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Sabine Wenzel wins first Surface Science Young Investigator award02 February 2022Ever did something for the first time and got an award for it? Sabine Wenzel did. Her research about the surface of zinc oxide won her the Surface Sci...
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Century-old electrochemistry law gets update19 January 2022The Gouy-Chapman theory describes what happens near an electrode when it is in contact with a salt solution, but this description does not match real...
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Leiden University strengthens its focus on Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry with seven new group leaders31 December 2021Tackling key challenges of Chemical Biology and Medicinal Chemistry to aid drug discovery is one of the focus areas of Leiden University. To this end,...
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Thomas Hansen wins the KNCV-Backer Prize07 December 2021Thomas Hansen is the recipient of the 2020 KNCV-Backer Prize for best organic chemistry thesis in the Netherlands.
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These Science students excelled and won a KHMW Young Talent Prize06 December 2021No fewer than seven Leiden FWN students received a Young Talent Award from the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences on Monday, 29 November. Mark van den Bo...
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These eleven Leiden Science researchers are among the most highly cited19 November 2021Eleven researchers of the Faculty of Science are on the 2021 Highly Cited Researchers list of Clarivate Analytics. Only 0.1 per cent of researchers ar...
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Non-invasive DNA-labeling tool opens doors for new research04 November 2021Dutch researchers have developed a new tool to label DNA for studying chromosomes in live cells. The tool is non-invasive and can be applied in cultur...
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Towards molecular complexity in birth places of stars: Formaldehyde formation from carbon atoms reacting with water ice02 November 2021Scientists at Leiden University (Netherlands), Stuttgart University (Germany) and Ural Federal University (Russia) have successfully put forward a nov...
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Klaas van Leest receives Dick Stufkens Prize 202119 October 2021The Dick Stufkens Prize 2021 for the best PhD thesis of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (HRSMC) has been awarded to Klaas van Leest...
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Spinoza and Stevin Prizes for three Leiden professors14 October 2021Three Leiden professors have recently been awarded the most prestigious scientific accolade in the Netherlands: Maria Yazdanbakhsh and Marc Koper have...
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Young Star Renske Donkers: how is she doing now?20 September 2021How is Young Star Renske Donkers doing now? Early this year she was the second person ever to win the Young Star Award for the best bachelor student. ...
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Leiden students develop highly contagious card game14 September 2021Infecting each other with viruses and bacteria while protecting yourself with medicines and vaccinations. Sounds like a fun evening, right? Master stu...
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Chemist Marc Koper receives Spinoza Prize for research on electrolysis03 September 2021Professor Marc Koper researches how you can use electrical energy to make or break chemical bonds. He has just been awarded a Spinoza Prize, the Nethe...
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Leiden chemists improve electrochemical production of sustainable chemical building blocks16 August 2021If you could convert CO2 into building blocks for other molecules with the help of electricity, you could make the chemical industry considerably more...
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Professor Lars Jeuken wants to use bacteria for sustainable fuel05 August 2021On 1 August, Lars Jeuken started work as Professor of Biophysical Chemistry at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC). His research is at the interse...