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Artificial intelligence helps in the search for new antibiotics
With the search for new antibiotics becoming increasingly urgent, artificial intelligence offers valuable help. Smart software developed by Leiden PhD candidate Alexander Kloosterman searched genomes of bacteria and found clusters of DNA that code for proteins that have an antibiotic effect. ‘This new…
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Faculty of Science reinforces collaboration in China
The Faculty of Science has reinforced the collaboration in China during a group trip late November. Representatives from four institutes visited ten Chinese top universities and interviewed over 130 students in PhD workshops in Beijing and Shanghai.
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Four Vicis for Leiden researchers
Leiden has scored highly with the recent Vici awards. Of the 31 Vici winners announced by NWO, 4 are researchers in Leiden. The winners are: Professor of Family and Child Studies Marian Bakermans-Kranenburg, information scientist Peter Grünwald, astronomer Linnartz and Professor of Buddhism Jonathan…
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Tracking the origin and evolution of molecules in space
How do molecules originate and evolve in space? And how does that ultimately determine the chemical composition of planets and their atmospheres? The Dutch Astrochemistry Network (DANIII) receives 1.6 million euros from NWO to find out. A large group of Leiden astronomers and chemists is contributing:…
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‘Ultimately, the goal is to develop antibiotics for tuberculosis with a lower risk of resistance’
Tuberculosis stands as one of the most lethal infectious diseases worldwide. A significant challenge in combatting tuberculosis lies in the emergence of antibiotic resistance triggered by genetic alterations, commonly known as mutations. These mutations can diminish the responsiveness to antibiotics,…
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Acting Dean Paul Wouters in eight questions
Paul Wouters is not keen on people with a dual agenda. However, for the coming period, he himself will be in that very position. Besides his work as Dean of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FSW), he is temporarily coming to strengthen the Board of the Faculty of Science. Who is this Acting…
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Caught in living cells: how bacteria regulate their genes to defend themselves
For the first time, it was shown in living cells how the bacterium E. coli regulates genes that help it survive in a new environment. Biochemist Fatema Zahra Rashid managed to do this using a technique she fine-tuned. Her research into changes in 3-dimensional chromosome structure offers clues for ways…
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Can Parkinson's be stopped by unravelling protein fibres? Anne Wentink finds out with a Vidi grant from NWO
In brain diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's, proteins clump together to form fibres. ‘Chaperone proteins’ unravel those fibres, but in the test tube biochemist Anne Wentink saw that this can also cause new problems. She is going to find out what happens inside cells to determine what a drug…
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Hundreds of visitors learn about Leiden University science during 3 October University
Glorious sunshine, dozens of enthusiastic academics and huge numbers of Leiden residents ensured that this year’s special jubilee version of 3 October University was a great success.
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Astronomers discover largest molecule yet in a planet-forming disc
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile, researchers at Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands have for the first time detected dimethyl ether in a planet-forming disc. With nine atoms, this is the largest molecule identified in such a disc to date. It is also a precursor…
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Young stars in the Orion Nebula are practicing birth control
Astronomers from Leiden University have discovered that the star wind from a newborn star in the Orion Nebula prevents more stars from forming in the immediate vicinity. They made the discovery with data from the SOFIA observatory. This was announced by co-author Xander Tielens during a press conference…
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Plastic Soup Surfer calls for sustainable academic year
One person can already make a difference, and if all students and academics were eco-friendly, the world would be a much more sustainable place. Plastic Soup Surfer Merijn Tinga opened the academic year in Leiden with this message.
