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"
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
Insight into the killing mechanism of the antibiotic teixobactin will enable to design powerful antibiotics against which bacteria do not readily develop resistance.
Utrecht Faculty of Science researchers are taking part in eight out of the 21 projects in the ENW-XL Open Competition, one of which as principal investigator.
Utrecht biochemists are refuting claims that have been published in Nature en PNAS for the past years: the amino acid histidine cannot pas on signals as an 'on-off switch' in mammalian cells.
Three researchers from Utrecht University and the Hubrecht Institute have been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant. The 2 million Euro grants enable researchers to further extend their scientific endeavour.
Antibodies from corona patients bind to the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in their own unique way. Being able to select the best-binding antibodies may kickstart the development of new corona medicines.
Jeroen Sondervan, Open Access Expert at the Utrecht University Library, is one of the people quoted in the article in The Chronicle of Higher Education about Utrecht University's mission.
Studying sperm cells in unprecedented detail reveals how some of the cell’s vital energy producers are arranged. This may provide new insights into sperm movement, as well as unknown causes of male infertility.
