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245: 209:) founded the Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research as a joint research institute on March 25, 1988. The goal was to create a centre for research and expertise in structural biology with an internationally recognized academic staff and an advanced instrumental and computational infrastructure, with the original task to "conduct research into the molecular structure and reactivity of chemically and biologically important, medium-sized molecules and new methods to analyze them". 235:
Originally, the institute consisted of four groups focussing on different aspects of biomolecular research: NMR Spectroscopy, Crystal- and Structural Chemistry, Biomembranes and Modelsystems and Bio-organic Chemistry of Glycoconjugates. Since that time, the institute has evolved and diversified and,
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The general theme of the research in the Bijvoet Centre is understanding how biomolecules function in the human body and in life in general and how the processes and interactions between biomolecules in living cells are affected in patients. This includes, for example, research to understand the
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The Bijvoet Centre hosts a large number of both Dutch and foreign PhD, master and bachelor level students with backgrounds in Chemistry, Pharmacy, Biology, Biomedical Sciences and related fields. All research groups provide education and research training programs for master level and PhD level
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The Bijvoet Centre has leading infrastructures in protein mass spectrometry, electron microscopy, high-resolution NMR spectroscopy and X-ray crystallography to analyze the structure of biomolecules and the centre participates in the European
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The institute also has technological expertise that allows for the development of novel technology to study biomolecules, like the analysis of proteins inside cells using NMR spectroscopy, novel methods for the high-throughput,
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and the Dutch public-private partnership COAST for the analytical sciences. On November 5, 2015, Dutch state secretary Sander Dekker officially opened the new national NMR facility at the Bijvoet Centre.
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to scientists with an outstanding contribution to furthering the fields of biomolecular chemistry and/or structural biology. Previous recipients of the Bijvoet Medal include
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The Bijvoet Centre has a staff of around 150 people, including about 10 full professors, 20 senior researchers, 50 postdocs and 50 PhD students.
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Utrecht University and the Netherlands Foundation for Chemical Research (SON, which later became the Chemical Sciences division of NWO, the
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students and, since 1992, the educational programme for PhD students of the Bijvoet Centre has been accredited by the
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Since the Bijvoet Centre was founded, the following people have served as scientific director of the institute:
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The Hugo R. Kruytbuilding at Utrecht University houses part of the research groups of the Bijvoet Centre.
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project Instruct for integrated structural biology. Since 2005, the research group of prof. dr.
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when it is mutated due to a genetic defect. Another example is the development of so-called
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Karin Bos (October 31, 1989). "'Bijvoet Centrum voor Biomoleculair Onderzoek' geopend".
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in Europe to receive the prestigious Innovative Doctoral Programme grant from the
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Frank van Geel (December 10, 2011). "Nieuwe NMR ziet ook gevouwen eiwitten".
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research on the relation between the structure and function of biomolecules
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b.k. (April 1988). "'Bijvoet-centrum voor moleculair Onderzoek' geopend".
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to target chemotherapeutics directly to cancer cells in a cancer patient.
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Marysa van den Berg (June 23, 2012). "Moeilijk te vangen fosforgroepen".
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as of 2013, consist of seven research groups at Utrecht University.
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MERIL - Mapping of the European Research Infrastructure Landscape
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Joop Kessels (April 7, 1988). "SON en RUU in Bijvoet Centrum".
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Two previous scientific directors of the institute, prof. dr.
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cause and potential therapeutic approaches for a disease like
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In 2012, the Bijvoet Centre was the first institute in the
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When the institute was founded, it received 8.5 million
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Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research
Faculty
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www.uu.nl/science/bijvoet
Utrecht University
research on the relation between the structure and function of biomolecules
proteins
lipids
NMR
X-ray crystallography
electron microscopy
mass spectrometry
Johannes Martin Bijvoet
Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
Dutch guilder
Euro
in vivo NMR
MRI
Hartmut Michel

cystic fibrosis
CFTR
antibody
single-chain antibodies
llamas
Piet Gros
Albert Heck
Spinoza Prize
proteomics
protein phosphorylation

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