Het project is gefinancierd door SoFoKleS en mede mogelijk gemaakt door steun vanuit en samenwerking met de Universiteit Utrecht en verschillende partijen binnen de Universiteit Leiden.

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Discover the Summer School Program Population Health Management by LUMC and learn about strategies to deal with current issues and developments in healthcare.

In dit interdisciplinaire onderzoeksprogramma werken onderzoekers uit vijf verschillende disciplines met elkaar samen. Zij stellen zich hieronder (in het Engels) aan u voor.

Een masteropleiding vergroot je kansen op de arbeidsmarkt en opent deuren naar uitdagende functies. Na je driejarige bachelor kun je direct doorstromen naar een één- of tweejarige master aan de Universiteit Leiden of een andere instelling.

Een masteropleiding vergroot je kansen op de arbeidsmarkt en opent deuren naar uitdagende functies. Na je driejarige bachelor kun je direct doorstromen naar een één- of tweejarige master aan de Universiteit Leiden of een andere instelling.

Een masteropleiding vergroot je kansen op de arbeidsmarkt en opent deuren naar uitdagende functies. Na je driejarige bachelor kun je direct doorstromen naar een één- of tweejarige master aan de Universiteit Leiden of een andere instelling.

Een masteropleiding vergroot je kansen op de arbeidsmarkt en opent deuren naar uitdagende functies. Na je driejarige bachelor kun je direct doorstromen naar een één- of tweejarige master aan de Universiteit Leiden of een andere instelling.

The NWO-funded Vidi project “American foreign policy and liberalism” challenges the idea that the United States has created and sustained a “liberal international order” since World War II. It instead explores the ways in which illiberal ideologies – such as those underpinning racial hierarchy at home…

Aan de hand van de familiegeschiedenissen van drie families - Scheffer, Renan en Psichari - schetst Henk Wesseling een machtig panorama van de cultuurgeschiedenis van Frankrijk in de periode 1815-1914.

Elk jaar reikt het Instituut Culturele Antropologie en Ontwikkelingssociologie de Speckmann-prijzen uit het voor het beste Bachelor Veldwerk NL-verslag en de beste masterscriptie.

Op 1 juni 2022 gaf hoogleraar Criminologie, Maarten Kunst, een lezing over zijn onderzoek naar de effecten van het spreekrecht op zowel de verdachte als het slachtoffer. Slachtoffers hebben in het Nederlands strafproces bepaalde rechten, waaronder het spreekrecht. Kunst legde de algemene doelen uit…

The function of TLRs in innate immunity has aroused worldwide attention soon after its discovery. Because of the broad functions of TLR2 in innate immunity, the drive for the development of TLR2-targeted vaccines or therapeutic treatments has accelerated in the last decades.

This PhD-thesis presents a study on micron-sized particles, so-called colloids. By controlling the chemical and physical properties of these particles, such as the interparticle interaction and the particles’ shape, colloids can act as building blocks that self-assembly into larger structures.

One of the key quests in astronomy is to study the growth and evolution of galaxies across cosmic time. Radio observations provide a powerful means of studying the formation of stars and subsequent buildup of distant galaxies, in a way that is unbiased by the presence of dust.

In recent decades, climate change has led to more frequent and severe drought events, causing serious consequences such as increased forest mortality and significant crop yield losses. Understanding how drought affects plants, especially economically important herbaceous species, is crucial for predicting…

When observing star-forming galaxies, we are not only seeing stellar light, but we also see how this interacts with galactic gas and dust. This thesis contains studies of the stellar, nebular and dust properties of low mass star-forming galaxies.

We have conducted a full spectral line survey of the 3-13 micron region of two massive protostars, AFGL 2591 and AFGL 2136, for the first time at high spectral resolution.

