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- Horseshoe-shaped 'Parkinson's' proteins form clumps
- More news has come to light about the alpha-Synuclein protein that plays an important role in Parkinson's disease. Biophysicist Martina Huber and colleagues show how these proteins clump together when they come into contact with a membrane. Their article in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) is now online.
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- Jewellery in context
- Jewellery has a history stretching back over 100,000 years. Yet it has only been studied seriously as a phenomenon since the fifties. 'Resulting in misconceptions and tunnel vision,' in the opinion of Marjan Unger. On 17 March she will defend her doctoral dissertation on a multidisciplinary vision of jewellery.
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- Leiden University aims for 25% more women in top jobs
- By 2014 Leiden University has to have 25% more women in top jobs. This is what the University has agreed with the national Talent to the Top Taskforce.
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