Computational chemists at the University of Amsterdam’s Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences have developed a comprehensive software suite to create accurate models of DNA in biomolecular assemblies. Called ...

In a ‘hot paper’ just published by Angewandte Chemie, an international research team reports the synthesis of graphene nanostructures via π-radical reaction cascades. The paper demonstrates the potential of ...

Researchers led by Prof. Chris Slootweg at the Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences have uncovered an unexpected radical pathway in imidazolium salts. In a paper published in Angewandte Chemie International ...

In a paper in Physical Review Letters, computational chemists Rik Breebaart and Peter Bolhuis at the University of Amsterdam’s Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences present a successful computational strategy ...

In a paper in the Journal Macromolecules, researchers at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) led by associate professor Andrea Gargano present a ‘polymer sequencing’ approach for analysing the ...

In a paper just out in Nature Synthesis, researchers led by Prof. Timothy Noël of the University of Amsterdam’s Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences present a breakthrough in autonomous laboratory systems for ...

In a paper in ChemSusChem, researchers at the Biocatalysis group led by Dr Francesco Mutti at the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS) present a sustainable, enzyme-catalysed method for amide bond ...

Researchers at the Catalysis Engineering group, led by Dr. Shiju Raveendran at the University of Amsterdam’s Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), have developed potassium-doped borophane nanosheets as ...

In a paper that has just been accepted by Communications Chemistry, an international team including researchers at the HIMS Molecular Photonics group led by Prof. Wybren Jan Buma present a study on optimizing photon ...

In a recent paper in the Journal of Chemical Physics, computational chemist Dr Ioana Ilie of the Van ‘t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences and her PhD student Massimiliano Paesani explore the physics of ...

Computational chemists at the University of Amsterdam’s Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences have developed a comprehensive software suite to create accurate models of DNA in biomolecular assemblies. Called ...

The Catalysis Engineering Group at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has developed a new robust process for the recycling of mixed plastics waste. A newly developed pilot plant aims to demonstrate how this can be ...

On 27 May, Dr Matteo Damian defended his thesis on novel reactivities and engineering of dehydrogenases, describing his research performed at the Biocatalysis group led by Dr Francesco Mutti at the Van ’t Hoff ...

To better understand how light can drive useful chemical reactions, Dr Bettina Baumgartner of the van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences will join forces with Dr Olesia Kulyk at the Institute of Functional ...

Dr Stefano Polla has been appointed Assistant Professor in Quantum Computing and Simulation for Quantum Chemistry and Materials. He will develop quantum computing algorithms for applications in chemistry, such as the ...

Current treatments for most brain diseases relieve symptoms but do not cure the disease. One of the main challenges is delivering a cure because drugs need to be able to cross the protective barrier surrounding the ...

Last Friday, 8 May, the new joint Drug Analysis R&D lab of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and the Netherlands Police was officially opened. Ruth Kloek, heading the LFOX department for forensics expertise at the ...

On 14 April, Dr Sjoerd van Dongen obtained his doctorate with the distinction ‘Cum Laude’ in honour of his scientific excellence as well as his experimental ingenuity. In his thesis on “Reactive crystallization of ...

Despite the fact that leaky blood vessels occur in many diseases and can be life-threatening, there is currently no medication available to address this. In a new research project by the UvA MMD TechHub, scientists ...

The Dawn technology of Avantium has won the Innovation Challenge of The Mills Fabrica foundation. Based in part on research by PhD student Nienke Leenders at the Van ’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences (HIMS), ...