21-04-2026 For the ceremonial opening event of the National Roadmap for Large-Scale Scientific Infrastructure, of which the BioBeyond_NL project is a part, Rianna Letschert, Minister of Education, Culture and Science (OCW), visited NWO Delft.
30-03-2026 Dutch expertise merging into innovative glycoscience infrastructure. Beyond the current frontiers of our knowledge with beyond of the state-of-the-art infrastructure and a team that takes knowledge beyond the boundaries of their own disicipline to break boundaries in complex Glycoscience. In this complexitiy and adaptability is where the true mechanisms of life regulation are hidden. And we set out to discover thoise. Glycans are ignored by most life science researchers because of the technical hurdles preventing their easy identification and characterisation.
30-03-2026 The understanding of cellular biological processes, which lie at the basis of human health and disease, but also animal, microbial, and plant biology, requires the realization of a research infrastructure that allows the in-depth investigation of this complex biology beyond the genome. BioBeyond_NL is an accessible, large-scale national infrastructure that provides combined access to cutting-edge mass spectrometry, spatial biology, and glycoscience to enable researchers to unravel biological information beyond the genetic code. Through its solid foundation and future-proof innovation, BioBeyond_NL aims to be a sustainable, (inter)national research infrastructure enabling continuous scientific breakthroughs in biomedicine.
30-03-2026 Glycosylation significantly alters the behavior of proteins and lipids involved in critical cellular processes and thus plays a crucial role in brain tumors by influencing tumor growth, invasion, immune evasion, and therapeutic resistance.