In vitro disease models play a fundamental role in drug research. They enable the systemic identification and validation of disease mechanisms and the discovery of possible drug targets. However, more than often, drug candidates that are identified in vitro fail in the later clinical stages of drug…

Bezuinigen en beboeten: dat is wat het nieuwe kabinet voorstelt. Dat het desastreuze gevolgen gaat hebben vereist geen academisch onderzoek. Het belang van ons onderzoek, en de essentiele bijdragen die Leiden al eeuwen levert aan de Nederlandse samenleving verdienen een spotlight in de politieke waan…

Kunst en vrije tijd

In order to be able to develop effective medicine and treatments to prevent or cure autoimmune diseases or cancer we need to understand the mechanisms how they arise and what drives their course.Unravelling the fundamental molecular mechanisms influencing the onset and course of diseases such as allergies,…

With increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and their detrimental effect on the global climate, modern society needs to push for more renewable energy sources. Storing widely accessible and abundant solar energy in chemical bonds in the form of molecular fuel via artificial photosynthesis…

Promotie

Adrian Hamers bestudeert de manier waarop hemellichamen om elkaar heen draaien, nu en in de toekomst. Dat blijkt er vaak grilliger aan toe te gaan dan je zou denken. Promotie op 21 juni.

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Instituut Biologie Leiden (IBL)

De Universiteit Leiden, in 1575 opgericht, is een van Europa’s meest vooraanstaande internationale onderzoeksuniversiteiten. Haar motto is Praesidium Libertatis – Bolwerk van Vrijheid.

Promotores: C.A.M.J.J. van den Hondel, V. Meyer, Co-promotor: A.F.J. Ram

CERA (CErtification of RAw Materials) is a four-year project that will develop a standardized certification scheme ensuring environmental, social and economic sustainability in extraction, processing, trading and manufacturing of all mineral raw materials. It will guarantee traceability of certified…

Op 9 juni 2023, vond de workshop ‘Academic Freedom and its Philosophical Underpinnings in EU law’ plaats in het Academiegebouw in Leiden. Deze workshop werd georganiseerd in het kader van het Vidi-onderzoeksproject The EU fundamental right to ‘freedom of the art and sciences’: exploring the limits on…

Leids onderzoek draagt bij aan de kennis over duurzaamheidsthema’s. Dit is noodzakelijk om aan gezamenlijke oplossingen te werken voor bijvoorbeeld de huidige klimaat- en grondstoffenproblematiek.

Onderzoekers vanuit verschillende vakgebieden werken samen om oplossingen te bedenken voor maatschappelijke problemen.

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.J.M. de Groot, Co-promotor: Francesco Buda

This thesis aimed to investigate core cross-linked polymeric micelles (CCPMs) and expand their potential for the delivery of hydrophobic drugs and co-factors.

The intracluster medium (ICM) is a hot, tenuous and X-ray emitting gas that pervades galaxy clusters.

This book aims to be a point of reflection and debate for journalists, academics and students to recognize a fundamental task in the duty of the communications professional, which is to influence through their daily work and their routines in order to achieve a more inclusive and plural society, through…

Biological polymers, including proteins and the genome, undergo folding processes crucial for their proper functioning. Even slight changes in the folding structure of these biopolymers can have significant implications, leading to the development of various pathological conditions, such as neurodegenerative…

Over the past years it has been discovered that the population of extra-solar planets is large and diverse.

Het samenstellen van het eerste handboek betreffende Europees recht op het gebied van kinderrechten, waarin de jurisprudentie van het Europese Hof voor de Rechten van de Mens en het Hof van Justitie van de Europese Unie, alsmede beslissingen van de Europese Commissie Sociale Rechten (ECSR) behandeld…

Het VVI beoogt kennis te bevorderen over het ontstaan en functioneren van juridische systemen in hun sociale context, de impact van deze systemen op de samenleving en vice versa, hun effectiviteit in bestuurlijke context en hun bijdrage aan ontwikkeling.

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

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-Promotor: L.B.F. Juurlink

The thesis deals with the study of giant radio galaxies (GRGs), which are radio galaxies of megaparsec sizes.

To study how planetary systems come into existence we study much younger systems still in formation.

Promotor: C. W. J. Beenakker, Yu. V. Nazarov, Co-promotor: J. Tworzydlo

Lezing

This study attempts to understand how indigenous community institutions pose an important role in sustainable community-based development, including the integration between local culture and development.

Organic molecules in interstellar space are important as they influence the structure of galaxies and star formations. Studying catalytic processes in space allows us to understand how molecular species are formed and chemically evolved in the interstellar medium and solar system objects.

The aim is to develop methods to assess environmental and occupational exposure to (individual) pesticides, to be applied in epidemiological studies investigating pesticide exposure and human health. Furthermore, we aim to investigate the potential association between exposure to pesticides and Parkinson’s…

This dissertation consists of two parts, with the common theme

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.W. Lenstra

In this thesis we study the landscape of gravitational models which modify GR by introducing an additional scalar degree of freedom (d.o.f.) to source Cosmic Acceleration.

In this thesis, I study the formation of large-scale structure and the physics of particle acceleration at large scales (~Mpc).

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.

In this thesis we study products of linear error correcting codes.

This dissertation is a collection of four research articles devoted to the study of Kummer theory for commutative algebraic groups.

n this thesis we study curves. In the first half, we study moduli spaces of curves and Gromov-Witten invariants, certain kinds of curves counts. We employ logarithmic geometry for this.

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen Leiden (CML)

Evaluating the environmental consequences of diet changes in the European Union.

Do e-waste workers display enhanced effects of adverse health effects due to informal e-waste processing in Nigeria? Is there a difference between the health outcomes of the exposed and the control groups? Are there difference in health effects within and between job groups (collectors, dismantlers,…

Studievoorlichting

The key purpose of this project is to study tautological relations on the level of closed differential forms or even integral cochains (i.e. we don't take classes in cohomology).

One of the key quests in astronomy is to study the growth and evolution of galaxies across cosmic time. Radio observations provide a powerful means of studying the formation of stars and subsequent buildup of distant galaxies, in a way that is unbiased by the presence of dust.

Promotor: P. T. de Zeeuw, Co-promotor: N. Neumayer; G. van de Ven

Comparing the global warming potential (GWP) of the service provided by an iRex Digital Reader to the same service provided by an office printer using a scanning LCA.

Studievoorlichting

The Sundanese people, the largest ethnic group in West Java, have been using traditional medicine for a long time. Known as ubar kampung, Sundanese indigenous knowledge, beliefs and practices of traditional medicine are based on local people’s knowledge and use of Medicinal, Aromatic, and Cosmetic (MAC)…

In dit proefschrift wordt gekeken naar de produktie en consumptie van het reality-tv-programma ‘Nieuwe Wijze Oom’. Deze show, uitgezonden op het entertainmentkanaal van de provincie Shanghai, draait om mediation in conflicten tussen burgers. ‘Nieuwe Wijze Oom’ is geliefd bij het publiek én bij de autoriteiten.…