The group of Professor Wim Jiskoot from the Division of Drug Delivery Technology focuses primarily on vaccine delivery and on protein formulation and characterization with respect to immunogenicity. Nanoparticle size and count is vital to this process and it has selected the NanoSight LM20 to aid their programs.

Prof.dr. Herman van Vlijmen from the Division of Medicinal Chemistry Leiden comments on the bases of his research into HIV inhibitors in an interview for the Leiden University Faculty of Science.

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.