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LED3 is a hub of scientists working on early drug discovery at the Leiden Institute of Chemistry, the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, the Institute of Biology Leiden and the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science. @LED3hub@mstdn.science

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Virtual ChemBioTalks @chembiotalks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Tomorrow, we will have the 6th Virtual ChemBioTalks with an amazing line-up of speakers. We are very much looking forward to welcoming you to this event! There is still a chance to register for free: events.zoom.us/ev/Ag... #ChemSky #ChemBio #Science #AnywhereChem Chemistry Europe
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I am very much looking forward to the 6th Virtual @chembiotalks.bsky.social tomorrow. You can still register for free: events.zoom.us/ev/Ag1AUcW3n... Which speakers are you most looking forward to? #ChemBio #ChemSky #AnywhereChem #Science
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Leiden Early Drug Discovery & Development (LED3) @led3hub.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Get to know LED3 member @sebastianpomplun.bsky.social in his interview in the #MedChemBioConversations series of the @euromedchem.bsky.social. www.efmc.info/medchemwatch... #ChemSky #ChemBio #DrugDiscovery
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Great to see our colleague @sebastianpomplun.bsky.social from the @led3hub.bsky.social highlighted in the #MedChemBioConversations series by @euromedchem.bsky.social. Check out the interview to learn more about him and his science. www.efmc.info/medchemwatch... #ChemSky #ChemBio #DrugDiscovery
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Leiden Early Drug Discovery & Development (LED3) @led3hub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social from the group of @sebastianpomplun.bsky.social of our LED3 hub! 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐗𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐔𝐓: 𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐝 𝐇𝐢𝐭-𝐭𝐨-𝐃𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6... #ChemBio #ChemSky #DrugDiscovery #Degrader #TPD @leidenscience.bsky.social
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Interesting @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social from the group of @sebastianpomplun.bsky.social with first author @seanmckenna.bsky.social. They combine Self-encoded libraries with automated synthesis to obtain a workflow for hit discovery, SAR and degrader development. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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PROXINAUT: An Automation Platform for Rapid Hit-to-Degrader Discovery
Massive library-based platforms enable rapid early hit discovery, yet subsequent hit resynthesis and validation remain major bottlenecks in drug discovery. This delay is amplified when optimizing hits...
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It was great to host Christian Hackenberger yesterday for a very well attended @led3hub.bsky.social Lecture. He gave amazing insights into the synthesis of highly efficacious antibody-drug conjugates as well as into intracellular delivery of proteins. (1/13) #DrugDiscovery #ChemSky #ChemBio #ADC
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Leiden Early Drug Discovery & Development (LED3) @led3hub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
We are very happy that Christian Hackenberger visited us yesterday for the first LED3 Lecture of the new academic year in front of a full lecture hall. He talked about "P5-labeling to Generate Electrophilic Probes and Highly Efficacious Antibody-Conjugates". #DrugDiscovery #ADC #ChemBio #ChemSky
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Sean M. McKenna @seanmckenna.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🚀 Launching PROXINAUT: An Automation Platform for Rapid Hit-to-Degrader Discovery Can we go directly from library-based hit discovery to validated ligands, SAR and functional protein degraders within a single automated workflow? 📄 Find out through our preprint on bioRxiv: doi.org/10.64898/202...
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Virtual ChemBioTalks @chembiotalks.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Are you excited about cutting-edge Chemical Biology? Next week on September 29th, the 6th Virtual ChemBioTalks will happen with an exciting program of world-leading scientists! You can still register for free: events.zoom.us/ev/Ag... (1/4)
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Virtual ChemBioTalks @chembiotalks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Due to force majeure we have a change in our speaker program. We are very thankful that @dirktrauner.bsky.social agreed to give a keynote lecture on "Designing Molecules to Restore Human Vision and Alleviate Pain". If you have not registered yet, do so for free: events.zoom.us/ev/Ag1AUcW3n...
