Als student raakte universitair docent Berthe Jansen in de ban van de Van Manen-collectie: een verzameling vol Tibetaanse geschriften en voorwerpen. Een beurs van 1,5 miljoen euro maakt het nu mogelijk om er echt goed naar te gaan kijken. ‘Er is nog zoveel te doen en te ontdekken.’

Dertien uitwisselingsprojecten van de Universiteit Leiden hebben een Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility-onderwijssubsidie toegekend gekregen. In totaal gaat het om zo’n 450.000 euro waarmee 103 studenten en medewerkers op uitwisseling gaan.

Het Leids Academisch Kunstcentrum biedt verschillende schrijfcursussen aan. Maak kennis met de wereld van verhalen verzinnen. Of kies het verhaal dat je aan de vergetelheid wil onttrekken. Leer als schrijver je eigen stem vinden en zet de eerste belangrijke stap van een idee naar een verhaal. Of maak…

BioSolar Cells is a five-year research project in which ten knowledge institutions and 45 private industries work together.

De kwaliteit van de zorg voor onze ouderen kunnen we verbeteren. Met oog voor de biologische, sociale en management aspecten biedt deze master belangrijke inzichten voor verbeteringen. De master Health, Ageing and Society zet je aan het denken, zet je aan het werk en geeft richting aan je carrière.

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…

Samenlevingen wereldwijd worden geconfronteerd met grote uitdagingen, zoals klimaatverandering, technologische innovaties, politieke en economische crises. In de masteropleiding Public Administration (MSc) onderzoek je deze vraagstukken vanuit een multi-level governanceperspectief.

In this thesis we have discussed several parameters that affect the electrochemical conversion of enviromentaly harmful molecules such as nitrates and carbon dioxide to more valuable and less deleterious compounds, in order to cast light onto the mechanism of the reaction to achieve an efficient and…

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

Promotor: M.L. van Hecke

In multi/many-core System-on-Chips (SoCs), the performance is almost linearly scaling with the number of processing elements.

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

The deeper understanding of an organism's pathology is important for developing treatments. Over centuries of systematic research, clinical researchers have demonstrated that the more information they acquire about the cellular properties and their organisation in the tissue, the better they can understand…

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

At the moment, over 350.000 chemicals are registered worldwide for production and use. Their application, however, may harm human health and the environment.

The Institute of Environmental Sciences has carried out and participates in several projects that deal with the analysis of energy systems.

Despite the fact that gold nanoparticles (GNPs) are one of the most studied nanoparticles, there is still a necessity for new approaches allowing for effective protective coating to enable wider use of GNPs in biomedical applications.

The ReCiPe methodology for Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA).

In the CarbonCap project, consumption oriented technological options and policy measures are identified as an addition to the present EU and world climate policy.

Galaxy intrinsic alignments induce a major astrophysical contamination to weak gravitational lensing measurements and need to be modelled and mitigated when extracting cosmological information from such measurements.

Co-ordination Action for Innovation in Life-Cycle Analysis for Sustainability: deepening, broadening and leaping forward the LCA methodology.

Taxonomy as a science has accumulated data and knowledge for more than 250 years.

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.

This thesis describes the use of a combined approach of computational and experimental techniques to gain novel insights to understand the glycosylation reaction and its reactive intermediates.

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

Promotor: K.J. Batenburg, Co-promotor: A.W. van der Vaart, B. de Smit

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

The development of new environmentally sound technologies is seen as a key route towards achieving sustainability.

As leading cause of death worldwide, cancer is responsible for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020 according to World Health Organization (WHO). Cisplatin and its derivatives are commonly used chemotherapy agents for current cancer treatment in the clinics.

Promotor: J.M. van Ruitenbeek, Co-Promotor: S.J. van der Molen

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

Promotores: T.H.W. Bäck, Y. Tan, Co-promotor: M.T.M. Emmerich

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

Hydrodesulfurization (HDS) is an ubiquitous part of oil refining that ensures that fuels are cleaned of impurities and environment release of pollutants such as SOx and NOx gasses are minimized.

In this thesis, we have studied the potential of the zebrafish larval model in studying the ECS, as a complementary model to the existing rodent models.

A new environmental accounting framework using externality data and input-output tools for policy analysis.

We find ourselves in an era of transition, not just towards a more computing- and data-driven society but also away from unsustainable fossil fuels as an energy source.

This programme aims to make the digitized archival sources of the Kerala and Tamil Nadu Archives more accessible to Indian and international scholars and to the widest possible audience, in particular to the people of Kerala.

Firearms and violence in Europe–A systematic review by Katharina Krüsselmann, Pauline Aarten, Marieke Liem

Binnen de faculteit Governance and Global Affairs zijn 3 instituten gevestigd:

The research profile ‘Asian Modernities and Traditions’ (AMT) aims to raise the strength and visibility of research, teaching and dissemination of Asian studies at Leiden University.

Donderdag 1 december 2016 is Francisco Sepulveda Ramirez gepromoveerd op zijn proefschrift 'Residence in Tax Treaties'. Zijn promotor was hoogleraar Belastingrecht Frank Engelen.

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

Brightspace is de digitale leeromgeving van de Universiteit Leiden vanaf collegejaar 2020/2021. Brightspace vervangt Blackboard. Het is gebruikersvriendelijk en biedt veel mogelijkheden voor het onderwijs in de toekomst.

The objective of this study is to better understand the distribution of microplastics in the environment. More specifically, we will quantify the abundance and distribution of microplastics on beaches.

Kidney transplantation is a major advance of modern medicine. This course will give you state of the art updates about what used to be an experimental, risky, and very limited treatment option more than 50 years ago and is now routinely performed in many countries worldwide.

Explore "Using R for Data Analysis" at Boerhaave Nascholing. Learn about the R language and build statistical reports. Dive into data analysis! Read more here.

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