidies and three subs...
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Feodor-Lynen research fellowship for Bela Bode13 October 2009Dr Bela Bode receives a Feodor Lynen research fellowship for postdoctoral researchers by the Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation for development of new ...
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Thierry Rohmer received Ernst Award for elucidating the light-switch of plants23 September 2009PhD student Thierry Rohmer received the Ernst Award 2009 of the Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) for his publication in the Proceedings of the N...
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25 million euros for research into energy from plants and algae14 July 2009On Friday 10 July the Towards Biosolar Cells research programme was granted a budget of 25 million euros by the Dutch Government. The Ministry of Agri...
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First step in converting solar energy using ‘artificial leaf’30 June 2009Two things are needed to produce fuel from sunlight: an antenna that harvests light, and a light-driven catalyst. The most efficient antennae contain ...
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Major European subsidy for membrane fusion23 June 2009The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded chemist Dr Alexander Kros a Starting Independent Researcher Grant of 1.4 million euro. He will be usi...
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Molecular mystery in space16 June 2009The space between the stars isn't simply a void; it also contains substances such as methanol and carbon dioxide. So far, chemical theories have been...