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  • Veni
    International

    NWO Veni grants awarded for 2024

    2025-07-17T10:27:00Z

    Two hundred early-career scientists have received up to €320,000 in the form of a Veni grant from the NWO Talent Programme.

  • ERC Proof of Concept
    International

    ERC Proof of Concept grants 2025 awarded

    2025-07-16T11:34:00Z

    It’s always nice to receive a gift before the holidays. Eighteen Belgian and Dutch scientists were delighted to hear that their Proof of Concept Grant proposals had been successful.

  • Carrierepad
    International

    Career path

    2025-07-14T06:53:00Z

    Should fundamental research be adapted to meet the needs of businesses, Sjoerd Rijpkema asks himself. Or is there another solution?

  • Katarina Cankar
    International

    Podium: Katarina Cankar

    2025-07-11T13:14:00Z

    Our members form the beating heart of our societies. Here, we regularly highlight one of them. This time, it’s NBV-member Katarina Cankar. 

  • CLEAR winnaar NOP 2025 foto 2
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    Systems thinking approach wins major education award

    2025-07-10T12:13:00Z

    The CLEAR initiative at the University of Twente won the Dutch Education Award 2025. The jury was impressed by the systems thinking approach, which creates chemists that are well-suited for the challenges of tomorrow. So, what’s next?

  • C2W_ColumnIsabelle_2025-07-09_SummerBreak
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    Recalibrating your academic compass this summer

    2025-07-08T07:15:00Z

    The summer break offers academics more than rest – it’s a rare opportunity to pause, reflect, and realign. Isabelle Kohler shares how a quieter pace can help you recalibrate your academic compass and make intentional choices for the year ahead.

  • blood cells
    International

    Activating ‘reserve genes’ for gene therapy

    2025-07-07T13:50:00Z

    Reactivated genes can compensate for other defective genes in hereditary blood disorders, Dutch researchers show in the journal Blood.

  • Graphical abstract catalyst in the spotlight
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    Catalyst-substrate couple in the spotlight

    2025-07-07T07:56:00Z

    With the high-tech laser facility of HFML-FELIX, researchers succeeded in capturing a catalyst ‘in the act’ of catalysing a Michael addition, as they show in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters.

  • Money abstract
    International

    Open Competition ENW-M grants awarded

    2025-07-02T09:18:00Z

    The ‘creative’ ENW-M grants have been awarded once again, this time to 21 researchers looking to develop scientific innovations and ‘risky’ ideas. Among the recipients are members of the KNCV and NVBMB, who are highlighted here.

  • toc sn2 vs e2
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    SN2 vs. E2: Competition Clarified

    2025-06-27T13:44:00Z

    For organic chemists (in training), the question of how to determine whether a chemical reaction follows the SN2 or E2 route is timeless. A group in Amsterdam summarized its 25 years of research in Chemistry: A European Journal, offering concrete, simple concepts to overcome this dilemma.

  • C2W_ColumnIsabelle_2025-06-25_Communication
    International

    Science communication: your pathway to broader impact

    2025-06-25T07:04:00Z

    Isabelle Kohler shares why science communication – in whatever format works best – might be one of the most rewarding parts of any professional journey.

  • Gram Negative Cell Wall Shutterstock
    International

    Sweet victory: sugar molecule disrupts bacterial cell wall

    2025-06-20T11:34:00Z

    Researchers in Groningen have synthesised a variant of a sugar molecule that is incorporated in the cell wall of Gram-negative bacteria. However, as reported in JACS Au, they did not achieve the desired effect.

  • ERC Adv Grant 2024
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    ERC Advanced Grants 2024 awarded

    2025-06-19T14:21:00Z

    This year, a total of €721 million will be awarded to 281 European scientists through prestigious ERC Advanced Grants. This is an increase of €69 million and 26 scientists on last year’s figures. Two members of the KNCV and one member of the KVCV have been awarded a grant.

  • blokken shutterstock klein
    International

    Peptide-like oligomers with much more information

    2025-06-19T07:42:00Z

    Researchers from Wageningen have synthesised peptide-like oligomers for which the chirality of each monomer can be determined. They write in Nature Synthesis that there is huge potential for information storage.

  • MIT-Microneedle-Delivery-02-press
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    Nutritional Needles

    2025-06-18T09:59:00Z

    Although pest control is important for agriculture, it can also create environmental problems. Micro-needles can offer a way to apply pesticides and nutrients more precisely. 

  • Figure EurJIC expanding the chemical space of allyl palladates-revised
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    ‘Metal next door’ is a successful anti-cancer agent.

    2025-06-16T11:27:00Z

    The recent success of palladium-based anticancer drugs has prompted an international team to search for molecules in the chemical space with even greater efficacy. As a bonus, they report in the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry that the synthesis does not even require solvents.

  • hydrogel shutterstock klein
    International

    Perfect PIC gels with a perfect protocol

    2025-06-13T07:47:00Z

    After years of answering questions, the group of scientists from the Radboud University who invented polyisocyanide hydrogels decided to draw up a protocol that describes absolutely everything. 

  • Structure of GCase-Nb1 complex
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    Nano antibodies against Parkinson’s disease

    2025-06-11T12:14:00Z

    Researchers from Flanders and Italy have developed a strategy to restore the function of an enzyme that is impaired in Parkinson’s disease. In an article published in Nature Communications, they demonstrate how antibody fragments can bind to the enzyme in the correct location to stabilise it and enhance its activity.

  • Lab onderwijs
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    How to: Precision Fermentation

    2025-06-11T10:00:00Z

    In the Netherlands, big steps are already taken in terms of the protein transition and precision fermentation. However, education is needed to ensure these major developments can continue. The English courses offered by Wageningen University & Research are a good start. ‘Training people to lead the field is important.’ 

  • Opiumwet
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    Opium Act

    2025-06-11T08:20:00Z

    Sjoerd Rijpkema recognises the merits of amending the Opium Act, but believes that this is only one side of the coin.