
News and calendar of the Laboratory of Biochemistry
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WUR Research Award 2023 for discovery of bacterial immune system
March 10, 2023 - News - PhD candidate Balwina Koopal received the WUR Research Award 2023 for her discovery of a new bacterial immune system. The University Fund... -
15 million to better understand life with advanced microscopy
February 22, 2023 - News - A collaboration of Dutch universities, including Wageningen University & Research (WUR), will receive 15 million euros from the NWO National... -
Daan Swarts appointed EMBO Young Investigator
November 25, 2022 - News - Biochemist Daan Swarts has been appointed EMBO Young Investigator, which means that he is now part of a group of promising young scientists within... -
Wageningen scientists unravel how the potato disease sharpens its weapons
June 13, 2022 - News - Last year, a team of researchers at Wageningen University & Research discovered how the cells of Phytophthora infestans (potato blight disease)... -
Valuable to transfer knowledge from one field to another
May 30, 2022 - News - “There seems to be a lot of attention for innovation; for the latest techniques or building new devices. My own career is mainly based on... -
New immune system discovered in bacteria
April 4, 2022 - News - Like humans, bacteria have various immune systems to defend against pathogens such as viruses. These immune systems usually degrade the DNA of the... -
International team delves into the hidden life of disordered proteins
March 30, 2022 - News - Almost everything we know about proteins is derived from research into folded proteins. Yet about half of proteins are unfolded, or rather,... -
Wageningen’s back-up vaccine performs well in tests
October 13, 2021 - News - Over the past year, the Virology, Bioprocess Engineering and Biochemistry research groups have successfully continued their work on a back-up COVID-19... -
In memoriam: prof. dr. J.J.M. (Jacques) Vervoort
July 20, 2021 - News - Sadly, on Monday 19 July 2021 prof. dr. J.J.M. (Jacques) Vervoort passed away at the age of 66. -
Wageningen Scientist Dolf Weijers to join KNAW
April 29, 2021 - News - Professor of Biochemistry Dolf Weijers of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has been selected to join KNAW. This was announced by the Royal...