De coronapandemie heeft een aanzienlijke impact op het werk en het welzijn van wetenschappers. Door de crisis konden zij veel minder tijd aan hun onderzoek besteden. De Jonge Akademie en het Landelijk Netwerk Vrouwelijke Hoogleraren deden samen met de Universiteiten van Nederland onderzoek naar de situatie…

De YAL stimuleert interdisciplinaire samenwerking.

Promotor: Prof.dr. E. Smets, M. Stech

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

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo

The haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) comprise about 4000 species distributed over a wide range of habitats, with great gametophytic and sporophytic morphological variation. Their monophyly is well supported by the results of several molecular phylogenetic studies, which shed light on their relationships…

Metal complexes and 2D materials like graphene were combined to produce structures that can function as sensors.

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).

The aim of this thesis was to develop aluminium salt-based nanoparticles that may ultimately be used as adjuvant in human vaccines.

Historisch en monumentaal, maar ook koud en kostbaar. Met gemengde gevoelens verlaat de universiteit het Gravensteen dat al dateert uit de 12e eeuw. Hoe beviel het werken en studeren in deze voormalige Leidse gevangenis?

Growth hormone profiles are pulsatile and highly variable between individuals, limiting the implementation of mathemathical models to quantify an individual's secretion.

The main goal of the research described in this thesis was the development of new photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT) ruthenium(II) complexes bearing a non-toxic photolabile ligand.

Promotor: J. A. Bouwstra

This thesis applies data mining in commercial settings in the telecommunications industry.

Prematurely born neonates require, amongst others, pharmaceutical therapy. Dosing guidelines for these therapies are often based on data from term born neonates or older infants, while these are not necessarily similar to prematurely born neonates.

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

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.P. van Wezel

Op 14 november 2019 verdedigde Niek Schipper zijn proefschrift 'De invloed van de woonplaats op de fiscale behandeling van grensoverschrijdende werknemers'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.mr. S.C.W. Douma en prof.mr. J.P. Boer.

Factoren van invloed op arbeidsparticipatie onder mensen met multiple sclerose

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.

Large carnivores and humans, along with their livestock, have co-existed for thousands of years. However, human population growth and an increase in economic activities are modifying the landscape for large carnivores and their prey.

Promotores: H.A. Udo De Haes, P.M. Brakefield

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.

Promotor: E. Gittenberger, Co-promotor: B.W. Hoeksema

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

Natural vanilla flavor is one of the most important in the world. However, the cost of this flavor is expensive. Production of this flavor by alternative methods, could reduce the cost.

Plants produce an astonishing variety of secondary metabolites (SMs) which are thought to play vital roles in the fitness of plants through ecological interactions.

Kijk regelmatig op deze pagina voor meer informatie over het vergroten van de biodiversiteit aan de Universiteit Leiden.

Promotor: E. Bouwman, Co-Promotor: S. Bonnet

Description of Effects of glufosinate-ammonium on off crop vegetation.

In this dissertation iron-based homogeneous catalysts were synthesized, characterized and investigated for water oxidation activity.

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

The thesis describes terrestrial field trials aimed to detect side-effects of pesticides within the framework of pesticide registration procedures. Field trials were developed using vascular plants Brassica napus and Poa annua, caterpillars Pieris brassicae and effects on decomposition were studied…

The main research question of this thesis was: Can nitrogen cycling on dairy farms on peat soil in the Dutch Green Heart area be improved by adapting management to the nitrogen supply from soil and by using other grassland species and crops without affecting milk production?

Promotor: T. Hankemeier, Co-promotor: T.H. Reijmers