287 search results for “crop electron microscopy cryo-em” in the Staff website
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Joost WillemseFaculty of Science
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Meindert LamersFaculty of Science
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Huge boost for electron microscopy thanks to NWO grant
Leiden University, together with Utrecht University, the LUMC and 10 other Dutch universities and institutes, has been awarded a grant of more than €30 million in the NWO call Roadmap Large-scale Scientific Infrastructure (GWI).
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Ariane BriegelFaculty of Science
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Jay te BeestFaculty of Science
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Irene GrootFaculty of Science
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Physicist Sense Jan van der Molen plays ‘Dutch shuffleboard’ with electrons
Physicist Sense Jan van der Molen researches materials that do not exist in nature. ‘It’s fascinating to see how the properties of a material change if we manage to make it super thin.’ He will give his inaugural lecture on 21 October.
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Sergi Campos JaraFaculty of Science
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Tycho RoordaFaculty of Science
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Record number of registrations for PhD course microscopy
‘Microscopy is by far the least understood, most inefficiently operated, and the most abused of all laboratory instruments,’ reads the quote on the office wall of microscopy unit supporters Joost Willemse en Gerda Lamers. It describes exactly why the two developed the microscopy course for starting…
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Steffen BrünleFaculty of Science
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Kiki SpaninksFaculty of Science
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The magic of liquid helium: this person makes ice-cold research in Leiden possible
White clouds of ice-cold gas flowing across the floor. Magical, but be careful not to freeze your fingers off. We are of course talking about liquid nitrogen and helium. You may have seen the spectacular Freezing Physics science show by the student organisation Rino. But did you know that this commodity…
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Optical Near-Field Electron Microscopy
PhD defence
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Marieke Elfferich
Faculty of Science
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levels are making our food more calorific and less nutritious Food crops
More CO2 in the atmosphere is making food crops more calorific, less nutritious and potentially more toxic.
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Imaging Core Facility Day 2026
Conference
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Plastics are causing stress to crops (and biodegradable alternatives do too)
Micro- and nanoplastics cause stress to crops such as lettuce and carrots, PhD candidate Laura Julia Zantis found. This can lead to reduced growth and a lower nutritional value. Biodegradable plastics have this effect too, likely because of chemicals they release during degradation.
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Researchers unravel mystery behind rare pregnancy disorder
Leiden researchers have found clues to why a rare pregnancy disorder is mild in some babies but life-threatening in others. Their discovery opens the door to a test that could identify severe cases during pregnancy. Fortunately, a treatment already exists.
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a Structural Understanding of Plant─Microbiota Interactions using cryo-EM Techniques
PhD defence
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Merijn de BakkerFaculty of Science
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Leiden research project on circular electronics receives 3.8 million euros from NWO
Fewer CO2 emissions, less airborne viral transmission, and a more sustainable form of food production: seven consortia of researchers and societal partners will put a budget of 32 million euros towards developing technological innovations. Important Leiden research on circular electronics by Prof. Dr.…
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Pengxuan XieFaculty of Science
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Pablo IlgemannFaculty of Science
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Jörg MeyerFaculty of Science
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Hooray! This extremely sensitive microscope survived its relocation
Moving an electron microscope of 2000 kg is a delicate challenge. The highly sensitive instrument needed to be moved to a new measurement hall, but even a tiny bump could damage it. After a few nerve-racking weeks of preparing the move and reinstalment, the researchers finally have a verdict: the instrument…
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Tuesday Talk - Microscopy reinvented: peeking into living worlds
Lecture, Tuesday Talk
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Fons VerbeekFaculty of Science
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Huub de GrootFaculty of Science
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Geert-Jan KroesFaculty of Science
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Daniel ValeFaculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Abolfazl SajadiFaculty of Science
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Developing new therapies to fight muscle disease
Biophysicist Alireza Mashaghi and his collaborators are taking up the fight against muscular dystrophy: genetic disorders that cause muscle weakness. They want to inhibit the clumping of proteins that results in toxic aggregates. For this, the team receives 550,000 euros from Health Holland. The team…
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Bas ter BraakFaculty of Science
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Erik van GeestFaculty of Science
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Dangerous microbes in lower level safety lab? A new technique could make it possible
Researchers need to work in specialized environments when they work with dangerous bacteria and viruses. These microbes spread easily, so only in labs with a high biosafety levels they can be studied. Unfortunately, to look at the microbes properly, expensive microscopes are needed that are not always…
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Pingtao DingFaculty of Science
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Remko OffringaFaculty of Science
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Marcel SchaafFaculty of Science
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Noortje DannenbergFaculty of Science
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The opportunities for urban food self-sufficiency through green roofs: Modeling, Optimization, and Policy Scenario Analysis
PhD defence
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A new window into the brain: visualising neural connections
To understand how the brain works, it is essential to map it out in detail. This appears to be possible with a microscopy technique in which Leiden physicists excel. This breakthrough could significantly advance the human quest to understand brain functions.
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‘Doing a PhD is never boring!’ How Guido Stam built a microscope that can measure bacteria without causing harm
A microscope with incredible sharpness that leaves samples unharmed – Guido Stam helped develop one. During his PhD research, he combined light and electrons to study biological samples. ‘We can now measure things that simply weren’t possible before.’
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Microbiome ecology professor Ákos Kovács' new job feels like coming home
‘Working in Leiden is a dream come true.’ Ákos Kovács studied in his birth country Hungary and worked in Germany, Denmark and Groningen. As professor of Microbiome Ecology at IBL, he immediately started working together with his new colleagues to make discoveries about the versatile bacterial species…
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Erik DanenFaculty of Science
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Leiden researchers visualise the 'guardian of our genome’
The guardian of our genome, the protein MutS, scans the DNA for spelling errors and makes sure they are corrected. An essential process for our health. Researchers at Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC) have discovered precisely how this protein works by making MutS visible with cryo-electron microscopy.…
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Getting the electrons right for O2-on-metal systems
PhD defence
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Understanding superconductivity comes closer with major ERC grant for Milan Allan
Physicist Milan Allan will build an instrument that will bring superconductivity research further. He has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant of 2 million euros over the next five years. With his PairNoise programme he aims to detect paired electrons as they occur just above the temperature at which…
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Strongly interacting electrons in Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev models and Twisted Bilayer Graphene
PhD defence
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Bob van de WaterFaculty of Science