/en en Mon, 05 May 2025 11:40:26 +0200 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0200 /en/news/new-studies-on-bird-flu-show-not-a-code-red-situation-yet-but-we-need-to-stay-vigilant A variant of the bird flu virus, collected in 2016 and no longer in circulation, was just one mutation away from being able to bind to human receptors. 148874 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 16:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/erc-proof-of-concept-grant-for-development-of-early-warning-system-for-potential-pandemic-viruses Robert de Vries and his research associates will explore the feasibility of developing an early warning system for viruses at live animal markets. 142492 Wed, 07 Aug 2024 09:55:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/winners-uu-teacher-awards-2024-gerard-van-der-ree-and-gerrit-verweij At the OnderwijsFestival on Thursday 7 March, the winners of the prestigious Teacher Awards were announced. 138359 Thu, 07 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/revealing-the-sweet-secrets-of-coronavirus-cell-entry Researchers from the Utrecht University have uncovered a sophisticated mechanism by which coronavirus spike proteins can be activated for cell entry. 134332 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 11:49:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/success-for-chemical-biology-researchers Just before the summer a VENI and a VIDI grant landed in the same group. 133997 Mon, 25 Sep 2023 14:42:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/sanne-jan-willem-veronia-niels-and-esbar-receive-prestigious-awards Five students of Pharmaceutical sciences receive national awards. 125702 Thu, 01 Dec 2022 11:12:00 +0100 Nieuws /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 /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 /en/news/erc-proof-of-concept-grant-for-robert-de-vries Associate professor Robert de Vries has been awarded a 150.000 Euro Proof of Concept Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). 117173 Thu, 26 May 2022 16:12:00 +0200 Nieuws Robert de Vries /en/news/chemo-enzymatic-synthesis-of-o-acetylated-silica-acids-gives-new-insight-in-virus-host-interactions On April 13, 2022, Zeshi (Jack) Li has received his doctorate with the distinction Cum Laude for Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of O-acetylated silica acids gives new insight in virus-host interactions 116189 Mon, 25 Apr 2022 10:13:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/dr-bernd-stahl-appointed-for-one-year-term-as-expert-committee-member-on-the-global-breastfeeding Dr. Bernd Stahl, associate professor of Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, has been named for a one year term by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) as Expert Committee member on the Global Breastfeeding Education Initiative 114646 Mon, 14 Mar 2022 10:42:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/the-sweet-tooth-of-corona-viruses The researchers at the CBDD group have discover that common cold coronaviruses employ a special sugar molecule linked to lipids to initiate invasion. 113401 Tue, 01 Feb 2022 11:48:00 +0100 Nieuws /en/news/jack-li-receives-chinese-government-award Jack Li received the Chinese government award for outstanding self-financed graduate students studying outside China from the China Scholarship Council. 110340 Thu, 07 Oct 2021 11:35:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/vitamin-k-in-micelles-promise-an-alternative-to-injections Vitamin K packed in tiny spheres may help prevent severe bleeding in babies. Researchers have now taken an important step in developing this method, bringing an alternative to injections with vitamin K closer to reality. 107539 Thu, 17 Jun 2021 22:21:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/new-affordable-molecules-found-to-fight-diarrheal-disease-in-young-children The molecule blocks a toxic protein that causes many cases of lethal diarrhea in developing countries. 106087 Thu, 29 Apr 2021 11:03:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/erc-advanced-grant-for-two-utrecht-university-researchers Marc Bierkens and Geert-Jan Boons have been awarded ERC Advanced grants of 2.5 million Euros to pursue ground-breaking, high-risk projects. 105876 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:00:00 +0200 Nieuws /en/news/corona-infection-occurs-in-deeper-lung-parts The spikes of the SARS-CoV-2 virus attach themselves best to the cells deeper in the lungs. 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