Promotie

This thesis aimed to investigate the impact of exposure dynamics, relative contributions of ENPs(particle) and ENPs(ion), and dosing regimens on the toxicity of ENPs varying in different physico-chemical properties, on the composition and functioning of soil microbial communities.

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.J.M de Groot, Co-Promotor: A. Alia

Vinasse is a major by-product generated by the sugarcane biofuel industry. It is a source of microbes, nutrients and organic matter and often it is recycled as fertilizer.

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…

In the thesis the dynamics of strategies is studied from two perspectives.In the first part of the thesis strategies are considered to be opinions present in a community.

De eerste lichting masterstudenten Governance of Sustainability is geslaagd. Tijdens een feestelijke ceremonie in Wijnhaven op 17 september, ontvingen zij hun diploma. En ze zullen niet de laatsten zijn: De masteropleiding neemt alleen maar in populariteit toe. ‘We zijn erg trots op deze eerste lichting…

Esteban Szmulewicz, PhD verbonden aan de afdeling Staats- en bestuursrecht, Universiteit Leiden en deskundige op het gebied van decentralisatie, gaf een online-presentatie aan de subcommissie Politiek Stelsel, Grondwetsherziening en Staatsvorm in Chili en rapporteerde dat 'centralisme een zeer ernstig…

Hoe beïnvloedt klimaatverandering de trekroutes van vogels? Voornamelijk negatief, volgens nieuw onderzoek van Yali Si van het Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen in Leiden. ‘Het verandert de timing van de natuur, en dat in elke regio op een andere manier,’ legt ze uit. ‘Dat kan leiden tot een groeiende…

Vrijdagochtend 8 juni was Thijs Bosker te horen in het NOS radio 1 journaal. Bosker (Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen Leiden) beantwoorde vragen over zijn expertise microplastics.

Announcement of a new publication by Janneke Verheijen, lecturer at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology.

Review of new technical decisionsupport systems in the environmental field, and application in water management decission processes.

Promotor: C.J. ten Cate, Co-promotor: H.W. Slabbekoorn

Anthropogenic noise negatively affects wildlife in a wide range of taxonomic groups.

Promotor: M.L. van Hecke

Promotor: P.G.L. Klinkhamer, Co-Promotores: K. Vrieling, P.P.J. Mulder

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.A. Bouwstra, Co-promotor: A. El Ghalbzouri

A new publication on changes in the relationship between news and their public in Chile

This thesis is concerned with the constitution of chiral responsive matrix assemblies that may undergo light-driven conformational changes and self-select vibrations to develop vibronic states for driving semi-classical coherent transfer with nearly 100% yield in a lossless NCAP process.

Promotores: P.G.L. Klinkhamer, P.M. Brakefield, Co-Promotor: M. Bruinsma

In this thesis population pharmacokinetic and physiologically-based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) approaches were applied to investigate the influence of glomerular filtration (GF) and active tubular secretion (ATS) on renal clearance in children.

Childhood obesity is an increasing health issue. In the first part of this thesis comorbidities in children with obesity were studied, concerning the diagnostic process and dosing regimens.

Bicarbonate buffer is largely found in nature due to its ability to regulate pH variations around neutral values. As the pH changes, so does the speciation of the buffer.

The power of personalized nutrition lies in being able to conduct clinical research on healthy people while capturing metabolic markers sensitive to the impact of environmental and metabolic stressors (e.g. diet, changing sex hormones and the menstrual cycle).

Announcement of the publication of Vamping the Stage: Female Voices of Asian Modernities, the first book-length study of women, modernity, and popular music in Asia (University of Hawai'i Press, 2017).

A dense region of a gaseous and dusty cloud collapses to form a protostar surrounded by a disk and an envelope. This thesis uses both observations and models to study physical and chemical conditions of these protostellar systems which are likely where planets start to form.

Promotores: Prof.dr. M. Danhof, Prof.dr. D.R. Stanski

Complex Organic Molecules (COMs) have been detected in objects across different stages of stellar evolution.

Geometric phases lead to a nontrivial interference result when an electron's different quantum mechanical paths choices encircle a magnetic coil in an Aharonov-Bohm experiment.

Plants, are sessile organisms, have developed strategies to adapt to changes in their environment, in part by altering their growth and development.

An interdisciplinary collection of the best international scholarship on Muslim youth.

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

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.

Spectroscopic studies on fluorescent single molecules in organic condensed matter does not only provide information about the molecule itself, but also its near environment. By suppression of phonon-induced broadening of spectral lines through cooling to low temperatures, small changes in the spectral…

A complex community of microbes develops in the infant gut shortly after birth. We call this community the infant gut microbiota. The microbiota influences the health of the infant, which makes the composition and function of the infant gut microbiota an important topic to study.

The 2023 Conference: Institutions for Conflict Resolution (COI) aims to identify just institutional approaches that seek (real) conflict prevention and conflict resolution in the legal context. It will be held in Utrecht on 28 and 29 September 2023. We welcome abstracts from all researchers around the…

Congres/symposium

Is dat appje bot of juist vriendelijke bedoeld? In geschreven taal ligt een misinterpretatie altijd op de loer. Universitair docent Lauren Fonteyn legt in Trouw uit hoe dit komt.

How are borders drawn? More specifically, how do diplomatic actors manage the implications of changes in state sovereignty for international borders?

Lezing

In the current global context, there is a pressing need to address sustainable energy supplies to safeguard our Planet and its ecosystems. The choices made by human society have a significant impact on genetic evolution and climate.

Una Europa heeft zes transversale thema’s vastgesteld en ingevoerd als leidende beginselen voor samenwerking. Deze thema’s hebben als doel het personeel en de studenten van Una Europa te helpen deze thema's in concrete acties om te zetten.

Sinds de start van de Green Office zijn er verschillende projecten gestart om de bewustwording onder medewerkers & studenten te vergroten en de universiteit te verduurzamen. Lees hier alles over onze huidige projecten.

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.

In the Schouwburgstraat, LUGO is currently redesigning the back-garden in order to increase biodiversity and make it a more beautiful space. Throughout October 2023 until March 2024, we will be making changes to the garden with our team of volunteers.

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