Promotor: C.A.M.J.J. van den Hondel, Co-promotor: Sandra de Weert

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Danhof, Co-promotor: O.E. Della Pasqua

Promotores: B. Erez, P. Stevenhagen, Co-Promotor: B. de Smit

Promotores: Prof.dr. S.J. Edixhoven, Prof.dr. E. Ullmo (University Paris-Sud)

We developed the bitterling as a unique, well-studied model organism in the area of the evolutionary ecology of brood parasitism. The bitterling-mussel relationship, interspecific mussel host preference, and mussel gill structure are studied in detail, to help understand the developmental adaptation…

Can we distinguish the effects of pesticides from other abiotic and biotic factors that occur in the field? And how do these factors interact with pesticides?

Barrier function is the natural role of the skin. The lipid matrix present in the outermost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum is important for this function.

This thesis describes the development and validation of new high-contrast imaging techniques, with the ultimate goal of enabling the next generation of instruments for ELT-class telescopes to directly image Earth-like extra-solar planets orbiting around nearby stars.

Metal-based prodrugs based on ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes have proven to be very suitable for application in both photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photo-activated chemotherapy (PACT).

Op 16 juni 2020 verdedigde Andrea Varga haar proefschrift 'Establishing State Responsibility in the Absence of Effective Government'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof. dr. N.J. Schrijver en prof. dr. F. Baetens (University of Oslo).

While ecosystems have concrete benefits for human society, these benefits are typically overlooked in decision-making.

Plants and their pollinators form complex interaction networks. Within these networks, species differ widely in the number of species they interact with.

The work presented in this thesis is based on ALMA surveys of protoplanetary disks in three star-forming regions: Lupus, OMC-2, and NGC 2024.

Promotor: Prof.dr. P.G.L Klinkhamer, Co-promotor: K. Vrieling

This thesis attempts to interrogate post-1991-2015 political development in Ethiopia, focusing on the political discourses espoused by the government and opposition, using the discourse analysis method and securitization theory.

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-promotoren: M.F.E. de Jeu, S.D. Silvestrov

Astronomical observations of cold regions in the universe show a rich inventory of ices. Part of these ices may end up on planets like our own, but in that journey they will be exposed to considerable amounts of radiation.

Streptomyces are multicellular, Gram-positive bacteria in the phylum of actinobacteria which produce a high amount of bioactive natural products of which the expression is tightly coordinated with the life cycle.

The research described in this thesis focused on identifying novel drug targets and synergistic combinations for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), a virulent subtype of breast cancer with a dismal prognosis and limited therapeutic options.

The study of orchid flowers, fruits, and inflorescences is crucial due to the remarkable diversity of orchid species and their unique adaptations to pollinators and seed dispersers. However, our understanding of the evolution and development of these organs within the orchid family remains limited.

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.P. Spaink, Co-promotor: Prof.dr. A.H. Meijer

The prevalence of obesity (BMI >40 kg/m2) has increased rapidly over the recent years, not only in adults, but also in children and adolescents.

Whilst government’s ability to design ‘context-specific’ regional innovation policy is generally assumed to depend on the region’s decision-making power, the aim of this study is to investigate how regional government matters. In order to open up the black box of policy design, the study develops a…

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Schilthuizen

In the last decade, the redox interconversion between metal thiolate and disulfide compounds has been extensively investigated for copper, but not for other transition metal ions.

The main focus of the thesis is the discovery and development of novel inhibitors of bacterial metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs).

A sustainable resource management is an essential aspect to satisfy the current human needs without compromising the needs of future generations.

Promotor: J.M. van den Broek Co-promotor: M.C. de Vries

This thesis aims to demonstrate how the achromatic nature and design flexibility of liquid-crystal optics can be used to improve high-contrast imaging instruments to facilitate detailed exoplanet characterization.

Dark matter is one of the biggest mysteries of the Universe. Its properties cannot be explained with the known laws of physics and elementary particles.

Promotores: Prof.dr. H.J.M. de Groot, Prof.dr. J. Matysik (Universitaet Leipzig)

The development process of any software has become extremely important not just in the IT industry, but in almost every business or domain of research.