Promotor: T. H. Oosterkamp

One of the effects of climate change is the phenomenon of desertification, a process that occurs in semi-arid and arid areas and causes land degradation as well as vegetation loss. Due to the lack of resources, vegetation self-organizes to sustain itself by forming large-scale spatial patterns.

This thesis involves three topics: benchmarking discrete optimization algorithms, empirical analyses of evolutionary computation, and automatic algorithm configuration.

Streptomyces bacteria are a valuable source of natural products, many of which are used in the clinic or in biotechnology.

Promotores: Prof.dr. G. Miley & Prof.dr. J.M. van den Broek

Promotores: J. Jonkers, K.E. de Visser

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.

CMLCA is a software tool that supports the technical steps of the Life Cycle Assessment. The focus of the program is on advanced computational aspects of life cycle inventory calculations.

Promotor: H.W. Lenstra

Promotores: F.H. van Lunteren, F.P. Israel

Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Kuiper, Prof.dr. P.H.A. Quax, Co-promotor: I. Bot

Promotor: S.J. Edixhoven, Co-promotor: R.S. de Jong

The way organisms develop from the initial single-cellular state to a complex final assembly like the human body, and how the final body is maintained throughout life, is one of the greatest mysteries and it’s understanding one of the biggest scientific challenges.

Thermodynamics is one of the founding scientific pillars that has helped us better understand heat engines, biology, ecosystems, and even black holes. While it fundamentally describes large systems by examining the bulk behavior of their constituents, it is anchored in the statistical equivalence of…

This Thesis focuses on the design and synthesis of ADP-ribosylated compounds that can be applied in biological studies.

Promotores: Prof.dr. A.G.G.M. Tielens, Prof.dr. L. Kaper (UvA)

This Thesis describes a strategy to synthesize 1,2-cis-oligosaccharides modulated by additives, such as dimethylformamide (DMF), triphenylphosphine oxide (Ph3P=O) and N-methyl(phenyl)formamide (MPF), using building blocks that carry solely benzyl type protecting groups and are therefore of uniform r…

Promotor: C.J. ten Cate

Kunst en vrije tijd, Kunst en vrije tijd

A remarkable population of short period transiting rocky exoplanets with equilibrium temperatures on the order of 2,000 K has recently been discovered.

Several single-stranded RNA viruses make use of Xrn1-resistant RNAs in their 3’ untranslated regions of their genome RNAs in order to increase their pathogenicity.

Every organisms in the tree of life faces the same challenge: the length of its DNA exceeds the volume of the cell it needs to fit in. Several strategies have evolved to solve this problem, one of them being the expression of proteins that bind and organize the DNA.

Van 17 tot en met 21 augustus organiseert de Internationale Vereniging voor Neerlandistiek het Negentiende Colloquium Neerlandicum. Meer dan 250 hoogleraren en docenten uit bijna veertig landen strijken deze week neer aan de Universiteit Leiden om ervaringen uit te wisselen en nieuwe kennis op te doen…

Een nieuw tweejarig masterprogramma Duits, verzorgd door vijf universiteiten, moet gaan voorzien in de grote vraag naar eerstegraads docenten Duits in het voortgezet onderwijs. De Universiteit Leiden is penvoerder van het programma.

EU human-centered digital

The ultimate aim of this project (initiated by the European Law Institute) is to design a framework that will enable the further development of coherent and functional rules for business rescue in Europe.

We are very excited to announce our Sustainability Series for 2023-2024. Each month an interactive workshop will be organised that discusses a specific theme of sustainability. Interested about sustainability? Do not hesitate to sign up to our events !

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

130 jaar geleden werd J.R.R. Tolkien geboren, bij het grote publiek vooral bekend als schrijver van

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

In this special edition of Information Polity there is a focus on the transparency challenges of using algorithms in government in decision-making procedures at the macro-, meso-, and micro-levels.

This dissertation presents a new perspective on the life, work and character of the Dutch physical chemist Jacobus Henricus van ’t Hoff, first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and one of the most important and colourful scientists in Dutch history. The image of Van ’t Hoff that emerges from…

Workshop

Op 18 september 2019 verdedigde Huw Llewellyn zijn proefschrift 'An Institutional Perspective on the United Nations Criminal Tribunals: Governance, Independence and Impartiality'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. N.M. Blokker en prof.dr. L.J. van den Herik.

The research described in this thesis has, using the zebrafish as a model system, shed new light on the intricate relationship between TB and DM2, in particular on the role of leptin, SHP-1 and glucocorticoids.

Workshop

Promotores: F.H.J. Redig, W.T.F. den Hollander

In this thesis, we will utilize embryonic zebrafish tumour models to understand the interaction between engrafted human cancer cells and macrophages from the host, test drug administration modalities and anti-cancer efficacies of newly-developed PDT and PACT compounds, and test a light-triggered liposomal…

Promotor: G.A. Persoon, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh

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

How should jurisdictions, both on the national and on the supra-national level, handle the interaction between public and private law where it regards the regulation of financial markets?

De onderzoeksmaster History (research) van de Universiteit Leiden biedt een keuze uit vijf specialisaties waarin je je richt op historische processen, geschiedkundig onderzoek, historiografie en methodologie.

De master International Relations van de Faculteit Geesteswetenschappen van de Universiteit Leiden biedt een volledig inzicht in de complexe factoren die kenmerkend zijn voor de moderne wereld. De opleiding legt een voortreffelijke basis voor een carrière in de internationale arena.

Lees boeken, luister naar podcasts en bekijk films over racisme, discriminatie en het koloniale verleden.

LA cuidadora: Latin American female migration and elderly home-care work in Europe

Lees boeken, luister naar podcasts en bekijk films over racisme, discriminatie en het koloniale verleden.