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Leiden Early Drug Discovery & Development (LED3) @led3hub.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Are you interested in Master's studies with the groups of our LED3 hub? You can sign up for the Master's Online Open Day on October 15th and learn about the diverse programs across our institutes. For more information, visit: shorturl.at/rkDj0 #DrugDiscovery #ChemBio #Science #Master #MSc
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Are you looking for Master's studies in Chemistry or Life Science & Technology? Make sure to check out the great opportunities at @leidenscience.bsky.social! If you want to learn more, you can sign up for our Master's Online Open Day on October 15th. For more information, visit: shorturl.at/rkDj0
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
How can we figure out, how protein activity is controlled in space and time? I am very happy that @janavolaric.bsky.social joined the @led3hub.bsky.social as an NWO VENI fellow this year to address exactly this question using exciting optical tools. (1/3) #ChemSky #ChemBio #Light #LipidTime #Lipids
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Virtual ChemBioTalks @chembiotalks.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Huge Congratulations to the three winners of our abstract challenge: Yutong Zhang @zyt0329.bsky.social Lars Stevens-Cullinane Wahyu Widodo @wahyuwidodo.bsky.social Register for the 6th Virtual ChemBioTalks to hear their talks: events.zoom.us/ev/Ag1AUcW3n... (1/2)
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Congratulations to the three winners of the @chembiotalks.bsky.social abstract challenge! Join their Talks: events.zoom.us/ev/Ag1AUcW3n... Thank you also to all the many other participants for making our job of selecting the best abstracts very, very hard. #ChemBio #ChemSky #Award #Congratulations
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Looking forward to another year of exciting @led3hub.bsky.social Lectures with nine world-leading scientists visiting us in Leiden and sharing their exciting stories about research in early drug discovery. #ChemSky #ChemBio #DrugDiscovery CC: @leidenscience.bsky.social
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Leiden Early Drug Discovery & Development (LED3) @led3hub.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
With the start of the new academic year, we are very happy that also the LED3 Lectures will start again shortly. Mark your calendars and let us know, which lectures you are looking forward to the most! www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/science/l... #ChemSky #ChemBio #DrugDiscovery #Science
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Leiden Early Drug Discovery & Development (LED3) @led3hub.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
What can careers for scientists outside of academia look like? Cindy Gerhardt gave a great LED3 Career Inspiration Talk on this topic. We were happy to see an audience that engaged in a lot of interesting discussion with her. It was great to co-organize this event with @leidenscience.bsky.social.
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
How can more stable antibody-drug conjugates be synthesized and translated into the clinics? I am excited that we will host Christian Hackenberger for a @led3hub.bsky.social Lecture, in which he will discuss, how his group is answering this question. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/science/l...
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Leiden Early Drug Discovery & Development (LED3) @led3hub.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
We are looking forward to the LED3 Lecture by Christian Hackenberger on September 24th: "P5-Labeling to generate electrophilic probes and highly efficacious antibody-conjugates". Make sure to come by! www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/science/l... #ChemBio #ChemSky #DrugDiscovery #ADCs
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A great talk by @kimmb1.bsky.social at the #qBioLeiden kick-off meeting. She talked about "Chemical tools to study biological immune processes" and gave exciting insights into the power of chemical tools to study biology on the example of NETosis. www.nature.com/articles/s42... #ChemSky #ChemBio
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Erik Danen kicks-off the inaugural meeting of #qBioLeiden with an exciting lecture about the use of quantitative microscopy for #DrugDevelopment in the context of fibrosis and tumor immunology. www.nature.com/articles/s42... #DrugDiscovery #Microscopy CC: @led3hub.bsky.social
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Can we better understand complex biological systems in a quantitative fashion? This important question brings together many scientists from @leidenscience.bsky.social and the Leiden University Medical Center in the new network #qBioLeiden. (1/3) www.universiteitleiden.nl/quantitative...
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I am, of course, also extremely happy that the work led by Patrick Zanon in our lab, was selected for this review (www.nature.com/articles/s41...). Actually, Patrick was highlighted a second time for work that he contributed to in his postdoc with Matthew Disney (doi.org/10.1021/jacs...). (10/13)
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Profiling the proteome-wide selectivity of diverse electrophiles - Nature Chemistry
Covalent inhibitors are powerful entities in drug discovery. Now the amino acid selectivity and reactivity of a diverse electrophile library have been assessed proteome-wide using an unbiased workflow...
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
What are the hot topics in Chemical Biology? If you want to learn about the exciting perspective of students of Johannes Morstein's (@morstein.bsky.social) Ch/Bi145 course at @caltech.edu, you can now do so in their ChemBioChem review. doi.org/10.1002/cbic... (1/13) @chemistryeurope.bsky.social
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Chemical Biology 2025: Highlights From the Ch/Bi145 Course at Caltech
This student-authored review highlights notable advances in synthetically enabled chemical biology from 2025, spanning bioconjugation and bioorthogonal chemistry, visualization and sensing, precision...
