Electrons in a crystal lattice have properties that may differ from those of a free electron in vacuum.

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.J. Kroes

Cardiovascular diseases are the primary cause of death in the world with atherosclerosis as primary underlying cause.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Schilthuizen

To improve cancer treatments, personalized medicine approaches have aimed to identify exactly which mutations are driving tumor development in a given patient and specifically target these mutations using precision therapies.

A substance flow analysis, covering about 99 % of the flows of chlorinated substances in the Netherlands.

The electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an essential half-reaction for the utilization of hydrogen as a sustainable fuel, via the conversion of hydrogen to electrons and protons facilitated by the ORR. In the most common fuel cells, the ORR is requires high loadings of non-abundant platinum…

The thesis addresses the long-term dynamical evolution of hierarchical multiple systems.

Promotores: P. Stevenhagen, L. van Geemen (Università degli studi di Milano), Co-Supervisor: Ronald M. van Luijk

Promotor: M. Franx, Co-Promotor: I.F. Labbé

Large carnivores and humans, along with their livestock, have co-existed for thousands of years. However, human population growth and an increase in economic activities are modifying the landscape for large carnivores and their prey.

Due to their central physiological roles in living organisms, retaining beta-glycosidases have been the subject of tremendous research efforts to examine their structure/function relation using numerous biophysical and biochemical approaches.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.W.M. Frenken

Anthropogenic noise has been shown to affect marine animals in various ways, this may have fitness consequences at individual and population level. This thesis aims to increase insight into the quantification of sound-induced behavioural responses that are relevant to fitness, and into factors that…

To this day, all cyclophellitol-based inhibitors and ABPs have been close analogues of their natural substrate counterparts. As a result, these probes showed high selectivity towards their target glycosidases.

The major and ultimate aim of metabolomics is to obtain an answer to a specific biological or clinical question.

Over the last decades, aviation safety has improved strongly. As a downside, airline pilots do not have as many opportunities to develop through experience the competencies that they need in critical situations.

Development of GHG calculator for bio-electricity and heat.

Pharmaceutical companies, governments and the general public have become increasingly aware that animal models used in drug testing lack vital aspects to serve as an accurate representation of human biology. As models of the human body should become more physiologically relevant, animal models no longer…

This thesis is dedicated to the exploration of the primordial dark ages: unknown physics during the earliest stages of the Universe’s expansion that have not yet been directly probed by observations. Cosmic inflation is a burst of exponential expansion of space after the “Big Bang”.

The intradermal administration route is attractive for vaccine delivery, because of the highly populated antigen-presenting cells in the skin. However, the skin’s main physical barrier, the stratum corneum, prevents vaccines from entering the skin.

The solar system was formed approximately 4.56 billion years ago. Despite the numerous theories that have been developed over the years, the formation and evolution of the solar system still remain unclear.

Circumstellar discs are the reservoirs of gas and dust that surround young stars and have the potential to become planetary systems.

In design optimization problems, engineers typically handcraft design representations based on personal expertise, which leaves a fingerprint of the user experience in the optimization data. Thus, learning this notion of experience as transferrable design features has potential to improve the performance…

Artificial intelligence algorithms govern in subtle, yet fundamental ways, the way we live and are transforming our societies. The promise of efficient, low‐cost or ‘neutral’ solutions harnessing the potential of big data has led public bodies to adopt algorithmic systems in the provision of public…

Actinobacteria are Gram-positive bacteria that have a complex multicellular life cycle and are well known for their ability to produce a wide range of bioactive natural products (NPs).

Phosphorylation affects all four major biomolecules – proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and nucleic acids – and plays a pivotal role in the most fundamental cellular functions.

An important part of the SCS specialisation is the internship period. Students will get the opportunity to get to know the field and to apply what they have learned during the courses.