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Tapping new markets for rapid DNA unraveller
Researching DNA material for genetic disorders using the most powerful apparatus. This is what GenomeScan, a company on the Leiden Bio Science Park, does. Master's student Konstantina Konstantinopoulou is doing an internship there. 'It's a world where developments happen really rapidly so it's a fantastic…
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Huge interest from prospective students (and their parents) on Bachelor’s Open Day
Presentations, city tours, themed cafés and information fairs − there was plenty to discover on the Bachelor’s Open Day last Saturday. Around 6,000 prospective students and 4,000 parents visited faculties in Leiden and The Hague to soak up the atmosphere and imagine how it would be to study at Leiden…
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Green Office chasing green ideas
‘A university is a slow-moving institution, which is in many ways a good thing,' commented student Josephine Rook at the opening of the Leiden University Green Office on 27 September in the Hortus botanicus. ‘Sustainability is not about following the latest trends, but about making structural improv…
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From discovery to business: 'In the lab, we often don't realise that we are working to help an immense number of patients'
'It gave our team a big boost to hear that our work was valuable,' says medical chemist Elmer Maurits about the moment they won the Venture Challenge. With their company Iprotics, they want to develop a drug that can better treat patients with autoimmune diseases and blood cancers. 25,000 euros of prize…
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Leiden bachelor students analyse data EC soccer
Leiden bachelor students analyse data EC soccer Students are now familiar with something sports journalists already knew: summer holidays can be a time of hard labour. Everybody else is lying on the beach, but for you, it is the busiest time of the year. Leiden bachelor students collected the data…
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From collagen to canvas: interactive artwork brings the world between our cells to life
What’s really happening in the space between the cells in your body? With the Collagen Canvas project, students from Leiden University invite you to explore this question by blending science with art. This interactive artwork immerses you in the dynamics of the extracellular matrix—the invisible structure…
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MCBIM Colloquium: Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer in Artificial Photosynthesis
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Advancing image-based localization of lipid-based nanomedicines for the exploration of targeted drug delivery
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Influence of the Electrode-electrolyte Interface on Electrochemical CO2 Reduction Reaction and Hydrogen Evolution Reaction
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Discovery of Reversible Monoacylglycerol Lipase Inhibitors
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mRNA and Drug Delivery with Lipid-based Nanoparticles
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Understanding the Surface Structure of Catalysts and 2D Materials at the Atomic Scale
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Synthesis of chemical tools to study the immune system
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Phase Separation in Lipid-based Nanoparticles
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Design of selective inhibitors for human immunoproteasomes
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LIC Lecture: To Eat or Not To Eat: Leveraging Chemical Proteomics for the Study of Macrophage Phagocytosis
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Platinum Surface Instabilities and their Impact in Electrochemistry
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Topics in computational electrochemistry
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Photocleavable, Activity-Based Acid Glucosylceramidase Probes
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Photoinduced Processes in Dye-Sensitized Photoanodes under the Spotlight
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Design, synthesis and application of sulfur-containing heterocycles as potential inhibitors of glycosidases and glycosyltransferases
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Unfolding the regulation of stress response pathways upon liver injury
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Functionalized two-dimensional membranes and materials for solar-to- fuel devices
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Pyrrole-based photoswitchable anion receptors
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Towards Photocatalytic Water Splitting in Homogeneous Solutions Using Molecular Metalloporphyrin Photosensitizers and Catalysts
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Deoxygenated cyclophellitol derivatives: synthesis and applications
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SAILS Lunch Time Seminar
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Highly Accurate Simulations and Benchmarking of Molecule-Surface Reactions
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Substrate adaptability in the beta-lactamase BlaC
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Mechanism-Based Inhibitors and Probes for Neuraminidases
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Towards artificial photosynthesis on the lipid bilayer of liposomes
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Design and synthesis of a next generation carbohydrate-mimetic cyclitols
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Computational and Experimental Studies of Reactive Intermediates in Glycosylation Reactions
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Nuclear Quantum Effects in Solid Water
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Click to Release for Immunce Cell Activation
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Exploring chemical space in covalent and competitive glycosidase inhibitor design
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Identification and characterization of viral Xrn1-resistant RNAs
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Discovery of selective diacylglycerol lipase β inhibitors
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