PhDArts co-director Dr. Janneke Wesseling’s e-book ‘De volmaakte beschouwer, De ervaring van het kunstwerk en receptie-esthetica’ was recently published. The key question of the book is: how does the work of art work?

Pulsars were first discovered in 1967 and since then the population has grown and expanded over several wavelengths.

Possible improvements for the assessment of abiotic depletion in LCA.

Met dit project wordt van een evidence-based onderwijsmethodiek (toolkit) ontwikkeld voor docenten van alle vakgebieden in het hoger onderwijs voor het effectief omgaan met controversiële onderwerpen in de les.

The work described in this dissertation contributes to a better mechanistic understanding of nanoparticles in vivo. To achieve that goal, we used the zebrafish as a highly predictive pre-screening model of nanoparticles.

The mission of our group is understanding how science communication works to improve the interaction between science and society. We believe better science communication can improve our society and engage many different groups with science, also improving science.

Promotor: C.J. ten Cate, Co-promotor: H.W. Slabbekoorn

PNEC-pro is a user-friendly screening tool for professionals dealing with the assessment of surface water quality. The tool calculates local, watertype specific no-effect concentrations (PNEC) of copper, lead, nickel and zinc based on biotic ligand models (BLMs).

To contribute to the body of knowledge aiming at a better coverage of ecosystem service assessment in LCA studies, this thesis dives into the challenges of incorporating existing ecosystem service methods within the impact assessment phase of the conventional LCA framework.

It has been a long-standing mystery how complex biological structures emerge from such seemingly uncoordinated building blocks as cells and tissues, in the presence of only minimal environmental guidance.

Promotor: G.J. Kramer Co-Promotor: E.G.M. Kleijn

What invertebrates are available to feed nestlings in an agricultural landscape of varied complexity?

The external tissues of plants and animals are colonized by microbial communities termed microbiota. When organisms are exposed to environmental pollutants, these substances will therefore encounter microbiota at the exposure interface.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.A. Bouwstra, Co-promotor: A. El Ghalbzouri

How the global distribution of vegetation stands dominated by arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal plants relate to principle aspects of belowground carbon accumulation processes?

The aim is to discover where differently shaped metal nanoparticles distributes in Danio rerio, linking the distribution with genomic responses and so come up with a Mode of Action.

The ReCiPe methodology for Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA).

Co-ordination Action for Innovation in Life-Cycle Analysis for Sustainability: deepening, broadening and leaping forward the LCA methodology.

The book ‘Bestrijdingsmiddelen en Milieu' gives a transparent overview of facts and figures concerning pesticide use in the Netherlands and the impact of pesticides on the environment.

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.

Material circularity and energy efficiency are highly relevant and intertwined issues for the transition towards a carbon-neutral and circular built environment. In the Netherlands, the building sector has been rendered a priority towards a circular and low-carbon society.

The transition to electric vehicles (EVs) reduces vehicle emissions to combat climate change. EVs raise concerns regarding the production of lithium-ion batteries and related emissions; while batteries can also provide energy storage services for the electricity system.

Promotores: C. J. ten Cate; M. A. Ainslie. Co-promotor: W. Slabbekoorn

Organisms often need to adapt more efficiently and devise new strategies for surviving difficult ecological circumstances.

Binnen het brede netwerk van de Universiteit Leiden neemt het instituut deel aan onderzoek binnen de volgende profileringsgebieden:

Novel entities may pose risks to humans and the environment. The small particle size and relatively large surface area of micro- and nanoparticles (MNPs) make them capable of adsorbing other novel entities, leading to the formation of aggregated contamination.

Can we develop a platform for raw materials intelligence?

Binnen Una Europa vindt academische samenwerking plaats in interdisciplinaire zelfsturende comités (SSC’s).

Geesteswetenschappen, Centre for Linguistics

Geesteswetenschappen, Centre for Linguistics

Climate change, depletion of natural resources, loss of natural and cultural landscapes, and many other (ecological) sustainability challenges urge us to (re)evaluate human interaction with the natural world. This renewed environmental consciousness has invigorated not only scientists working on effects…

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Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Schaye & Prof.dr. C. Steidel (California Institute of Technology)

The work described in this thesis focuses on the development of linear or cyclized peptide probes against protein N-methyltransferases to characterize their specific binding behavior, providing further binding details for inhibitory activity study.

The thesis explores how interstellar chemistry evolves as a function of time and changing physical architectures during the formation of stars.

With the rise of multi-drug resistant bacterial pathogens, the possibility of a post-antibiotic world is quickly becoming reality.

Discover the master program Health, Ageing and Scoiety at Leiden University and contribute to a future proof health care system. Read more.

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