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
What is the effect of stereochemistry on protein binding? In their tour-de-force study, the groups of Herman Overkleeft, Hans Aerts and @martola.bsky.social of our @led3hub.bsky.social comprehensively evaluate this question on the example of 1-deoxynojirimycin. (1/2) pubs.acs.org/jmcmar/artic...
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A 16 × 8 Focused Compound Library Comprising All Configurational Isomers of the Archetypal Iminosugar, 1-Deoxynojirimycin
Abstract. Deoxynojirimycin is the archetypal iminosugar, from which many structural and configurational isosteres have been derived and studied in past dec
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Another great year of @led3hub.bsky.social Lectures lies ahead of us. Already mark your calendars and make sure to come by!
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Leiden Early Drug Discovery & Development (LED3) @led3hub.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Mark your calendars for the LED3 Lectures of the new academic year! We are expecting an excellent line-up of speakers. If you have already put them into your agenda, we had one change of date from October 29th to 28th. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/science/l... #ChemSky #ChemBio #DrugDiscovery
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Leiden Early Drug Discovery & Development (LED3) @led3hub.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
How can a specific weakness of the tumor be targeted to treat cancer? For the case of BRCA1-deficient breast cancer, the groups of Sebastian Pomplun and Sylvie Noordermeer are now setting out to address this question by targeting EXO1. Read the full story:
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Leidse onderzoekers ontvangen ruim 1 miljoen euro voor onderzoek behandeling borst-en eisterstokkanker - Leiden University
Vrouwen met een erfelijke BRCA1-mutatie hebben een verhoogd risico op borst- en eierstokkanker. Dit type tumor is afhankelijk van het eiwit EXO1 om te overleven. Dankzij een KWF-subsidie onderzoekt Sebastian Pomplun met geneticus Sylvie Noordermeer nieuwe remmers om dit eiwit uit te schakelen.
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
EXO1 is a promising target to treat BRCA1-deficient breast cancer. Sebastian Pomplun and Sylvie Noordermeer have just received €1.18 Mio by the KWF to tackle this promising, but challenging target. Here, you can read an insightful explanation of their project:
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Leidse onderzoekers ontvangen ruim 1 miljoen euro voor onderzoek behandeling borst-en eisterstokkanker - Leiden University
Vrouwen met een erfelijke BRCA1-mutatie hebben een verhoogd risico op borst- en eierstokkanker. Dit type tumor is afhankelijk van het eiwit EXO1 om te overleven. Dankzij een KWF-subsidie onderzoekt Sebastian Pomplun met geneticus Sylvie Noordermeer nieuwe remmers om dit eiwit uit te schakelen.
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Leiden Early Drug Discovery & Development (LED3) @led3hub.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Great news that the group @sebastianpomplun.bsky.social of our LED3 hub and the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research has been awarded a 1.18 Mio € grant by KWF Kankerbestrijding to explore EXO1 as a synthetically lethal target in BRCA1-deficient tumors. (1/2) www.kwf.nl/nieuws/34-ni...
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€ 28 miljoen voor 34 nieuwe kankeronderzoeken
Forse investering om kanker beter te begrijpen, te voorkomen, op te sporen en te behandelen. Met de best mogelijke kwaliteit van leven tijdens en na de ziekte.
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Leiden Early Drug Discovery & Development (LED3) @led3hub.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
𝐎𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧-𝐨𝐧-𝐚-𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐮𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 Bruker has acquired a majority stake in Mimetas to combine their organ-on-a-chip models with omics, spatial biology and preclinical imaging. (1/3) www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026...
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Virtual ChemBioTalks @chembiotalks.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We are very excited that we have a program with seven world-leading scientists for the 6th Virtual ChemBioTalks on September 29th. Make sure to register for free: events.zoom.us/ev/Ag... (1/2) #ChemBio #ChemSky Chemistry Europe
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Want to learn more about the latest exciting research in Chemical Biology? Make sure to register for free for the 6th Virtual @chembiotalks.bsky.social on September 29th. We have an amazing program of speakers waiting for you! events.zoom.us/ev/Ag1AUcW3n... #ChemBio #ChemSky #Symposium
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Virtual ChemBioTalks @chembiotalks.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The final keynote lecture of the 6th Virtual ChemBioTalks will be given by Michelle Chang (@mchanggroup.bsky.social). She will talk about: "Discovery and engineering of new enzymes for biocatalysis" Register for free: events.zoom.us/ev/Ag... #ChemBio #Chemsky Chemistry Europe
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Virtual ChemBioTalks @chembiotalks.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The sixth talk of the 6th Virtual ChemBioTalks will be given by Luke Lavis (Luke Lavis). He will talk about: "Illuminating biological processes using chemistry" Register for free: events.zoom.us/ev/Ag... #ChemBio #ChemSky Chemistry Europe
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Congratulations, Ed, Nicolas and @sebastianpomplun.bsky.social!
