Professor Albert Heck of Utrecht University has delivered the prestigious Mendel Lecture on 17 October 2024. As part of this honour, he received an accompanying Mendel Medal.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024 was awarded to Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for the development of AlphaFold2 and to David Baker for his work on protein design
A small antibiotic called plectasin uses an innovative Velcro-like mechanism to kill bacteria. Research into how this structure is formed unveils a new approach that could have broad implications for the development of antibiotics to combat antimicrobial resistance.
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis all have a unique and diverse set of antibodies that are involved in the development of the disease. Researchers unveiled the complexity of these antibodies using powerful lab tools and challenge current therapeutic approaches.
Distinguished Faculty of Science Professor Albert Heck has been awarded a prestigious ERC Advanced Grant. The 2.5 million Euro grant enables Heck’s team to develop cutting-edge techniques to gain a fundamentally deeper understanding of our immune system.
The consortium of researchers will, for the first time, comprehensively chart the supervision of specific proteins within the cell, from cradle to grave.
Utrecht University makes significant investments in mass spectrometry and proteomics infrastructure. The new infrastructure underscores the university’s pioneering and leading role in these scientific fields.
By modifying and boosting lab equipment, a team of chemists are able to measure individual molecules with unprecedented precision. Their massive resolution upgrading will benefit the fabrication of vaccines and molecular vectors used in gene therapy.
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.
