Eefjan Breukink Eefjan Breukink is involved in the work of bacterial cell membranes and the pursuit for novel ways of antibiotics targets.
Christian Kaiser Christian Kaiser uses single-molecule approaches and cellular assays to study protein synthesis, protein folding and molecular chaperone function.
Toon de Kroon Toon de Kroon's research focusses on membrane lipid homeostasis in the reference eukaryote Saccharomyces cerevisiae.
Tessa Sinnige Tessa Sinnige studies protein aggregation using C. elegans as a model organism.
Antoinette Killian Antoinette Killian’s main research focus is on understanding lipid protein interactions in membranes.
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Utrecht University has appointed Christian Kaiser as professor of Biophysical Chemistry of Membranes and Proteins. Kaiser and his team will explore the way biological proteins are produced, processed and transported in the cell.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2022 was awarded jointly to Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal and K. Barry Sharpless "for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry"