Natural resources often stretch across borders that separate modern nation states. This can create conflict and limit opportunities for regulated consumption of their goods and services, but also provide opportunities for joint multinational efforts that exceed single country capabilities.

Promotores: A.P. IJzerman, H.W.T. van Vlijmen

To gain more insight into the evolutionary development of orchid flowers and fruits, the orchid species Erycina pusilla was studied. The evolutionary origin of the median petaloid sepal, the callus on the labellum, and the stelidia was studied.

Promotor: F.J. van Lunteren, E. Jorin

Leiden University and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management are involved in a collaboration in the form of a research project titled 'Data-Driven Risk Assessment in Infrastructure Networks'

Biological cells, the basic building blocks of all life forms, are surrounded by a lipid membrane. More than half of the membrane is occupied by membrane proteins, which can regulate the cell functionality through specific arrangements.

Multiple stars, that is two or more stars composing a gravitationally bound system, are common in the universe.

Which traits and/or trade-offs determine benefits of being deciduous or evergreen?

The present thesis focuses on the pharmacological concept of drug-target interaction, which dates back to the beginning of modern pharmacology.

Promotores: J. Kok, M. Chaudron (Chalmers University)

There is an urgent need for more physiologically relevant cell culture methods to guide compound selection in pre-clinical stages of the drug development pipeline.

Indicators to measure progress in de-linking economic growth and environmental pressure.

The focus of the described research in this thesis is on the oxidative stress response (Nrf2 pathway). The aim of the research presented in this thesis is to obtain more information concerning microRNAs which are involved in the Nrf2 pathway, to determine and evaluate the application of microRNAs for…

Streptomyces are filamentous bacteria that produce more than two-thirds of known antibiotics.

The European Council and the European Commission have a similar role in agenda setting. Both place issues on the EU agenda. However, these institutions have distinct designs. They have different political attributes (the European Council has considerably more political authority) and information-processing…

With increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and their detrimental effect on the global climate, modern society needs to push for more renewable energy sources. Storing widely accessible and abundant solar energy in chemical bonds in the form of molecular fuel via artificial photosynthesis…

Promotors: Prof.dr. T.H.W. Bäck, Prof.dr. B. Sendhoff (Technische Universität Darmstadt)

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…

Promotor: G.A. van der Marel, Co-promotor: J.D.C. Codée

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen

Rechtsgeleerdheid

Studying the impact of urbanisation on the respiratory health of past Dutch populations (1200-1850 CE).

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Leids Instituut voor Chemisch Onderzoek (LIC)

Hieronder vind je de antwoorden op een aantal veelgestelde vragen over toelating tot de klinische specialisaties van de Master Psychologie.

Public Administration is a major refereed journal publishing articles on public administration, public policy and public management.

Het Nederlands-Vlaams Instituut in Cairo (NVIC) is in 1971 opgericht. Negen universiteiten in Nederland en Vlaanderen participeren in het NVIC met als doel het stimuleren en internationaliseren van hun onderwijs- en onderzoeksactiviteiten in het Midden-Oosten. De beheervoerende instelling is de Universiteit…

D2.2 comprises the in-depth legal analysis of the initial heuristic model, focused on addressing, in more detail, the main legal concerns for data reusers in the European data economy. This detailed analysis of the legal propositions presented in D2.1 is supplemented by an analysis of the technological,…

Reconstructie van de taalgeschiedenis en prehistorie in de context van de Indo-Europese taalfamilie.

In vitro disease models play a fundamental role in drug research. They enable the systemic identification and validation of disease mechanisms and the discovery of possible drug targets. However, more than often, drug candidates that are identified in vitro fail in the later clinical stages of drug…

Promotor: Robert Tijdeman, Co-promotor: Cornelis Kraaikamp

In 2013-2014, CML published over 100 papers, contributed to various international sustainability debates, renovated our building and educated thousands of students from all over the world through our MOOC. These accomplishments and many more are highlighted in this booklet, CML wish you a pleasant…

Promotores: C.A.M.J.J. van den Hondel, V. Meyer, Co-promotor: A.F.J. Ram

Since its beginnings, Leiden University has been home to scholars with a broad and diverse expertise in the histories, languages, literatures and material cultures relevant to the study of Jews and Judaism from antiquity to modern times.

Multicellular giant algae Chara species have been widely used in physiological studies for decades.

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-Promotor: L.B.F. Juurlink

Students Practicing Citizen Journalism

How can ecosystem services within river catchments be quantified in spatial and temporal explicit way?

Computational thinking, programming, and algorithms form the basic of many of the things that are shaping our world, the way we work, interact, organize ourselves, and even spend our free time with social networks, streaming media, and games. And this transformation is far from being complete, it is…

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Mathematisch Instituut (MI)

Rechtsgeleerdheid, Instituut voor Metajuridica, Van Vollenhoven Instituut

Governance and Global Affairs, Institute of Security and Global Affairs

This report investigates the different approaches in the authorization process of GMOs for commercial use in the European Union and the United States of America. Three main aspects are considered and analyzed as potential causes of differences in the authorization process of GMOs for commercial use.…

De onderzoeksgroep ‘Governance of Crises’ bestudeert verschijnselen, dynamiek en spelers als het gaat om crisisbeheersing. Het Crisis Research Center (CRC) van de Universiteit Leiden maakt deel uit van deze onderzoekgroep.

What happens to electrical waves that have to cross gaps in insulation material around nerves in the human body

How can we broaden youth participation in STEM Learning

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