Promotor: M. Ubbink, Co-Promotor: R. T. Dame

Promotor: J.M. Memelink

The disease acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is characterized by fast progression and low survival rates.

The formation of stars and planets happens over multiple scales, which can interact. In particular, planet formation happens in the dense, complex environment of star forming regions.

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is the substrate used for the introduction of the ubiquitous and highly dynamic PTM in which either one or multiple adenosine diphosphate ribose (ADPr) moieties are covalently attached to a nucleophilic side chain of an specific amino acid in the target protein…

Promotor: T. Hankemeier, Co-promotor: R.J. Vreeken

This thesis examines the impacts and challenges of water use of electric power system. This thesis found that there are large differences in water use of electricity technologies, with hydropower and thermal power being two large water users.

Vast, often populated, areas in dryland ecosystems face the dangers of desertification.

Wat inspireert wetenschappers die de geschiedenis, culturen, religies en talen van het Midden-Oosten, Noord-Afrika en Centraal-Azië bestuderen? LUCIS interviewde wetenschappers over hun werk en onderzoek in een videoproject getiteld “Passion in Profession”. De video’s zijn nu online te bekijken.

Promotor: H.S. Overkleeft, Co-Promotor: B.I. Florea

I will give a general introduction to the field of molecular electronics, its history, methods and challenges. I will also introduce the subject of my investigation and provide a brief outlook to the remainder of our thesis.

Unconstrained day-to-day activities are difficult to quantify and how the corresponding movements shape the brain remain unclear. Read more

This course explores international arbitration as one of the most common methods of international dispute settlement. You will gain an in-depth understanding of international arbitration through the analysis of its role as a mechanism of dispute settlement, its institutions, the fields of law it is…

Moritz Jesse, Universitair Hoofddocent Europees Recht aan het Europa Instituut, heeft zijn boek “The Civic Citizens of Europe: The Legal Potential for Immigrant Integration in the EU, Belgium, Germany, and the United Kingdom

Do sustainability values play a role in motivating people to act for biodiversity in successful projects and in successful leadership action? And how could these values be incorporated in current economic valuation methods?

This thesis focuses on two processes involved in fighting infections: metabolism and immune cell motility and navigation.

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Like a mixture of oil and water, lipid membranes separate into two liquid phases.

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

Plant diversity is essential for us and our planet as it sustains the stability of our ecosystems, provides vital materials and food to us and supports many ecosystem services.

Electrocatalysis allows for storing electricity or converting it into chemical bonds, producing chemical building blocks and fuels using renewable resources.

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uman skin equivalents (HSEs) are in vitro 3D-skin models that mimic many aspects of the native human skin (NHS) and can be a valuable tool.

In this thesis the combinatorial use of bioorthogonal labelling and Electron Microscopy (EM)-based imaging techniques is explored to enable observations of specific molecular targets in their ultrastructural context within the cell.

De specialisatie Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present (research) van de Universiteit Leiden brengt je in de voorhoede van de nieuwe benadering van de manier waarop in Europa politiek en identiteit worden opgevat.

Promotor: Ronald Cramer, Co-promotor: Serge Fehr

Almost all bacteria are enveloped by a cell wall that provides cellular protection.

How presence, abundance and enzymatic activities of AM and EM fungi differently affect soil carbon sequestration processes?

This doctoral thesis is an effort to understand how lipid phase-separation induced by diacylglycerol analogues in lipid-based nanoparticles affects their in vivo behavior, leading to specific nanoparticle-protein communications and selective cell targeting.

This thesis aims to improve the detection from ultra-weak single emitter by enhancing their emission properties with plasmonic nanostructures. We exploit the wet-chemically synthesized single crystalline gold nanorods (GNRs) as our basic frameworks in the whole studies, simply because of their unique…

Lezing, Tuesday Talks: Science Insights

De negende Network Europe Conference in Edinburgh werd in juni 2017 gehouden en was georganiseerd door het Europa Instituut in Zurich.

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The path to rational drug and dose selection

Het Van Vollenhoven Instituut organiseert dit academisch jaar een lezingenreeks getiteld 'Reconsidering the Socio-Legal Gaze'. Deze lezingenreeks beoogt kritisch debat te stimuleren over de visies op rechtvaardigheid en machtsrelaties die ten grondslag liggen aan Leids en internationaal Law and Soci…

De Oude Romeinse materiële cultuur blijkt beïnvloed te zijn door andere culturen dan tot nu toe werd aangenomen. In Rome werden volop Egyptische elementen zoals afbeeldingen van farao’s geïntegreerd, stelt archeologe Marike van Aerde. Promotie 23 april.

Een Hollands volk dat in de Romeinse tijd leefde kwam niet uit Duitsland, maar van de Noordzeekust, zegt nieuw onderzoek van de hand van Jasper de Bruin. Het NRC interviewde hem erover.

Dr. Quentin Bourgeois reageert in het NRC op ontwikkelingen in het vakgebied van archeologisch DNA.

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

Human vocal communication and music perception represent advanced cognitive skills, seemingly innate and universal. These faculties encompass a range of perceptual and cognitive abilities. Cross-species research sheds light on the origins of musicality by investigating whether these traits are shared…

Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) is the international Honours College of Leiden University and offers an innovative Liberal Arts & Sciences undergraduate programme to highly talented and motivated students from all over the world.

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotores: M.G. Vijver, J.P.M. Vink

Several techniques are explored for going beyond the born-oppenheimer static surface model for molecule-surface reactions.

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Op 1 april 2020 verdedigde Ivan Romashchenko zijn proefschrift 'Related Party Transactions and Corporate Groups: When Eastern Europe Meets the West'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.mr. S.M. Bartman en prof. A. Radwan (Kaunas, Litouwen).

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

Op 19 mei 2020 verdedigde Xuechan Ma haar proefschrift 'Moving towards Coexistence and Cooperation: The Spratly Islands and International Law'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. N.J. Schrijver.

Miriam Cohen verdedigde haar proefschrift genaamd “Reparations for International Crimes and the development of a Civil Dimension of International Criminal Justice” op 28 juni 2017. Ze schreef haar proefschrift onder supervisie van prof.dr. L.J. van den Herik en prof. dr. C. Stahn.

Bestudeer alle aspecten van het menselijk leven in het verleden en plaats je kennis in een breder, historisch perspectief.

Op 23 januari 2020 verdedigde Paula Kemp haar proefschrift 'Enforced performance of commercial sales contracts in the Netherlands, Singapore and China'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.mr.dr. H.B. Krans en prof.mr.dr. M.H. Wissink (RU Groningen).