Drug induced organ toxicity is the main problem of the drug development and drug usage in the clinic. The liver and kidneys are the most sensitive organs towards drug induced toxicity.

Promotores: W. Jiskoot, F. Ossendorp

The filamentous bacteria Streptomyces are widespread inhabitants of terrestrial soils.

Promotor: Prof.dr. B. van de Water, Co-promotores: L.T.M. van der Ven, A.S. Kienhuis

Promotor: Prof.dr. B.R. Katzy

Promotor: Prof.dr. A. P. IJzerman, Co-Promotor: L.H. Heitman

Predictive maintenance (PdM) is a maintenance policy that uses the past, current, and prognosticated health condition of an asset to predict when timely maintenance should occur.

Promotor: A.P. IJzerman

Promotor: J. van der Greef, T. Hankemeier; Co-promotor: H.A. van Wietmarschen

Op 1 april 2020 verdedigde Marc Broekema zijn proefschrift 'Cognitive Bias in the Judgment of Business Valuations and Valuators'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof. dr. J.I. van der Rest.

The glycosylation reaction is a pivotal reaction in creating new and complex oligosaccharides.

Op 11 november 2021 verdedigde Evelien Campfens het proefschrift 'Cross-border Claims to Cultural Objects'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. N.J. Schrijver en prof.dr. W.J. Veraart (VU Amsterdam).

The name ‘Jambi flora’ refers to fossil plants found as part of a rock formation from the Early Permian (296 million years old), located in the Jambi Province of Sumatra, Indonesia.

Promotor: Prof.dr. P. Stevenhagen

Electrocatalysis allows for storing electricity or converting it into chemical bonds, producing chemical building blocks and fuels using renewable resources.

Three major cosmology-focused missions are planned for the next decade: the Euclid space telescope, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

Promotor: H.S. Overkleeft, J. Neefjes, Co-promotor: M. van der Stelt

Promotor: Prof.dr. A.P. IJzerman, Co-Promotor: L.H. Heitman

We consider the propagation of electrical signals through nerve fibres.

This thesis describes the functional analysis of the Arabidopsis AHL15 gene.

In a typical glycosylation reaction, a donor is activated to form a (variety of) electrophilic species which can react with a nucleophilic acceptor, following a reaction mechanism having both SN1 and SN2 character.

Can we develop a platform for raw materials intelligence?

Outflows are crucially important for the gas budget and evolution of luminous star-forming galaxies and AGNs, with observed mass outflow rates of the same order as the star formation rate. Greater star formation and black hole growth lead to more intense feedback and outflows, resulting in self-regulated…

Promotores: J.A.van Veen, P.L.G.Klinkhamer. Co-promotor: E.E.Kuramae

Protein–protein complexes are formed via transient states called encounter complexes that greatly influence the formation of the stereospecific complex.

The thesis is about the study of shell evolution of the Hydrocenidae of the genus Georissa. This thesis started with a general overview on the evolutionary process of animals due to ecological changes.

Het schema hieronder geeft het curriculum weer van het eenjarige fulltime programma van de master Health, Ageing and Society in collegejaar 2024-2025.

More than 5,000 exoplanets have been found over the past couple of decades. These exoplanets show a tremendous diversity, ranging from scorching hot Jupiters, common super-Earths, to widely separated super-Jupiters on the planet/brown dwarf boundary.

Despite the history of studies on methanol formation from CO2, the dominant elementary reaction steps that constitute the chemical mechanism for this catalyzed process are not determined.

Acute cardiovascular syndromes, including myocardial infarction or stroke, are the principal cause of death in the Western society. The main underlying pathology of cardiovascular diseases is atherosclerosis, which is caused by the accumulation of lipids and inflammatory cells in the vessel wall, in…

Innovation plays an essential role in firms' competitiveness and long-term success. It varies from different types, ranging from run-of-the-mill innovation that brings incremental changes to existing technologies to radical innovation that breaks from existing trajectories.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. de Jong

Acidobacteria is a widely distributed phylum but their functional roles in ecosystem processes are still largely elusive.

Promotor: Prof.dr. E. Smets, M. Stech

Viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) is a group of acute diseases caused by highly infectious viruses including Ebola, Lassa, Dengue viruses. Its high mortality rate poses high risk to public health, however, studies on VHF have been hampered due to the non-availability of proper models and incomplete knowledge…

Promotor: Prof.dr. P. Stevenhagen, Co-promotor: B. de Smit

Galaxies are environments where gas coalesces, cools, and is converted into stars. However, it remains unclear the exact mechanisms through which galaxies acquire, redistribute and lose their gas.

Lezing, Studium Generale

Women Writing Mexico (WWM) is a network of women and men concerned with the human rights crisis in Mexico and more specifically, with the impact of structural forms of poverty, everyday violence, and discrimination based on gender, race, social class, and ethnicity, that particularly have an impact…

Subproject of the ERC project 'Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within: The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South'.

The application of nanomaterials in industrial processes and consumer products provides many societal benefits, but can also lead to the release of nanomaterials into the environment. The work in this dissertation aims to provide insights into the potential environmental impacts that may follow from…

Bij eLaw verzorgen we een aantal vakken voor de master Jeugdrecht en voor de master International Children's Rights (Advanced LL.M.)

Het Leids Academisch Kunstcentrum biedt fotografie voor beginners en gevorderden aan. Tijdens de fotografiecursussen verken je de mogelijkheden van de camera die van belang zijn om de creatieve mogelijkheden van fotografie ten volle te kunnen benutten. Aan het eind van elke les wordt een opdracht gegeven…

Empirical Legal Studies in Leiden focust op het bouwen van een interdisciplinaire gemeenschap van rechtsgeleerden en sociale wetenschappers die samen juridische vraagstukken onderzoeken op het snijpunt van recht en gedrag, waarbij diverse soorten methoden worden gebruikt.

Antimicrobial drugs constitute a fundamental part of modern medicine. The global rise in antimicrobial resistance poses a major threat to global health.

Het radioprogramma De Wereld van BNR Nieuwsradio zond op 15 maart live uit vanaf de Spaanse trappen op de faculteit Governance and Global Affairs in Den Haag. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, verbonden aan Institute of Security and Global Affairs, was te gast. Ook in Nederland kan een cyber-aanval plaatsvinden.…

Nooddiensten en overheden werden maandag 24 juni jl. overvallen door de landelijke storing van nummer 112. De storing roept de vraag op: ‘Had dat niet voorkomen kunnen én moeten worden’? Dennis Broeders, Universitair Hoofddocent Veiligheid en Technologie bij het Institute of Security and Global Affairs…

Op 3 mei jongstleden werd de 10e Niko Tinbergenlezing georganiseerd. De lezingen werden dit jaar verzorgd door Steven Pinker en Rivke Jaffe. De beelden van de lezing van Steven Pinker zijn nu online terug te kijken en daarnaast is er een fotoreportage gemaakt.