All life on earth contains DNA, which is used to store biological information. Organisms compact their DNA in order for it to fit inside their cell(s).

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

Dissociative chemisorption is an important reaction step in many catalytic reactions.

Promotor: G. J. Kroes

The main aim of this project is to reveal and unravel the invisible histories of the UN, transcending the dominant Western perspective to recover the historical agency of Global South actors. The research will investigate how the UN has both facilitated and limited their role in shaping global order…

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

Supervisor: S.F. Portegies Zwart Co-Supervisor: A.G.A. Brown

Studievoorlichting

The energy system is at the heart of two of the greatest challenges of the 21st century: decreasing CO2 emissions to meet the ambitions of the Paris agreement while fulfilling the growing energy demand associated with the economic aspirations of a growing world population.

This thesis presents pioneering work on the panchromatic emission of some of the most luminous galaxies in the early Universe: star forming galaxies and active galactic nuclei.

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

Lezing

The LOFAR radio telescope produces petabytes of data every year. Radio Astronomers use complex multi-step pipelines to process this data and produce scientific images.

Dit boek onderzoekt de impact van het VN-Verdrag inzake de Rechten van het Kind (IVRK) op nationale en internationale rechtspraak, sinds de aanname van dit verdrag in 1989. Het boek verschaft inzicht in de functies, uitdagingen en beperkingen van het IVRK in nationale, regionale en internationale juridische…

Promotor: J.W.M. Frenken

The European Council and the European Commission have a similar role in agenda setting. Both place issues on the EU agenda. However, these institutions have distinct designs. They have different political attributes (the European Council has considerably more political authority) and information-processing…

The soil ecosystem consists of the largest reservoir of biodiversity on Earth.

The high velocity tail of the total velocity distribution of stars provides essential insight into fundamental properties of the Galaxy.

The thesis is about the study of shell evolution of the Hydrocenidae of the genus Georissa. This thesis started with a general overview on the evolutionary process of animals due to ecological changes.

Promotor: W. Jaffe, Co-promotor: K. Meisenheimer

This dissertation is part of a broader research project that revolves around unraveling the evolution of balanced lethal systems.

The expedition commanded by Nicolas Baudin to Tenerife, Mauritius, Australia, Timor and South Africa in 1800-1804 is fully researched in regard to ornithology.

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

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

Promotor: J. Zaanen, Co-Promotor: V. Juricic

Studievoorlichting, On Campus Experience

Cardiovascular diseases are among the most frequent causes of death in the world. The main underlying pathology of cardiovascular diseases is the development of atherosclerosis in the medium and large-sized arteries.

Promotor: Johan Kuiper, Co-promotor: Saskia C.A. de Jager

Studievoorlichting, On Campus Experience

The research described in this thesis shows that hypercholesterolemia, a well-established risk factor for atherosclerosis, can impact skin lipid pool and barrier function already at young age. In the field of atherosclerosis, we showed that the small peptide Lyp-1 can be used as a targeting molecule…

Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Schaye, Prof.dr. S.D.M. White (MPA Garching)

This research focuses on the distribution of chemical elements in protoplanetary disks, the birthplaces of planets. These disks form around young stars and contain gas and dust, from which planets grow. Ice plays a crucial role in planet formation, aiding the clumping of dust particles and influencing…

The work in this thesis describes the fundamental role of Lkb1 as a conductor of metabolism-related processes in zebrafish larvae.

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…

Studievoorlichting, Online Experience

Studievoorlichting, Online Experience

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

This thesis is about augmented reality (AR). AR is commonly considered a technology that integrates virtual images into a user’s view of the real world.

Studievoorlichting

How can we bridge the gap between experts and the general public?

This thesis develops a method for direction dependent calibration of the ionosphere in radio interferometric data.

Promotores: Prof.dr. J.N. Kok, Prof.dr. M.R.V. Chaudron (Chalmers Univ., Sweden)

Where does the urge to collect come from? What are the explicit or underlying reasons for gathering large amount of objects?

At the largest scales, two ingredients dictate the distribution of matter in the Universe. The first is dark matter, acting as an invisible scaffolding held together by gravitational forces.

Leiden University offers a unique range of summer courses where you can broaden or deepen your knowledge or share your expertise with fellow students. The choice of academic courses is very diverse, ranging from Law, Big Data, Languages and Linguistics to Maths and Natural Sciences, Biology, Biomedical…

Op 11 mei 2016 ontving het Hazelhoff Centre for Financial Law Robert Pickel voor de elfde Hazelhoff Guest Lecture, getiteld ‘The Deadliest Sin of the Financial Crisis’.