NEWS Walvoort group
We proudly present the latest news, achievements and events from our lab.
Liubov won the local FameLab competition
Liubov won the local FameLab competition. Congratulation! The second competition, she will be joining, is on Wednesday, 11th of March (14:00-17:00 pm) in the Forum. There she will [...]
Marthe speaks at performing arts festival Noorderzon
During the Noorderzon Festival, Marthe gave a lecture on ‘The various faces of sugar’ at the event Noorderlichten, organized by the Young Academy Groningen. Noorderlichten was a 5-day event that [...]
Pushpa starts as PhD-student in the group
We welcome Pushpa as a new PhD student in the group! She will be working on a collaborative project with Patrick van der Wel at the Zernike Institute for Advanced [...]
The yearly Sugar Team Event!
With all PhDs, students and significant others, we had a tour of the Martinus Brewery in Groningen, including beer tasting, followed by dinner at Wadapartja – thanks to Vincent for [...]
The Sugar Team attends the 20th Eurocarb symposium in Leiden
Stella gave an oral presentation about her work on the stereoselective glycosylations with talose. Liubov gave an oral presentation about the generation of peptide substrates for bacterial glycosyltransferases. And [...]
Day Chair at ISCOMS 2019
Marthe chaired the pre-course day of the International Student Congress Of (bio)Medical Sciences. On the first day of this congress, the students were treated to a great line-up of plenary [...]
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