NBV-member Jack Pronk has been awarded the Novozymes Prize 2024 for his pioneering research into the physiology and metabolism of yeast.
Researchers in Leuven have managed to objectively improve Belgian beers by using artificial intelligence to analyse more than 200 chemical components.
Seven Dutch research consortia have secured funding through the NWO Gravitation programme and molecular-oriented research is well represented.
As one of 42 companies – out of 1083 applications – and the only Belgian company, D-CRBN will receive a grant from the EIC Accelerator programme.
Utrecht chemists provide unexpected experimental confirmation of a theoretical trio.
BIO INX and Rousselot are collaborating on a new, standardised biomedical-grade bioink for printing three-dimensional human tissue.
By playing with the hardware and software of a mass spectrometer, ions can be captured and analysed for much longer, increasing resolution.
Obulytix, a spin-off from UGent and KU Leuven, sees proteins from bactericidal viruses as the solution to the growing problem of resistance.
Using LC-MS, extremely small protein samples enable the identification of the biological source of ivory in archeological and museum objects.
One of the best-known chemical reaction mechanisms – the SN2 substitution – sometimes proceeds in a completely different way than expected.
It is a challenge to design and optimise proteins specifically for a given task. By applying AI, Delft start-up Cradle aims to speed up this process.
It is a popular experiment to introduce children to science: staining a rose with food colouring. An American student did it with fluorescent dye.
With a little imagination, you can see a complete jungle in this picture, with large ferns and grass on the ground.