This thesis combines field and laboratory studies to address some of the most pressing questions in the field of microplastic research.

In this thesis, two potential therapeutic targets for diabetic nephropathy were dentified and investigated. First, we show that glomerular clusterin is upregulated in diabetic nephropathy and demonstrated that recombinant clusterin protein can protect the podocytes against oxidative stress in vitro.…

Jasmina Mačkić, Universitair Docent Mensenrechten bij het Europa Instituut, heeft haar boek, Proving Discriminatory Violence at the European Court of Human Rights, gepubliceerd. Deze publicatie is gebaseerd op haar proefschrift die Mačkić in mei 2017 heeft verdedigd. Het onderzoek is mogelijk gemaakt…

A brief review essay on some of the work that has been recently published in the emergent field of digital ethnography.

Op 20 oktober 2021 verdedigde Michael Ramsden het proefschrift 'The Role of the United Nations General Assembly in Advancing Accountability for Atrocity Crimes: Legal Powers and Effects'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. N.M. Blokker.

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Promotor: Prof.dr. A. Achucarro

De auteurs vergelijken aannames over het normatieve nut van de term 'milieuvluchteling' met empirische bewijs van die term anders dan 'milieumigrant'.

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Op 7 mei 2020 verdedigde Jolanda van der Vliet proefschrift 'The International Legal Protection of Environmental Refugees. A human rights-based, security and State responsibility approach'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. N.J. Schrijver en prof.dr.ir. J.J.C. Voorhoeve.

The solar system was formed approximately 4.56 billion years ago. Despite the numerous theories that have been developed over the years, the formation and evolution of the solar system still remain unclear.

The focus of the described research in this thesis is on the oxidative stress response (Nrf2 pathway). The aim of the research presented in this thesis is to obtain more information concerning microRNAs which are involved in the Nrf2 pathway, to determine and evaluate the application of microRNAs for…

Promotor: Prof.dr. S. Haring

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

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen Leiden (CML)

Safety issues of the transport and storage of Chlorine, ammonia and LPG.

Bacteria have the ability to alter their morphology in order to adapt to changing environments.

Streptomyces bacteria are a valuable source of natural products, many of which are used in the clinic or in biotechnology.

The origin and evolution of galaxies are closely tied to the cyclic feedback processes between stars and the interstellar medium (ISM).

Op 26 juni 2018 verdedigde Claire Achmad haar proefschrift 'Children’s Rights in International Commercial Surrogacy: Exploring the Challenges from a Child Rights, Public International Law Perspective'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof. mr. drs. M.R. Bruning.

Pectin is a plant cell wall polysaccharide made of mainly D-galacturonic acid (GA) subunits. The potency of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger to naturally secrete high amounts of pectinases to degrade pectin has been utilized for the industrial production of pectinases.

Promotor: Prof.dr. B. van de Water, Co-promotores: L.T.M. van der Ven, A.S. Kienhuis

Arithmetic geometry concerns the number-theoretic properties of geometric objects defined by polynomials. Mathematicians are interested in the rational solutions to these geometric objects.

Op 23 juni 2020 verdedigde Santy Kouwagam haar proefschrift 'How lawyers win land conflicts for corporations: Legal Strategy and its influence on the Rule of Law in Indonesia'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. A.W. Bedner en prof.dr. C.E. von Benda-Beckmann.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J. Kuiper

Promotor: E.F. Smets Co-promotor: J. Geml

Subproject of the ERC project 'Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within: The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South'.

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Prof.dr. G.A. Persoon, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh

In this thesis, we have studied cell images from two types of cells, including pollen grains and the immune cells, neutrophils. These images are captured using a bright field microscope and a confocal microscope.

Advanced sensing techniques require graphene with high quality and well-controlled surface chemistry.

Solar energy is used by photosynthetic organisms to drive energy required cellular processes. Is absorbed by two groups of pigments, located in the LHCs.

The thesis describes experimental steps towards reduction of friction on the macroscopic scale by scenarios of thermo- and superlubricity well-known on the nanoscale.

The overall objectives of my thesis are to investigate the dynamics of the sorghum root microbiome and to explore the beneficial effects of the root microbiome on sorghum growth and stress tolerance.

This thesis aims to investigate the effect of tripartite interaction between microbial inoculants, the plant, and herbivore insects on the rhizosphere microbiome and volatilome. We investigated the rhizosphere microbiome and volatilome of tomato plants exposed to insect herbivory and/or inoculated with…

Actinobacteria are Gram-positive bacteria that have a complex multicellular life cycle and are well known for their ability to produce a wide range of bioactive natural products (NPs).

In astronomy, the interpration of observations and measurements plays a crucial role: we rely purely and fundamentally on the information that reaches us as observers. And 80% of all matter in the universe is undetectable directly.

Josien de Klerk en Tennessee Miller onderzochten de interactie tussen de ziekte- en herstelervaringen van studenten en de academische werkcultuur in deze context.

In dit artikel onderzochten Annemiek de Looze en Eefje Cuppen empirisch of en hoe sociaal conflict leidt tot institutionele verandering.

The lipids in the uppermost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum (SC), play an important role in the skin barrier function. The three main SC lipid classes are ceramides (CER), cholesterol and free fatty acids.

This study has been carried out in the community of Sukamiskin, a kelurahan (‘village’) in Bandung, the Capital of West Java Province, located in the Sunda Region of Indonesia.

This project, South American population history revisited: multidisciplinary perspectives on the Upper Amazon (SAPPHIRE), investigates population dynamics in western South America on the basis of traces in the geographical, genetic, archaeological, ethnological, and linguistic record.

Promotor: G.P. van Wezel, Co-Promotor: E. Vijgenboom

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

This thesis describes the role of pollution, specifically neonicotinoid insecticides, as an actor of the ongoing biodiversity decline.

Op 18 september 2019 verdedigde Huw Llewellyn zijn proefschrift 'An Institutional Perspective on the United Nations Criminal Tribunals: Governance, Independence and Impartiality'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. N.M. Blokker en prof.dr. L.J. van den Herik.

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

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh, C.J.M. Musters

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

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