Studievoorlichting

By growing in a soil plants change the biotic and abiotic properties of the soil in which they grow.

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-Promotor: O.W. van Gaans

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

Streptomyces are filamentous bacteria that produce more than two-thirds of known antibiotics.

Materials with strongly correlated electrons show some of the most mysterious and exotic phases of quantum matter, such as unconventional superconductivity, quantum criticality and strange metal phase.

Food waste is a defining inefficiency of the modern food system, with profound implications for resource use, climate change, and circular economy transitions. This dissertation examines food waste through two complementary lenses: the prevention of avoidable food waste and the valorization of unavoidable…

Stars like the sun are born in large molecular clouds existing from gas and dust. During the formation process, the chemical composition of the material can be altered drastically by the changing physical conditions.

Promotor: Prof.dr. A. P. IJzerman, Co-Promotor: L.H. Heitman

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

Phospholipase A/acyltransferase 3 (PLAAT3) and PLAAT4 are enzymes involved in the synthesis of bioactive lipids. Despite sequential and structural similarities, the two enzymes differ in activity and specificity.

Fokelien Kootstra verdedigde haar proefschrift op 23 april 2019

In this course, you will explore the organs involved in our food digestion and discover the common causes of abdominal and pelvic pain. The latest graphics and animations will give you new insights and understandings of this part of the body.

Promotor: H.J.A. Rottgering, Co-Promotor: R.J. van Weeren

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

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The origin and evolution of galaxies are closely linked to many different physical phenomena.

Protoplanetary disks are the gas and dust environments where planetary systems form around young stars. Using observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) this thesis analyses the gaseous molecular reservoir, using multiple tracers to resolve the 3D structure of protoplanetary…

The aim of this thesis was to study phage infection in Streptomyces, focused on cell wall-deficient cells. Bacteriophages (or phages in short) attach to the cell wall of bacteria after which they replicate and lyse the host cell.

Sheltering is an immediate human need and determines well-being andhealth.

When a star is born in our Galaxy, it is quite likely that it has formed within a massive cluster, which hosts numerous high-mass stars bathing their lower mass neighbours in UV radiation.

Promotor: A.P.IJzerman, Co-Promotor: L.H. Heitman

Cynthia van Vonno, politicoloog aan de Universiteit Leiden, verklaart in haar proefschrift waarom individuele parlementariers meestemmen met hun fractie.

Deze week verscheen 'Dutch Post-war Fiction Film through a Lens of Psychoanalysis' van Peter Verstraten bij Amsterdam University Press, het vervolg op Humour and Irony in Dutch Post-war Fiction Film uit 2016. Elk hoofdstuk in zijn 482 pagina's tellende nieuwe studie begint met een titel van Fons Rademakers…

This thesis focused on the exploration of monolayer graphene as a membrane in direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) applications, with improvements achieved through plasma exposure or damage- free chemical functionalization.

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.V.J. Linnartz

This thesis focuses on data found in the field of computational drug discovery. New insight can be obtained by applying machine learning in various ways and in a variety of domains. Two studies delved into the application of proteochemometrics (PCM), a machine learning technique that can be used to…

The global agri-food system plays a critical role in food security and environmental issues.

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

Whilst government’s ability to design ‘context-specific’ regional innovation policy is generally assumed to depend on the region’s decision-making power, the aim of this study is to investigate how regional government matters. In order to open up the black box of policy design, the study develops a…

Promotor: A.H. Meijer, Co-promotor: B.E. Snaar-Jagalska

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.

Promotor: Prof.dr. A. Achucarro

Dr. Irma Mosquera Valderrama onderzoekt in haar ERC-project de rol van de OESO (Organisatie voor Economische Samenwerking en Ontwikkeling) en de EU bij de totstandkoming van internationale fiscale wetgeving en streeft ernaar voorwaarden te scheppen waaronder zowel ontwikkelde landen als ontwikkelingslanden…

Electrocatalysis allows for storing electricity or converting it into chemical bonds, producing chemical building blocks and fuels using renewable resources.

With increasing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere and their detrimental effect on the global climate, modern society needs to push for more renewable energy sources. Storing widely accessible and abundant solar energy in chemical bonds in the form of molecular fuel via artificial photosynthesis…

Promotor: Prof.dr. R. Verpoorte, Co-Promotor: Dr. Young Hae Choi

This thesis is a (biased) journey through very different topics in astrophysics: quasars and new populations of active galactic nuclei, gravitational waves from merging black holes, and protoplanetary discs around young stars.

Promotores: Prof.dr. G.F.A. Kersten, W. Jiskoot, Co-promotor: J-P. Amorij

β-Lactamases are enzymes that can break down β-lactam substrates, such as antibiotics, preventing the use of these antibiotics for the treatment of various infectious diseases. However, some compounds, β-lactamase inhibitors, can block these enzymes allowing for possible treatments using a combination…

Op 1 december 2020 verdedigde Bernadette Muscat haar proefschrift 'Insolvency Close-out Netting: A comparative study of English, French and US laws in a global perspective'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.mr.drs. M. Haentjens en prof.mr. B. Wessels.

De auteurs zoeken en beoordelen systematisch relevante definities van Security by Design (SbD) in vergelijking met Privacy by Design (PbD).

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

The largest genus within the Phyllanthaceae family is a group called Phyllanthus L. Recent studies have shown, that Phyllanthus is paraphyletic with the genera Glochidion, Breynia and Synostemon nested within it.

Promotores: Prof.dr. H.J.M. de Groot, Prof.dr. J. Matysik (Universitaet Leipzig)

Europa versoepelt de regels, waardoor lidstaten afgewezen asielzoekers straks naar derde landen zoals Oeganda mogen sturen. Experts waarschuwen voor risicos’s . Universitair docent immigratierecht Mark Klaassen vraagt zich in De Kanttekening af: ‘Kun je dit juridisch gezien überhaupt doen?’

This dissertation investigates the energy and material related impacts of the transition towards a low-carbon heating system in the Netherlands, in the context of its 2050 climate and circular economy policy goals.

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.

This course explains the functions of each international court and tribunal in The Hague. On the basis of cases and interviews with judges and lawyers, this course explores the role of these courts and tribunals and their potential to contribute to global justice.