Dr. Laura Heitman of the Division of Medicinal Chemistry Leiden is this year's winner of the C.J. Kok People’s Choice Award and was named Discoverer of the Year 2009!

AIMMS (Amsterdam Institute for Molecules, Medicines and Systems) joins forces in basic molecular life sciences at the VU campus to reach fundamental breakthroughs in translational molecular medicine with emphasis on the integrated understanding of biological processes, systems, and networks as well as  the development of new drugs, therapeutics and diagnostics.

25 Years ago, the Center for Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences was founded at Leiden University; one year later, in 1985, the education program of Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences started. On Friday September 18th, this was celebrated with a Symposium, an anniversary booklet, and a grand party.

Just before the holidays, researchers of the division of Medical Pharmacology published a paper in PNAS in which they reveal an important factor in the brain’s response to stress (PNAS 2009,  106(19):8038-42).