Promotor: Erik F. Smets, Co-promotores: Barbara Gravendeel, Niels Raes

De traditionele scheiding van leeuwen in een Afrikaanse en een Aziatische ondersoort is onterecht, zegt bioloog Laura Bertola. In Afrika leven twee ondersoorten. Promotie 18 maart.

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

Because thin systems can deform along the thickness with relative ease, the interplay between surface mechanics and geometry plays a fundamental role in sculpting their three-dimensional shape.

In this Thesis, novel charge induction mechanisms of ionic liquids are treated, tested and experimented on complex oxides, in particular cuprates.

The Sundanese people, the largest ethnic group in West Java, have been using traditional medicine for a long time. Known as ubar kampung, Sundanese indigenous knowledge, beliefs and practices of traditional medicine are based on local people’s knowledge and use of Medicinal, Aromatic, and Cosmetic (MAC)…

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

In times of hardships or crisis, local people know how to deal with it using their resourcefulness. Although efforts are sometimes made by the government to help them, they are fully aware that community support is at least equally important.

Promotor: J.A. van Veen, Co-promotor: E.E. Kuramae

Open Science en Erkennen & Waarderen komen samen in dit universiteitsbrede programma.

Open Science verandert de manier waarop onderzoek wordt gedeeld en wordt samengewerkt. Anna van ’t Veer won een award voor haar Open Science-activiteiten.

David van Bodegom, hoogleraar Vitaliteit in een verouderende populatie, spreekt op 11 november zijn gelijknamige oratie uit. Volgens Van Bodegom ligt de sleutel tot gezond ouder worden in de leefomgeving. Hij pleit er dan ook voor om in de strijd tegen leefstijlgerelateerde aandoeningen onze leefomgeving…

Webinar with Q&A

De oliepijplijn in Dakota, de verbreding van de snelweg bij Stonehenge, de aanleg van stuwdammen in Turkije en Irak: de kranten en social media staan vol met alarmerende berichten over bedreigingen van erfgoed door grootschalige bouwactiviteiten. Erfgoedexperts van de Universiteit Leiden promoten de…

Webinar, discussion

‘Legitimacy and Justice’ is een onderzoekscluster binnen het programma ‘Institutions, Decisions and Collective Behaviour’. De wetenschappers die hierin actief zijn houden zich bezig met de legitimiteit en rechtvaardigheid van politieke instituties. Zij kijken in het bijzonder naar de relaties tussen…

This research delves into the unique cultural approach of the Tenggerese people, an Indigenous community in East Java, Indonesia, regarding elderly care. It focuses on their traditional practices of bakti (‘filial piety’) and sayan (‘mutual aid’), deeply ingrained in the community's lifestyle and va…

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.

The study of orchid flowers, fruits, and inflorescences is crucial due to the remarkable diversity of orchid species and their unique adaptations to pollinators and seed dispersers. However, our understanding of the evolution and development of these organs within the orchid family remains limited.

Promotor: Carel J. ten Cate, Co-Promotor: Hans W. Slabbekoorn

In light of climate change, it is crucial to determine whether plant species can adapt to future climates to avoid extinction. Plants adapt to various conditions by altering their functional traits, such as leaf size or photosynthetic rate. Some traits appear linked and vary together between species,…

Promotor: E. Gittenberger, Co-promotor: B.W. Hoeksema

Promotor: Prof.dr. M.L. van Heck, Co-Promotor: B.P. Tighe

This thesis explores how bees and hoverflies are distributed across the Dutch landscape and how ecological and landscape factors shape their occurrence.

This thesis presents the results of a study on the interfaces of insulating oxides with and without the insertion of a magnetic layer.

This thesis describes biochemical investigations of glucocerebrosidase (GBA), the lysosomal β- glucosidase that is deficient in Gaucher disease (GD).

Membrane fusion is a vital process in living organisms and is mediated by zipper-like proteins.

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

This dissertation presents new cryptographic protocols, which can be divided into two families.

Het Leiden Leadership Centre doet onderzoek naar de ontwikkeling van doeltreffend publiek leiderschap binnen en tussen organisaties. Op basis van onze onderzoeks- en ontwikkelagenda “Verder met Publiek Leiderschap” richten we ons op publiek leiderschap in verbinding met de publieke context, maatschappelijke…

In this thesis it is posed that the central object of preference discovery is a co-creative process in which the Other can be represented by a machine. It explores efficient methods to enhance introverted intuition using extraverted intuition's communication lines.

The unit residue group, to which the present thesis is devoted, is defined using the norm-residue symbol, which Hilbert introduced into algebraic number theory in 1897.

Shape and biological function are tightly connected. Physical descriptions are used to connect the shape of a biological system with its function.

Acidobacteria is a widely distributed phylum but their functional roles in ecosystem processes are still largely elusive.

Promotor: R. Cramer

Promotor: E. F. van Dishoeck, Co-promotor: C. Walsh

The main aim of this thesis was to unravel the signaling and regulatory networks that drive tumor cell migration during breast cancer metastasis.

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is among the cancers with the highest mortality rate, despite a relatively low incidence.

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