Nieuws https://www.uu.nl/en en Fri, 19 Apr 2024 22:50:01 +0200 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 11:38:00 +0100 Christian Kaiser appointed Professor of Biophysical Chemistry of Membranes and Proteins https://www.uu.nl/en/news/christian-kaiser-appointed-professor-of-biophysical-chemistry-of-membranes-and-proteins Utrecht University has appointed Christian Kaiser as professor of Biophysical Chemistry of Membranes and Proteins. Kaiser and his team will explore the way biological proteins are produced, processed and transported in the cell. 136639 Mon, 08 Jan 2024 11:38:00 +0100 Nieuws Eefjan Breukink appointed professor of Microbial Membranes and Antibiotics https://www.uu.nl/en/news/eefjan-breukink-appointed-professor-of-microbial-membranes-and-antibiotics Chemist Breukink: "It is my dream to discover an antibiotic that will truly aid us in combating antibiotic-resistant bacteria." 131490 Thu, 15 Jun 2023 09:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Carolyn Bertozzi Awarded 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry https://www.uu.nl/en/news/carolyn-bertozzi-awarded-2022-nobel-prize-in-chemistry The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 was awarded jointly to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry" 123988 Wed, 05 Oct 2022 13:42:00 +0200 Nieuws Bijvoet Medals awarded to Carolyn Bertozzi and Vishva Dixit https://www.uu.nl/en/news/bijvoet-medals-awarded-to-carolyn-bertozzi-and-vishva-dixit On September 30, 2022, the Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research awarded Bijvoet Medals to Carolyn Bertozzi and Vishva Dixit on the occasion of their Heineken Prize Lectures 123867 Mon, 03 Oct 2022 14:45:00 +0200 Nieuws ‘Youngest' antibiotic kills bacteria via a new two-step mechanism https://www.uu.nl/en/news/youngest-antibiotic-kills-bacteria-via-a-new-two-step-mechanism Insight into the killing mechanism of the antibiotic teixobactin will enable to design powerful antibiotics against which bacteria do not readily develop resistance. 121821 Wed, 03 Aug 2022 17:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Antibiotics’ mode of action observed in the bacterial cell membrane https://www.uu.nl/en/news/antibiotics-mode-of-action-observed-in-the-bacterial-cell-membrane An advanced new NMR Research method means a breakthrough for research into a promising class of alternative antibiotics 66635 Thu, 27 Sep 2018 11:00:00 +0200 Nieuws Poriëncomplex_LipideII_nisine Unravelling the mechanism behind bacterial protein MraY opens new opportunities for development of antibiotics https://www.uu.nl/en/news/unravelling-the-mechanism-behind-bacterial-protein-mray-opens-new-opportunities-for-development-of A team of 10 researchers, including seven from Utrecht University, have unravelled the mechanism behind the protein MraY. 41403 Fri, 15 Jul 2016 15:04:00 +0200 Nieuws Antoinette Killian awarded the EBSA/Avanti prize https://www.uu.nl/en/news/antoinette-killian-awarded-the-ebsaavanti-prize Antoinette Killian is awarded the prestigous EBSA/Avanti prize 2015 for her for outstanding contributions to the understanding of lipid biophysics 21769 Tue, 21 Apr 2015 13:25:00 +0200 Nieuws Antoinette Killian Sugars give antibiotics a second chance https://www.uu.nl/en/news/sugars-give-antibiotics-a-second-chance Resistance to antibiotics is a growing, urgent problem that requires new and better alternatives. 20093 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 10:08:00 +0100 Nieuws