NEWS Walvoort group
We proudly present the latest news, achievements and events from our lab.
Zeynep joins the group as a PhD student
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
Liubov won the local FameLab competition. Congratulations!
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 [...]
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Seeing a paper published recommending that the answer is they should work for men instead is...no words😡