Latest News Open menu Search rss Open menu 05 November 2021 TU Delft Education Heroes in the spotlight during Education Day on 4 November Read more 04 November 2021 Scanning a single protein, one amino acid at a time Using nanopore DNA sequencing technology, researchers from TU Delft and the University of Illinois have managed to scan a single protein: by slowly moving a linearized protein through a tiny nanopore, one amino acid at the time, the researchers were able to read off electric currents that relate to the information content of the protein. The researchers published their proof-of-concept in Science today. The new single-molecule peptide reader marks a breakthrough in protein identification, and opens the way towards single-molecule protein sequencing and cataloguing the proteins inside a single cell. Read more 02 November 2021 Marileen Dogterom elected as KNAW president We warmly congratulate professor Marileen Dogterom on her appointment as the president of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), the forum, conscience, and voice of the arts and sciences in the Netherlands, effective June 1, 2022. Read more 27 October 2021 Making artificial leather while processing wastewater Leather is a strong product but has been getting bad press lately due to the fact that it is made of animal skins and the production process is a burden on the environment. The TU Delft student team WaterSkins has come up with a very sustainable alternative: artificial leather made during the treatment of wastewater. Read more 25 October 2021 TU Delft spin-off MILabs acquired by Rigaku Corporation MILabs, a TU Delft spin-off that develops ground breaking imaging devices, is acquired by Rigaku Corporation. Founded in 2006, MILabs provides pre-clinical imaging systems and equipment with higher efficiency and accuracy than conventional alternatives. MILabs has developed a unique system that enables high performance nuclear medicine imaging. The innovative technique contributes to the quest for new therapies and new insights into disease biology in research labs around the world. Read more 22 October 2021 Mechanism underlying the emergence of virus variants unravelled An international consortium, led by Delft University of Technology and the University of North Carolina, has for the first time succeeded in probing the molecular origins of recombination in RNA viruses. Hiccups during the copying process of viruses cause recombination to take place: the exchange of segments of viral RNA. Read more ... Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 You are on page 19 Stay connected linkedin twitter Share this page: Facebook Linkedin Twitter Email WhatsApp Share this page