Sander van KasterenUniversity Leiden

Can the arms race with bacteria be won?

Our immune system is in a constant battle with the bacteria in and around our body. Good bacteria our restrained and bad bacteria are brutally killed. But more and more bacteria evolve to withstand these attacks, which causes us to lose the battle. Sander van Kasteren maps these bacteria and ...

Peter KorevaarRadboud University Nijmegen

Blurring the lines between living and dead materials

The materials we use nowadays are only good at one thing, but in nature that is very different. Trees and plants adapt constantly and react on their surroundings, because their chemical composition allows them to do this. Peter Korevaar wants to unravel the secret behind ...

Evan SpruijtRadboud University Nijmegen

Where do our cells come from?

We know quite well how life evolved from a single cell to people, but how this very first cell developed is still unclear. This cell was formed by molecules that came together just in the right way. Evan Spruijt tries to understand this process by mimicking it with small sticking drops.