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Genetically engineered intestinal organoids reveal potential treatment targets against SARS-CoV-2
Using CRISPR/Cas9 and human intestinal organoids to study genes implicated in the biology of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), researchers from the Netherlands identified a specific serine protease (TMPRSS2) as an attractive pan-coronavirus therapeutic target. Their exciting findings are available in a study currently available on the
bioRxiv preprint server.
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Seven Leiden professors have been elected as members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW). In total 23 new members will be inaugurated on Monday 13 September.
KNAW members are outstanding scientists from every discipline who are selected for their academic achievements. The KNAW has around 550 members. Membership is for life.
The new Academy members from Leiden are:
Thomas Bäck – Professor of Natural Computing
Thomas Bäck is standing at the cradle of evolutionary computation, a field of mathematics that is inspired by evolutionary biology and seeks the best solution to a problem. Bäck has had a major impact with his numerous publications (400 since 1990) spanning from the theory of global optimisation techniques to their application in, for example, logistics, health and industrial production.