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Next leiden EM meeting with Lennart Schada VON Borzykowski on June 27.

Anneke van Asch — Thu, 30 May 2024 16:47:00 +0200

We are excited to invite you to the next Leiden EM-meeting with Lennart Schada von Borzykowski.

Lennart Schada von Borzykowski is currently based at Leiden University and will speak about ‘Structural biology approaches to understand and engineer microbial enzymes for sustainable biotechnology’

Coming up: Leiden EM-meeting with Prof. Alessandro Vannini

Anneke van Asch — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 09:19:00 +0200

We are happy to invite you to the next Leiden EM-meeting with Prof. Alessandro Vannini.

Alessandro Vannini is currently based at the Human Technopole in Milan and will speak about ‘Transcriptional and extra-transcriptional roles of the RNA Polymerase III machinery in genome function and organisation’

NeCEN closed on Ascension day and Pentecost

Anneke van Asch — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:47:00 +0200

NeCEN and Leiden University will be closed on 9, 10 and 20 May 2024 for Ascension day and Pentecost.
On these days the university buildings will be closed and there may be no-one available to respond to queries but you can still submit proposals and we'll get back to you upon our return.

Coming up on April 25th: Leiden EM meeting with Dr. Martin Beck

Anneke van Asch — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 11:39:00 +0200

We would like to invite you to the next Leiden EM-meeting with Dr. Martin Beck from the Max Planck Institute of Biophysics. He will speak about ‘How nuclear envelope mechanics influences the nuclear transport machinery’.

Next leiden EM meeting with Gabriel Waksman on March 28.

Anneke van Asch — Mon, 26 Feb 2024 11:16:00 +0100

We are excited to invite you to the next Leiden EM-meeting with Gabriel Waksman from University College London. He will speak about ‘Structural and Molecular Biology of Bacterial Conjugation’. The meeting will take place on Thursday the 28th of March at 15:30 in room DM1.19 of the Gorlaeus building (Einsteinweg 55 in Leiden) with a ‘borrel’ afterwards.

Next Leiden EM meeting with Meindert Lamers on February 29th

Anneke van Asch — Tue, 20 Feb 2024 08:30:00 +0100

We are happy to invite you to the next Leiden EM-meeting with Meindert Lamers from LUMC. He will speak about ‘DNA rules during DNA replication and repair’. The meeting will take place on Thursday the 29th of February at 15:30 in room DM1.19 of the Gorlaeus building (Einsteinweg 55 in Leiden) with a ‘borrel’ afterwards.

Podcast over microscopie - Grote Vragen van Rijksmuseum Boerhaave

Anneke van Asch — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 08:51:00 +0100

Hoe laat je iets zien dat niemand ooit heeft gezien? Antoni van Leeuwenhoek maakte in zijn tijd de microwereld zichtbaar. Hoe doen wetenschappers dat nu? Hoe maak je het allerkleinste zichtbaar? Willem Noteborn laat zien waarom wetenschappers in de rij staan om met twee Leidse elektronenmicroscopen te werken. Viroloog Ruben Hulswit gebruikt deze om erachter te komen hoe het spike-eiwit van het coronavirus bindt aan cellen. John van der Oost blikt terug op welke rol microscopie speelde in de CRISPR-revolutie.

Updated schedule for 2023-24 Leiden EM meetings

Anneke van Asch — Thu, 19 Oct 2023 10:14:00 +0200

We are happy to share the schedule for the upcoming Leiden EM-meetings with you. The meetings will take place at Gorlaeus building (Einsteinweg 55 in Leiden), the specific room numbers are included in the flyer. More information about topics and other details will follow in due time.

NeCEN closed during 3 October celebrations

Anneke van Asch — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 14:00:00 +0200

NeCEN and Leiden University will be closed on 2 and 3 October 2023 due to the Leidens Ontzet celebrations.
On those days there may be no-one available to respond to queries but you can still submit proposals and we'll get back to you upon our return.

NeCEN closed on Ascension day and Pentecost

Anneke van Asch — Thu, 11 May 2023 11:41:00 +0200

NeCEN and Leiden University will be closed on 18, 19 and 29 May 2023 for Ascension day and Pentecost.
On these days the university buildings will be closed and there may be no-one available to respond to queries but you can still submit proposals and we'll get back to you upon our return.

NeCEN cryo-EM symposium: save the date!

Anneke van Asch — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 12:02:00 +0100

We’re kicking off a new series of Leiden EM-meetings with a cryo-EM symposium on the 26th of April. Everyone is welcome to join us for an afternoon of great talks and some drinks, see the program below. The symposium will start at 14:00 in the ‘Havingazaal’ at the Gorlaeus Building (Einsteinweg 55 in Leiden).

NeCEN closed for 3 October celebrations

Anneke van Asch — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 10:15:00 +0200

NeCEN and Leiden University will be closed on 3 October 2022 due to the Leidens Ontzet celebrations.
That day there may be no-one available to respond to queries but you can still submit proposals and we'll get back to you upon our return.

Ascension day closure

Anneke van Asch — Mon, 23 May 2022 12:06:00 +0200

Please note that NeCEN will be closed 26 and 27 May 2022.
During that time, there may be no-one available to respond to queries but you can still submit proposals and we'll get back to you upon our return.

NeCEN holiday closure

Anneke van Asch — Thu, 23 Dec 2021 10:53:00 +0100

Please note that NeCEN will be closed 24 December 2021 to 10 January 2022.
During that time, there may be no-one available to respond to queries but you can still submit proposals and we'll get back to you upon our return.

We wish you all Happy Holidays!

NEMI day 2021 postponed

Anneke van Asch — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:16:00 +0100

We are sorry to announce that in light of the current increase in covid cases in the Netherlands, we have decided to postpone the NEMI day that was planned for the 23rd of November at Naturalis Leiden.

Sign up for the 2021 NEMI day!

Anneke van Asch — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 12:18:00 +0200

NeCEN and NEMI are excited to announce the annual NEMI Event, which will be held live on November 23rd, 09:00-17:00 at the beautiful venue of Naturalis, Leiden.

This year’s theme will be ‘Crossing Borders’, the aim being to showcase scientific research that ventures from different scientific disciplines into electron microscopy and vice versa.

We have a vacancy for a cryo-EM scientist at NeCEN

Anneke van Asch — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 12:40:00 +0200

If you are a talented cryo-EM scientist, we may have the job for you!

NeCEN and the development of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine

Anneke van Asch — Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:57:00 +0100

The Phase 3 clinical trial results of the Covid-19 vaccine of Johnson & Johnson are expected this month. NeCEN played a role in the underlying research that led to the development of this vaccine. The scientific findings have now been published in Nature Communications.

Holiday season closure

Anneke van Asch — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 11:34:00 +0100

Please note that NeCEN will be closed 24 December 2020 to 4 January 2021.
During that time, there may be no-one available to respond to queries but you can still submit proposals and we'll get back to you upon our return.

We wish you all Happy Holidays!

Want to use NeCEN services in 2021? Apply to Instruct-ERIC.

Anneke van Asch — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 10:45:00 +0100

Instruct-ERIC is an initiative offering the possibility of free access to Sample Preparation for structural biology studies, Biomolecular Analysis and actual 3D Structural Analysis in facilities in nine European countries. NeCEN is one of the facilities in the Netherlands that is accessible via Instruct-ERIC.