This project investigates the rich linguistic history of the crucial language groups in East Africa and includes a search for words that indicate earlier lost languages. These outcomes, combined with recent archaeological and genetic research, will contribute to a new understanding of East Africa’s…

The project Multimedia Research and Documentation of African Oral Genres: Connecting Diasporas and Local Audiences (Director: D.Merolla) focuses on multimedia as technology that allows scholars to share documentation and scientific knowledge with the cultural owners of the collected oral genres.

Studievoorlichting

Studievoorlichting

Studievoorlichting

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.N. Kok, Co-Promotor: W.A. Kosters

This interdisciplinary study focuses on (trans)national ethnic and popular networks, combining historical-ethnographic and computational methods to understand the ‘workings’ of networked conflict interfering in the increasingly violent conflict in the Sahel (Africa) and beyond. The project focuses on…

Zin om even lekker online te gallen over Zwarte Piet of het Stint-ongeluk in Oss? Slaap er nog eens een nachtje over. Een werkgever hoeft niet alles te accepteren, ook niet in tijden van online verruwing. Het kan je je baan kosten, benadrukt Sagel.

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen Leiden (CML)

LUNHA streeft naar een nieuwe definitie van wereldgezondheid door prioriteit te geven aan rechtvaardigheid, eerlijkheid en inclusie in Afrika. Door samen te werken met verschillende belanghebbenden wil LUNHA het onderzoek naar wereldwijde gezondheid een nieuwe vorm geven en een bredere betrokkenheid…

Is agressie altijd slecht? Uit promotieonderzoek van psycholoog Simone Dobbelaar blijkt van niet. Juist kinderen die af en toe fel van zich afbijten en opkomen voor leeftijdsgenootjes, voelen zich mentaal vaak beter.

In dit artikel analyseert Yannick Veilleux-Lepage, verbonden aan het Institute of Security and Global Affairs, samen met Alexandra Phelan en Ayse D. Lokmanoglu meerdere vrouwenfora van extreem-rechtse groeperingen en Islamitische Staat.

Dr. Helen Pluut heeft een artikel gepubliceerd in het gerenommeerde tijdschrift Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (OBHDP) in samenwerking met Remus Ilies (National University of Singapore), Petru Curşeu (Open Universiteit en Babeş-Bolyai University) en Yukun Liu (University of Western…

De Japanse keizerlijke familie heeft haar entree gemaakt op Instagram. Gastonderzoeker en correspondent bij de NOS Anoma van der Veere duidt de ontwikkeling.

De Young Academy Leiden wil jonge academici met elkaar verbinden. Zo eenvoudig is het immers niet in de praktijk om peers te ontmoeten buiten je vakgebied. Met inspirerende én gezellige facultaire lunches streeft de organisatie naar connectie tussen jonge wetenschappers. De meest recente, op de Faculteit…

De Young Academy Leiden streeft naar het verbinden van jonge academici en het versterken van hun positie binnen de universiteit. Mentale gezondheid is hierbij uiteraard een onderwerp dat niet kan ontbreken. Daarom was dat het thema van een weer succesvolle Young Faculty Lunch, deze keer op de Faculteit…

The research programme Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence 1350-2000 (CMGI) focuses on urbanisation, migration, and economic development in a comparative and global context.

Hanneke Bennaars en Yvonne Erkens bezochten afgelopen week het wereldcongres van de International Society for Labor Law and Social Security Law (ISLSSL) dat van 4 tot en met 7 september 2018 in Turijn werd gehouden. Het thema van het congress was “Transformations of Work: Challenges for the National…

Evolution acts via mutations in amino acid sequences. Substitution of essential amino acids leads to a nonfunctional protein. l.

The class-imbalance problem is a challenging classification task and is frequently encountered in real-world applications. Various techniques have been developed to improve the imbalanced classification performance theoretically and practically.

Promotores: Prof.dr. F.P. Israel, Prof.dr. P.P. van der Werf

An overview is given of the flows of chlorine and chlorinated hydrocarbons through the Europian Union.