Advanced UHF MRI techniques provide powerful tools for studying the zebrafish brain, an emerging model in neurological research. In this work, various MRI and localized MRS methods are optimized and employed for UHF strength for studying the zebrafish brain.

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.

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

Promotores: Prof.dr. A.G.G.M. Tielens, Prof.dr. L. Kaper (UvA)

According to the amyloid cascade hypothesis, accumulation of beta-amyloid (Aβ) peptides initiates the pathological cascade in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

In this thesis we study bistable reaction-diffusion equations on lattice domains.

Drug induced organ toxicity is the main problem of the drug development and drug usage in the clinic. The liver and kidneys are the most sensitive organs towards drug induced toxicity.

The role of material production as a driver of environmental impacts is increasing, which calls for a better understanding of global material flows. This thesis explores the role of in-use stocks of products, buildings and infrastructure as a key driver of global material demand and discusses the implications…

Promotor: Prof.dr. P.G.L Klinkhamer, Co-promotor: K. Vrieling

In this thesis, the research focuses on the properties of dark matter and dark matter haloes and how they connect with the galaxies we can observe in the Universe.

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-promotor: S.C. Hille

Principles of Environmental Sciences provides a comprehensive picture of the principles, concepts and methods that are applicable to problems originating from the interaction between the living and non-living environment and mankind. Both the analysis of such problems and the way solutions to environmental…

Filamentous Actinobacteria, such as Streptomyces, produce a plethora of chemically diverse bioactive metabolites that have found applications across medicine, agriculture and biotechnology.

One of the key limitations of the direct imaging of exoplanets at small angular separations are quasi-static speckles that originate from evolving non-common path aberrations (NCPA) to which the primary adaptive optics system is inherently blind. The main focus of this thesis is the development and…

The ongoing increase in antimicrobial resistance combined with the low discovery of novel antibiotics is a serious threat to our health care.

Developing new medicines is one of modern science's most significant hurdles, a process marked by high costs, long timelines, and frequent failures of promising candidates.

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

De meeste studenten die een bachelor Economie & Samenleving hebben afgerond volgen daarna nog een aanvullende master. Omdat het interessant is je nog verder te verdiepen in je vakgebied of omdat het je kansen op de arbeidsmarkt vergroot.

The physical origin of the dozens of stellar-mass binaries, the mergers of which have been detected by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration via gravitational waves, is still unknown.

Het CLEI verzorgt een aantal vakken op het gebied van ondernemerschap en innovatie in juridische dienstverlening.

This thesis investigates reactive interfaces in surface science across three domains: heterogeneous catalysis, environmental nanoplastics, and two-dimensional materials.

Promotor: Prof.dr. B. van de Water

Control of infectious diseases poses continuous challenges for human health.

Promotor: Prof.dr. T.H.W. Bäck

Promotor: Prof.dr. K.H. Kuijken, Co-Promotor: H.Hoekstra

Dr. Helen Pluut heeft een artikel gepubliceerd in het gerenommeerde tijdschrift Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes (OBHDP). Dit in samenwerking met Remus Ilies (National University of Singapore), Petru Curşeu (Open Universiteit en Babeş-Bolyai University) en Yukun Liu (University of…

Prof.dr. J. Memelink

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.

The research in this thesis is focused on tomographic reconstruction based on two imaging modalities in electron microscopy.

De centrale onderzoeksvraag in deze studie was tweeledig: 1. In hoeverre zijn de drie bestuurskundige reconstructiemodellen bruikbaar bij een reconstructie van het publieke besluitvormingsproces inzake decentraal bestuur tussen 1947 en 2014? 2. In hoeverre heeft de reconstructie van dit publieke besluitvormingsproces…

Songbirds as vocal learners learn their songs and song preference from social tutors⁠. Tutor choice for both song and preference learning are important to characterize for understanding individual learning performance and cultural transmission of song⁠.

Promotor: J.S. Kaastra Co-promotor: E. Constantini

Promotor: Koen Kuijken Co-promotor: Henk Hoekstra

Promotor: M.K. Richardson, Co-Promotor: F. Witte

This thesis investigates how quantum, quantum-inspired, and hybrid quantum-classical computation can enhance key points of the automated machine learning (AutoML) pipeline under the constraints of noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices.

The spindle-assembly checkpoint (SAC) is a safety mechanism which secures accurate chromosome segregation during mitosis.

Increasing the efficiency of gene targeting (GT) as a genome editing tool in plants has been an important goal in plant biotechnology.

Building a Deep Cross-media Transfer Network to extract visual relations that relieve the problem of insufficient training data for visual tasks.

Regeneration is the ability of an organism to restore damaged or lost tissue with a functional replacement, and without scarring. Many lizards can regenerate their tails.

Promotores: Prof.dr. G.A. van der Marel, M. van Heel

Al eeuwenlang wordt in Nederland bij overlijden belasting geheven over de verkregen erfenissen. De heffing van deze erfbelasting staat niet alleen ter discussie vanwege de vermeende dubbele heffing en het beklemmende aanknopingspunt, maar ook vanwege de mogelijkheden om via slimme juridische constructies…

This thesis focusses on the temperature structure in protoplanetary disks. The relation between structures seen in the dust and gas-phase molecules is investigated.

Promotor: Prof.dr. I.A.G. Snellen, C.U. Keller

Promotor: T. Hankemeier, Co-promotor: T.H. Reijmers

This thesis examines enzyme domain architecture and engineering to improve the breakdown of lignocellulose and starch, abundant biopolymers crucial for sustainable biofuel and biochemical production. Carbohydrate-active enzymes (CAZymes) facilitate this degradation, but the structural complexity of…

Promotores: K.J. Batenburg, B. Koren

The aromatic infrared bands (AIBs) seen throughout the interstellar medium (ISM) are generally thought to be carried by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and their nitrogen analogues (PANHs).

Promotor: W.Th.F. den Hollander Co-Promotor: F.M. Spieksma

Promotor: H.P. Spaink, A.H. Meijer Co-promotor: R. Marin-Juez

Optimization tasks in practice have multifaceted challenges as they are often black box, subject to multiple equality and inequality constraints and expensive to evaluate.