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Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) @gdch.de · 22/07/2026
Der Klaus-Grohe-Preis 2026 geht erstmals an zwei Forscher: Edward Tate (London) macht Fettmoleküle zum Werkzeug gegen Krebs, Nicolas Winssinger (Genf) baut schaltbare Wirkstoffe aus Nukleinsäuren: www.gdch.app/article/klaus-grohe-preis-2026-erstmals-an-zwei-forscher-2026-07
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Virtual ChemBioTalks @chembiotalks.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The fourth talk of the 6th Virtual ChemBioTalks will be given by Nina Hartrampf (Hartrampf Lab). She will talk about: "Deciphering Phosphorylation-Dependent MYC Interactions with Chemical Protein Synthesis" Register for free: events.zoom.us/ev/Ag... #ChemBio #ChemSky
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15th International ABPP Meeting @abpp2027.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
We are happy to have Oncode Accelerator as a sponsor and co-organizer for #ABPP2027. We are looking forward to working with them on an amazing event! Sign up for our mailing list: fd24.formdesk.com/universiteit... Interested in sponsoring? Reach out at abpp2027@outlook.com #ChemBio #ChemSky #ABPP
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Very excited for the #ABPP conference in Leiden on June 2nd to 4th, 2027. Great news that we have Oncode Accelerator on board. Are you also interested in being visible at this event? Reach out at abpp2027@outlook.com for sponsoring options. Mailing list: fd24.formdesk.com/universiteit...
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Pingtao Ding (he/him) @dinglab.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Excited to share that our project has been awarded an #ERC #PoC Grant! This will help us translate discoveries from fundamental research into practical tools with real-world impact. Thanks to everyone who has contributed along the way, and to the support from @erc.europa.eu @unileiden.bsky.social
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Very much looking forward to hearing about the exciting work of Hui Ye at the 6th Virtual @chembiotalks.bsky.social on September 29th. Register now for free, if you do not want to miss it: events.zoom.us/ev/Ag1AUcW3n... (1/2)
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Virtual ChemBioTalks @chembiotalks.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The second talk of the 6th Virtual ChemBioTalks will be given by Hui (Vivian) Ye. She will talk about: "Chemoproteomics maps binding targets for bioactive ligands" Register for free: events.zoom.us/ev/Ag... #ChemBio #ChemSky Chemistry Europe
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Congratulations, Hermen!
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Leiden Early Drug Discovery & Development (LED3) @led3hub.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Spinoza Award for Chemical Biologist Hermen Overkleeft from Leiden University! We are extremely excited that Hermen Overkleeft from the Leiden Institute of Chemistry and our @led3hub.bsky.social was awarded the highly prestigious Spinoza Award. (1/5) www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026...
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Spinoza Prize for chemical biologist Hermen Overkleeft
Professor of Bio-organic Chemistry Hermen Overkleeft develops innovative methods to study disease processes. This increases our understanding of the human body and enables the development of new medicines. Overkleeft has been awarded the Spinoza Prize: the most prestigious scientific award in the Ne…
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Amazing news that Hermen Overkleeft of @led3hub.bsky.social and @leidenscience.bsky.social was awarded the Spinoza Award! The Spinoza Award is the highest scientific Award of the Netherlands. www.nwo.nl/en/professor... #ChemBio #ChemSky #Glycotime #DrugDiscovery #Award
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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 th...
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Stephan Hacker @stephanhacker2.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Inspiring @led3hub.bsky.social Lecture by @madelonmaurice.bsky.social. She talked about SureTACs as a modality for lysosomal degradation of membrane proteins by engaging membrane-bound E3 ligases using antibodies. worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/searc... #ChemSky #ChemBio #DrugDiscovery #TPD
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Leiden Early Drug Discovery & Development (LED3) @led3hub.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
We are very happy that @madelonmaurice.bsky.social from @umcutrecht.bsky.social and @oncodeinstitute.bsky.social visited us today for a LED3 Lecture. She talked about "SureTACs: A novel modality for targeted degradation of cell surface proteins". #DrugDiscovery #TPD #Degraders #ChemBio #ChemSky
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