The thesis describes experimental steps towards reduction of friction on the macroscopic scale by scenarios of thermo- and superlubricity well-known on the nanoscale.

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Promotores: Prof.dr. P.C.W. Hogendoorn & Prof.dr. H.P. Spaink Co-promotor: Dr. B.E. Snaar-Jagalska

The mission of our group is understanding how science communication works to improve the interaction between science and society. We believe better science communication can improve our society and engage many different groups with science, also improving science.

In the Schouwburgstraat, LUGO is currently redesigning the back-garden in order to increase biodiversity and make it a more beautiful space. Throughout October 2023 until March 2024, we will be making changes to the garden with our team of volunteers.

Artin L-functions associated to continuous representations of the absolute Galois group G_K of a global field K capture a lot of information about G_K as well as arithmetic properties of K.

Glucocorticoids (GCs) are widely prescribed as anti-inflammatory drugs due to their well-established immunosuppressive effects.

Promotor: F.J. van Lunteren, E. Jorin

Artificial intelligence algorithms govern in subtle, yet fundamental ways, the way we live and are transforming our societies. The promise of efficient, low‐cost or ‘neutral’ solutions harnessing the potential of big data has led public bodies to adopt algorithmic systems in the provision of public…

Promotor: M. Franx, Co-Promotor: I.F. Labbé

The main focus of the thesis is the discovery and development of novel inhibitors of bacterial metallo-β-lactamases (MBLs).

Mechanical metamaterials are man-made materials which derive their unusual properties from their structure rather than their composition.

Workshop

Een veertigtal microscopen, verschillende kweeklaboratoria en zo'n 15.000 zebravissen: dat is de werkplek van Sylvia le Dévédec. Ze is één van de beheerders van het Leiden Cell Observatory, een bijzondere faciliteit waar alle onderzoekers terecht kunnen.

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Electives bieden studenten de mogelijkheid om zich verder te specialiseren en verdiepen in specifieke aspecten van leiderschap.

In this thesis, time-lapse fluorescent microscopy plays a pivotal role in investigating functional materials within living cells as well as the migratory behaviour of neural progenitor cells.

In this thesis, I study 1) metabolic alterations in tuberculosis related to wasting syndrome in human patients as well as in rodent and fish animal models. 2) effects of the mutation of the leptin gene on cachexia and diabetes in rodent and zebrafish animal models.

Neuraminidases are enzymes that cleave glycosidic linkages of sialic acid. These enzymes are involved in influenza infections as well as in many cellular processes in mammals and micro-organisms.

Op 1 juni 2022 verdedigde Tom Herrenberg het proefschrift 'Prosecutorial Discretion in International Criminal Justice'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. P.B. Cliteur en prof.dr. B.R. Rijpkema.

The studies described in this thesis deal with glycosidases, in particular alpha-galactosidases.

With the emergence of online social networks (OSNs), the way people create and share information has changed, which becomes faster and broader than traditional social media.

Evolution acts via mutations in amino acid sequences. Substitution of essential amino acids leads to a nonfunctional protein. l.

Binnen FSW is er een kernteam gevormd met contactpersonen binnen de instituten en op faculteitsniveau.

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Dr. Moritz Jesse (UHD van het Europa Instituut) trad op als spreker tijdens een symposium dat werd georganiseerd door Oxford Brooks University. Het symposium, dat werd gehouden op 22 oktober 2022, ging in op de vraag in hoeverre de integratie van economische immigranten gefaciliteerd kan worden door…

Prof. Paul van der Heijden (Internationaal Arbeidsrecht) heeft een subsidie van 50.000 euro ontvangen van de stad Den Haag om een begin te maken met de bouw van een databank Business & Human Rights.

Blijf op de hoogte van alle nieuws en activiteiten op het gebied van diversiteit en inclusie.

Wat doet de Universiteit Leiden om haar gebouwen en campussen toekomstbestendig en onafhankelijk van fossiele energie te maken?

De Universiteit Leiden organiseert jaarlijks meerdere evenementen voor scholieren om kennis te maken met de wetenschap.

Er zijn diverse manieren om van het Leidse nieuws op de hoogte te blijven.

Om een goed beeld te krijgen van welke studie bij je past, moeten leerlingen veel uitzoeken. De Universiteit Leiden begeleidt hen met evenementen die zijn toegespitst op de verschillende fases van hun keuzeproces.

A neurocognitive investigation of the development of social performance monitoring in youth growing up in stressful versus non-stressful environments

Op 18 september 2019 verdedigde Huw Llewellyn zijn proefschrift 'An Institutional Perspective on the United Nations Criminal Tribunals: Governance, Independence and Impartiality'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. N.M. Blokker en prof.dr. L.J. van den Herik.

Promotores: F.H.J. Redig, W.T.F. den Hollander

This study has been carried out in the community of Sukamiskin, a kelurahan (‘village’) in Bandung, the Capital of West Java Province, located in the Sunda Region of Indonesia.

The confinement of molecular catalysts in metal-organic frameworks has the potential to lead to significant improvements in selectivity, long term activity and catalyst stability.

To answer questions that look beyond individual entities, network science studies the interactions taking place in complex systems. These complex systems can often have temporal information on when an interaction occurs.

Duurzaamheid op de campus, energietransitie, groen, circulair

In de Oude Sterrewacht zijn vier verschillende astronomische verenigingen actief. We zijn ontzettend trots op de inzet die deze verenigingen tonen om activiteiten te organiseren.

Promotor: M. Ubbink, Co-promotor: G. Siegal

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.V.J. Linnartz, Co-Promotores: S. Ioppolo, H.M. Cuppen

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

Promotores:Th.J.C. van Berkel, M. van Eck

Dissochaeta Blume (Melastomataceae, tribe Dissochaeteae) is well-known as a scrambling plant genus found in Southeast Asia, where it is an inhabitant of the tropical rainforests or evergreen forests.

Carbohydrates are present on the surface of bacteria making them suitable antigen candidates for vaccine development. This thesis deals with the synthesis of two carbohydrate-based components; the capsular polisaccharide of S. aureus type 5 and teichoic acids from staphilococci and enterococci speci…

Glycosidases are important enzymes in the turnover of polysaccharides and glycoconjugates, and are involved in a range of human pathologies including genetic disorders such as Gaucher and Pompe disease, but also in various cancers.

Galaxies form and evolve through close interaction with their surroundings. As a result, the heavy elements ('metals') that are synthesized in stars, are found both inside and outside galaxies.

The parabolic Anderson model (PAM), which is the Cauchy problem for the heat equation with random potential. The PAM is a mathematical model that describes how mass (i.e. matter or energy) flows in a medium in the presence of a field of sources and sinks.