Sustainable energy from wind and solar is most readily available near the sea.

Mycoheterotrophy is a particular mode of life in which plants obtain carbohydrates from their associated fungal partners, instead of by using photosynthesis.

In this thesis we will explore the use of fuzzy systems theory for applications in bioinformatics.

Lysosomal acid glucosylceramidase (GBA1) is a lysosomal enzyme that degrades glucolipids with its main substrate being glucosylceramide (GlcCer). Defects in the GBA1 gene lead to glycosphingolipidosis Gaucher disease (GD), in which the hydrolysis of GlcCer is impaired and therefore, it accumulates in…

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.

Promotor: R. Tijdeman, Co-promotor: H.J.J. te Riele

Promotor: Prof.dr. B.R. Katzy, Prof.dr. J. de Vries

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.

Promotor: H.J. van den Herik, B.R. Katzy, Co-promotor: K. Sailer

Electron microscopy has become an extremely important techniquein a wide variety of elds.

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Ben jij geinteresseerd om Bede Sheppard, Human Rights Watch’s Deputy Director of the Children’s Rights Department te ontmoeten? Bede zal donderdag 26 mei voor het #WatchOurSchools evenement in het Auditorium van Anna van Bueren zijn, en wij geven hierbij onze studenten de kans om hem van tevoren te…

Als je aan migratie denkt, denk je waarschijnlijk niet meteen aan datingapps. Toch zijn dergelijke apps belangrijk voor veel migranten, zoals degenen die zich identificeren als lesbisch, homo, bi, trans, queer of questioning (LHBT+). Onderzoeker Andrew D.J. Shield bestudeerde de rol die datingapps spelen…

In samenwerking met het Afrika-Studiecentrum Leiden.

This research project studies the distribution and impact of medieval malaria in the Netherlands.

Met het Schengenverdrag zijn systematische grenscontroles tussen EU lidstaten grotendeels komen te vervallen. Oplossingen voor de veiligheidsrisico's die daarmee gepaard gaan, worden vaak gezocht in informatietechnologie. Tim Dekkers onderzocht hoe dergelijke technologie in deze context wordt toegepast…

Due to the almost complete disappearance of the archive of the Old Dutch West India Company (WIC, 1621-1674) not much is known about the ships and crews of this company. In this project we start the reconstruction of this basic information making use of new digital humanities techniques to extract this…

Op 5 maart 2020 was staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid, mr. Ankie Broekers-Knol, terug bij de Leidse rechtenfaculteit voor het geven van een gastcollege in het kader van het Keuzevak Immigratierecht. Tevens waren studenten van de Honours Class ‘Na de Vluchtelingencrises’ aanwezig.

Leo Lucassen, hoogleraar Global Labour and Migration History en directeur onderzoek van het IISH, is op 18 februari 2017 benoemd tot lid van de Koninklijke Hollandse Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW).

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Het kabinet wees onlangs de gemeente Tubbergen aan voor de opvang van tweehonderd asielzoekers. Het leidde tot protesten van buurtbewoners. Voor EenVandaag duidt hoogleraar Marlou Schrover de situatie.

This thesis describes how complex and real-world relevant analytical solutions can be found starting from a simple Nagumo problem posed on one or two-dimensional lattices.

The work described in this Thesis is focused on the assembly of oligosaccharide fragments derived from a fungal polysaccharide, galactosaminogalactan (GAG) and fragments of the exopolysaccharide Pel, generated by Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Contributions to the UNEP international panel for sustainable resource management

BlaC is the β-lactamase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We show that it can recover from inhibition by clavulanic acid and that phosphate helps it do so.

Leiden University’s Academic Challenge

Data theory research on the analysis on the multidimensional data

This multidisciplinary minor provides students with knowledge on how and why humans became the way they are. The minor focuses on the evolution of the species Homo sapiens from other hominin lineages and animal ancestors, and on the various factors shaping this process. Not only is human evolution of…

In this thesis we study quantum transport phenomena on the nanometer scale, in two classes of materials: topological insulators with induced superconductivity and graphene superlattices.

Freshwater biodiversity has been threatened by eutrophication due to excessive nutrients in the environment. Releasing the freshwater species from such pressures requires efforts from industry and manufacturers to avoid emissions to vulnerable and high-risk regions.

We investigate how radiation pressure can be used to influence the mechanical motion of a micro-mirror suspended from springs.

Promotores: Prof.dr. M. Franx, Prof.dr. M. Kriek (Univ. of California at Berkeley)

De Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen installeerde op maandag 16 september haar nieuwe leden, waaronder Leo Lucassen en Marian Klamer. Leden van de KNAW, vooraanstaande wetenschappers uit alle disciplines, worden gekozen op grond van hun wetenschappelijke prestaties.

Kennis van moslimsamenlevingen is onmisbaar om in een geglobaliseerde wereld te kunnen functioneren en om onze eigen Nederlandse maatschappij goed te begrijpen. In Leiden verdiepen onderzoekers zich in de talen, cultuur, religie, rechtssystemen en geschiedenis van moslimsamenlevingen en zetten daarmee…

Bij LUC The Hague stel je je eigen curriculum samen rond de afstudeerrichting van jouw keuze: je major. Een centraal thema in de studie is Global Challenges; in iedere major houd je je bezig met uitdagingen in de echte wereld, en je leert hoe je deze beter kunt begrijpen.

This thesis contains results on the arithmetic and geometry of del Pezzo surfaces of degree 1.In Chapter 1 we give the necessary background, assuming the reader is familiar with algebraic geometry.

What are the flows of C&DW (e.g. bricks, concrete, gypsum and wood) in the case study countries ? How to define the specification for each material to be quantified? What indicators should be used to identify the pattern of each C&DW management system? How to interpret the MFA results in relation…

This project uses archaeological, literary and epigraphic evidence to investigate urban development in Roman-period North Africa, compiling this in a GIS-linked database in order to analyse the development of urban settlement spatially over time.

Aim: To develop and enable application of a practical, flexible, user-friendly platform to provide the scientific community with a tool to generate land surface products and its associated uncertainties and exploit these for data-intensive science.

Corruption, integrity (or a lack thereof…) and public values are near omnipresent elements in public administration and politics of all times. Cases of corrupt public officials and politicians continuously emerge. Strangely enough, however, it often remains unknown what actually occurred, how something…

This article 'Shaping the European External Action Service and its post-Lisbon crisis management structures: an assessment of the EU High Representatives’ political leadership' assesses the role, influence and core aspects of the EU High Representatives’ (HR/VPs) “political leadership” in the context…

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