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Liubov successfully defended her thesis on July 6! With the relaxed COVID-19 regulations, we were able to have part of the committee, the paranymphs and audience present. It [...]

On June 10, 11, 17 and 18, the Summer Course Glycosciences took place - online! Marthe gave the opening lecture, with a thorough introduction on carbohydrates, followed by [...]

On April 8, Zeynep gave an online lightning talk at the joined session from the Carbohydrates and Organic Chemistry Divisions at the ACS Spring meeting. She did an [...]

As of April 1, Marthe is promoted to Associate Professor (in Dutch: adjunct hoogleraar). Many thanks to all past and present members of the Sugar Team for their [...]

On March 5, Stella successfully defended her thesis! With a great online defense, she was the first PhD student from the Walvoort group to become doctor. What a [...]

Marthe is installed as one of the 25 members of the inaugural ACS Chemical Biology Early Career Board. She will work with the journal’s Editor-in-Chief, Laura L. Kiessling, [...]

Michela delivered a virtual project pitch about how she tackled the challenges of EPS isolation at the 2020 Midwest Carbohydrate and Glycobiology Symposium, November 20, 2020. [...]

Liubov presented a poster on the unusual beta-hairpin structure recognition of EarP at the annual Society for Glycobiology Virtual Conference, 9-12 November 2020. Read more about this project [...]

Vincent delivered a pitch at the annual Cancer Research Center Groningen (CRGC) PhD Day, which was held online, about his interdisciplinary project on the generation of PDK-1 probes. [...]

Marthe gave a lecture about 'Modern Glycobiology' for the Koninklijk Natuurkundig Genootschap, in the Forum in Groningen. https://www.kng-groningen.nl/1836-dr-marthe-walvoort/

On September 10 2020, Liubov participated in the national final of the FameLab competition. Watch her impressive contribution here!

Stella submitted a 1-minute pitch about her research on new ways to make complex carbohydrates. Watch her contribution here - in Dutch!

We're very happy to welcome Zeynep Su Ziylan to the Sugar Team as a PhD student! She will be working on an interdisciplinary project together with Prof. Dirk-Jan [...]

Liubov won the local FameLab competition. Congratulations!

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

  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 [...]

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 [...]