Amazing news that Hermen Overkleeft of @LED3hub and the Leiden Institute of Chemistry of Leiden University was awarded the Spinoza Award!
The Spinoza Award is the highest scientific Award of the Netherlands.
https://www.nwo.nl/en/professor-hermen-overkleeft
#ChemBio #Chemistry #Glycotime #DrugDiscovery #Award
Professor Hermen Overkleeft | NWO
Hermen Overkleeft is known worldwide as one of the founders of chemical biology. This is the field that designs molecules to analyse biological processes. As a professor of bio-organic chemistry at the University of Leiden, Hermen Overkleeft has developed innovative methods to effectively influence human proteins without any harmful side effects. This has not only yielded valuable knowledge about metabolic processes in the human body, but has also led to the development of new drugs. Professor Overkleeft is awarded with the NWO Spinoza Prize for these remarkable achievements.







