2,137 search results for “molecular biology” in the Public website
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Natalia Ortiz ZacariasFaculty of Science
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Awaken sleeping antibiotics with ERC Advanced grant
To facilitate the search for new antibiotics. That is the aim of Gilles van Wezel, professor molecular biotechnology at the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL). He wants to do this by looking at similarities in the DNA of antibiotic-producing bacteria. Van Wezel has been awarded an ERC Advanced grant…
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Amy Montanje receives the 'Kees Bakker Award'
Leiden Biology student Amy Montanje received the annual award for being the best BSc-student in 2018 from the “Stichting Professor Dr. K. Bakker-fonds”.
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Gravitation Grant: more than twenty million for sustainable crops
The project MiCRop receives 20.3 million euros from the Gravitation programme of the Dutch Research Council (NWO). MiCRop will unravel the microbial community around crops. This knowledge will help to develop more sustainable crops that require fewer fertilizers and pesticides. Leiden professors Jos…
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Ewine van Dishoeck in Board of Trustees Institute for Advanced Study
The Institute for Advanced Study has appointed astronomer and chemist Ewine Fleur van Dishoeck to its Board of Trustees, effective 5 May, 2018.
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‘Like Don Quichot, you have to keep dreaming’
Having a bachelor, master and Ph.D in chemistry, Elena Sánchez López shifted to a more biological research for her postdoc. All of her studies she did at the University of Alcala, in Spain. Way back in medieval times, this city was the place of birth of Miguel de Cervantes, author of the world famous…
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Screening enormous databases to find a cure for cancer
Pharmaceutical research should make more use of data science, says Gerard van Westen, postdoctoral fellow at the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR). ‘If we want to have better drugs, we should start with data.’
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The bite that heals: New antibiotics with help from venomous animals
Prof. Gilles van Wezel and Prof. Mike Richardson of the Institute of Biology Leiden received €1.4 million to find new antibiotics.
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Leiden expands collaboration with Mexico
A delegation from Leiden University is currently visiting Mexico to initiate collaboration with universities and science funding bodies in the country and to extend and expand existing partnerships. Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker is confident enough already to call it a success.
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Brand-new professor Gerard van Westen wants to cross boundaries
Brand-new professor Gerard van Westen works at the intersection of artificial intelligence and drug development. For the new chair in Artificial Intelligence and Medicinal Chemistry, he uses computer models to make drug development more efficient. Our ultimate goal is a virtual human which allows you…
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The Erasmus+ grant opens doors
What is it like to participate in the Erasmus+ grant programme as a Master's student from Ukraine? Yevhenii Radchenko did an eight-month internship at Leiden University in 2018. Soon after, he returned as a PhD candidate. 'You have little to lose, but a lot to gain.'
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Ewine van Dishoeck receives the Niels Bohr medal
Leiden professor of molecular astrophysics and astrochemistry Ewine van Dishoeck was presented with the Niels Bohr International Gold Medal on Friday 7 October. The medal, instigated by the Danish Society of Engineers IDA, was awarded by Queen Margrethe of Denmark at a ceremony at the Carlsberg Academy…
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Dick Stufkens Prize 2020 awarded to physical chemist Mark Koenis
The Dick Stufkens Prize 2020 for the best PhD thesis of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry has been awarded to Dr Mark Koenis. Koenis graduated 21 February with the distinction cum laude on his thesis 'Advanced Spectra Analysis to Determine Complex Structure and Chirality'. He describes…
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Dick Stufkens Prize 2025 awarded to physical chemist Begüm Demirkurt
The Dick Stufkens Prize 2025 for best PhD thesis of the Holland Research School of Molecular Chemistry (HRSMC) has been awarded to Begüm Demirkurt for her thesis “Mechanical Contact Imaging using Fluorescence Techniques”. Demirkurt, who obtained her doctorate from the University of Amsterdam last March,…
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Finally solved: how the body's own marijuana spreads through the brain
Since its discovery thirty years ago, it remained a mystery: how does the body’s own marijuana move between nerve cells in the brain? Mario van der Stelt and his research group have now uncovered the answer. This insight could aid the development of new treatments for pain and neurological disorders…
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Hazal KandemirFaculty of Science
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Abhishek MondalFaculty of Science
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Bernardo AntunesFaculty of Science
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Bob SchepersFaculty of Science
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Yunfeng WuFaculty of Science
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Narcy Pereira Zaldívar
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Sivanandam Veeramuthu Natarajan
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Merijn VriendsFaculty of Science
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Kasper van der Cruijsen
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Ozlem Erol
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Altay Temel
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Ephraim Prantl
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Wessel VerbeetFaculty of Science
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Sebastian Novosedlik
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Anne George
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Merel JanssenFaculty of Science
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Johan MemelinkFaculty of Science
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Hubertus IrthFaculty of Science
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Xiaofang Kang
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Jon ChaseFaculty of Science
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Vicky Beckers
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Marco van EijkFaculty of Science
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Rebecca Katzy
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Remco PeterFaculty of Science
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Sarmistha Bhunia
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Yevhenii RadchenkoFaculty of Science
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Vincent LitFaculty of Science
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Bastienne VriesendorpFaculty of Science
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Suzanne LommenFaculty of Science
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Cerissa van Walstijn
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Jorn de JongFaculty of Science
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Xiaoyao Chen
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Indigo BekaertFaculty of Science
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Julia Villalva Fernandez
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Tom KeijerFaculty of Science