Promotoren: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo en Dr. R. Heijungs

Consequences for sediment stability and seston trapping

Promotores: Wim Jiskoot; Ferry Ossendorp

Promotor: C.A.J. Knibbe, Co-promotor: J.J. Boelens, R.G.M. Bredius

The field of exoplanet research is rapidly advancing through the development of new technology, observing techniques, and post-processing methods.

When a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole, it is torn apart by strong tidal forces in a tidal disruption event (TDE).

Food security is challenged by a growing global population and by climate change. Drought and soil salinity are considered the most important ones that inhibit crop yield and distribution. Worryingly, climate change is predicted to increase not only their frequency and severity, but also their co-occurrence,…

Promotor: G.P. van Wezel

Promotor: P.G.L. Klinkhamer, Co-Promotores: K. Vrieling, P.P.J. Mulder

Promotor: W. Jiskoot, Co-promotor: H.A. Every

Promotor: Prof.dr. K.J. Batenburg

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

Promotor: J.G.E.M. Fraaije, Co-Promotor: A. Kros

Promotor: P.J.J. Hooykaas, Co-Promotor: E.J. van der Zaal

Promotor: K.J. Batenburg

Microbial rhodopsins are photosensitive pigments implemented in the growth and adaptation of a large population of microorganisms.

Promotor: Peter Stevenhagen

Promotores: Prof.dr. C.A.J. Knibbe, Prof.dr. M. Danhof, Prof.dr. K. Allegaert (Leuven)

A large diversity of exoplanetary systems has been found, but it is still unclear what drives this diversity.

In this work, we attempt to answer the question:

Fungal infections pose a significant threat to individuals with compromised immune systems and despite advancements in diagnosis and treatment, they continue to jeopardize patient’s health.

Transplantation of labial salivary glands to the eyelids for patients with dry eye appears to give excellent results clinically.

Promotor: R.D. Gill, F. Taroni

Mycorrhizas are symbiotic associations between soil fungi and most plant species.

Heart failure is a major health care problem with high mortality.

The effects of anthropogenic noise on interactions between predators and their prey are still little understood.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.G.E.M. Fraaije, Co-promotor: A. Kros

Traditional drug discovery approaches have been hampered by (in vitro) cell-culture models that poorly represent the situation in the human body.

Humans and songbirds learn their vocalizations early in life by exposure to the vocalizations of adult conspecifics. Often, better learning outcomes are achieved with live, social, tutors than with audio-only exposure to vocalizations.

Statistical considerations guide the design and implementation of the experiments that scientists perform. For instance, in a clinical trial about a the efficacy of a treatment, its effect in a certain minimum amount of patients has to be observed in order to make confident assertions about the efficacy…

We explored how to morphologically classify well-resolved jetted radio-loud active galactic nuclei (RLAGN) in the LOw Frequency Array (LOFAR) Two-metre Sky Survey (LoTSS) using machine learning.

Promotores: A.H. Meijer, H.P. Spaink

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

This thesis explores the theoretical and observational properties of distant massive galaxies that harbour active black holes in their centres and shine brightly at radio wavelengths.

Promotor: Prof.dr. E. Eliel, Co-Promotor: M.J.A. de Dood

Cardiovascular disease is a major global burden and atherosclerosis is the main underlying pathological process.

The Vallesian, 11.1-9 Ma, was a special time in the Vallès-Penedes basin near Barcelona, where a biodiversity hotspot existed. Europe had a subtropical climate, with rhinos, forest giraffes, lions, hyenas, flying squirrels and primates.

Cathodic corrosion is a relatively unknown phenomenon that can severely etch metallic electrodes at cathodic (negative) potentials.

We explored the Universe using weak gravitational lensing, a phenomenon that occurs when light from distant galaxies is bent by the gravitational fields of closer cosmic objects, much like how a lens distorts light.

Promotores: Prof.dr. W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg & Dr. M.G. Vijver

For many system in statistical physics the microcanonical and canonical ensemble are equivalent in the thermodynamic limit, but not for all.

The availability of indicators based on social media has opened the possibility to track the online interactions between social media users and scholarly entities.

Tin electrodeposition applications have rapidly evolved in the past 25 years.

Promotor: Jan van der Greef; Co-promotors: Mei Wang; Eduard van Wijk

This thesis is largely an experimental study on the formation of solid-state simple and complex organic molecules in the H2O-rich and CO-rich ice phases of dense interstellar clouds and dark cores.

High-angular-resolution observations of the circumstellar material have uncovered numerous and very diverse substructures in protoplanetary discs, raising the question of whether they are caused by forming planets or other mechanisms.

Promotor: G.F.A. Kersten, W. Jiskoot, Co-promotor: B. Metz

An account of the total of material flows going in, out and through Amsterdam.

In this article, Samuels focuses on the active fostering of subjunctivity in processes of narrative worldmaking. Drawing extensively from the narrative of an HIV‐positive woman in Indonesia, she shows that by subjunctively leaving open multiple narrative trajectories and future possibilities, individuals…

Every organisms in the tree of life faces the same challenge: the length of its DNA exceeds the volume of the cell it needs to fit in. Several strategies have evolved to solve this problem, one of them being the expression of proteins that bind and organize the DNA.