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

Een groep Leidse studenten lanceert 27 maart het mediaplatform Van Leiden tot Later. In podcasts en video’s gaan studenten van nu in gesprek met spraakmakende alumni over maatschappelijke onderwerpen. ’We willen een brug slaan tussen verschillende generaties.’

A convolutional neural network (CNN) is a biologically inspired algorithm, highly capable at processing images and videos.

The main aim of my Ph.D. thesis is to further explore the value of using early developing zebrafish larvae (up to 5 dpf) as a model to study anxiety-like behaviour and their pharmacological modulation with drugs.

This dissertation contains four works during my PhD. Different biomaterials have been designed based on coiled-coil peptides. These biomaterials have a range of applications, inclusing drug delivery, cell sorting to cell-cell fusion.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.P. Abrahams

Promotor: J.M. Memelink

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The research group Science Communication and Society aims to understand how science communication works to improve the interaction between science and society. Central themes are ‘Bridging the gap between experts and the general public’ and ‘Evaluating Science Communication’.

My colleagues and I have been devastated to learn that our good colleague and friend Stefan Landsberger (born 1955) passed away unexpectedly, on 26 September 2024. Stefan had been a fixture of China Studies in the Netherlands, where he had been Associate Professor of contemporary Chinese History and…

Op 16 mei presenteren drie onderzoekers van de Universiteit Leiden hun bevindingen over de democratische gevolgen van decentralisatie tijdens een workshop in Leiden. Hun onderzoeksproject, Downsize My Democracy?, laat zien dat decentralisatie niet automatisch leidt tot een sterkere democratie. Integendeel,…

In de afgelopen jaren hebben er veel verschillende mensen meegewerkt aan de projecten binnen de Dappere Kleintjes onderzoekslijn. Zie hieronder een overzicht van onze alumni.

Het doel van het onderzoek Samen stap voor stap vooruit is om bij te dragen aan kennis over effectieve interventiemogelijkheden voor gezinnen met zeer jonge kinderen (0-6 jaar) na ervaringen van huiselijk geweld. Het onderzoek bestaat uit drie verschillende deelstudies:

De meeste kinderen leren pas op de middelbare school Frans. Hoe leuk is het als ze al wat Franse woorden leren en kennismaken met de Franse cultuur op de basisschool? Dat kan via deze kennismakingslessen, gemaakt door studenten van de Universiteit Leiden.

Heb je nog vragen over de opleiding Sterrenkunde? Neem dan gerust contact met ons op!

Op woensdag 22 oktober hield de Faculteit der Archeologie open huis. Iedereen kon langskomen voor gratis lezingen, workshops met archeologisch materiaal. Je kon ook je eigen gevonden spullen meenemen om ze door een expert te laten bekijken.

Voordrachten in het kader van het onderzoeksproject Zelfredzaamheid en sociale bescherming over de levenscyclus (aug. 2017 – dec. 2023).

Grensverleggend geschiedenis leren.

Vind jouw thuis bij LUC! Wij zijn gevestigd in het hart van Den Haag. Met ons eigen gebouw en internationale profiel biedt LUC een omgeving voor iedereen die op zoek is naar een interculturele ervaring en die een verantwoordelijke wereldburger wil worden.

When a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole, it is torn apart by strong tidal forces in a tidal disruption event (TDE).

Striga hermonthica, commonly known as witchweed, infests major cereal crops in Sub-Saharan Africa causing severe yield losses and threatening the livelihood of millions of resource poor farmers.

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

In this thesis, I focused on studying the above- and belowground interactions of J. vulgaris from a plant-soil feedback (hereafter, PSF) perspective. I investigated the temporal variation of negative PSF and examined the effects of root-associated bacteria on plant performance and aboveground herbiv…

My PhD project studies how the temporally sequential Hox gene expression is regulated during head-tail patterning of the frog embryo.

Understanding interactions in quantum many-body systems remains one of the most profound and difficult challenges in condensed matter physics.

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.

Promotors: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Prof.dr. H. Leirs (Univ. Antwerpen)

In this thesis, I study the formation of large-scale structure and the physics of particle acceleration at large scales (~Mpc).

Promotor: Prof.dr. C.W.J. Beenakker

Mycoheterotrophy is a particular mode of life in which plants obtain carbohydrates from their associated fungal partners, instead of by using photosynthesis.

Despite being the object of intense study, embryonic development has been difficult to model due to a number of reasons. First, complex tissues can be comprised of many cell types, of which we probably only know a subset.

The overall objectives of my thesis are to investigate the dynamics of the sorghum root microbiome and to explore the beneficial effects of the root microbiome on sorghum growth and stress tolerance.

Op 13 oktober 2021 verdedigde Ross Spence het proefschrift 'Collateral Transactions and Shadow Banking'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.mr. M. Haentjens en prof.dr. A.M. Pacces (UvA).

Promotor: Prof.dr. J. Kuiper

As leading cause of death worldwide, cancer is responsible for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020 according to World Health Organization (WHO). Cisplatin and its derivatives are commonly used chemotherapy agents for current cancer treatment in the clinics.

My PhD thesis investigates the ecological significance of resistance against drought-induced air bubble formation inside the water conduits of plants (embolism), and the plasticity and functional aspects of stem anatomical traits in woody and herbaceous species.

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

In my research, we developed a method to distinguish knots. A knot is a mathematical depiction of the everyday knot that occurs in ropes and cords.

Promotor: R. Gill, Co-promotor: P. Massart

Promotores: Prof.dr. B.R. Katzy, Prof.dr. K. Sailer (Munich University)

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide. Metastasis, the process by which cancer cells spread to other parts of the body, makes treatments less effective. It is important to unravel the mechanism of metastasis.

Heterogeneous catalysis is one of the fundamental processes of modern life, being common in industrial refinery and hydrogen vehicles, all the way to the living cell. The dissociation of H2 on Cu(111) is an important benchmark system for studying heterogeneous catalysis, with a large and varied amount…

Streptomyces are prolific producers of enzymes and secondary metabolites, including more than 50% of all clinical antibiotics. This makes them highly attractive for medical, biotechnological, and industrial purposes.

Plastics have become an integral part of modern society due to their versatility and durability.

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, W. Kustiawan, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh

Met een masterdiploma in Psychologie van de Universiteit Leiden laat je zien dat je zowel theoretische kennis als academische en professionele vaardigheden bezit. Daardoor ben je voor veel werkgevers een aantrekkelijke kandidaat-werknemer. Er zijn echter veel meer afgestudeerden dan vacatures, vooral…

The field of science communication is very broad. Below is a list of organisations where SCS students can fulfill internships or where alumni have found jobs.