Lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) are a group of orphan diseases characterized by lysosomal dysfunction or impaired lysosomal catabolism and affect collectively about 1 in 5000 live births.

To get an idea of the science communication products and research that is possible, a few examples of student projects of recent years are shown below.

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.

Learning from small data sets in machine learning is a crucial challenge, especially when dealing with data imbalances and anomaly detection. This thesis delves into the challenges and methodologies of learning from small datasets in machine learning, with a particular focus on addressing data imbalances…

Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Zaanen, Prof.dr. K.E. Schalm

Religious Studies at Leiden University allows you to study a broad spectrum of religions and their manifestations.

Een lijst met wetenschappelijke publicaties samengesteld door het team van het TRIXY Expertisecentrum.

De Career Service Geesteswetenschappen staat voor je klaar tijdens je studie, en tot een jaar na je afstuderen! Je kunt bij ons terecht voor:

Rembrandtroute ter gelegenheid van het 444-jarig bestaan van de Universiteit Leiden en het Rembrandtjaar 2019. Met speciale dank aan Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Neurenberg), The Leiden Collection (New York), Museum De Lakenhal (Leiden), Mauritshuis (Den Haag), Rijksmuseum/Musée du Louvre (Amsterdam/Parijs),…

Het LUGO-team maakt deel uit van het Bestuursbureau van de universiteit, waar het onder de directie Strategie en Academische Zaken valt. Binnen Strategie en Academische Zaken is LUGO onderdeel van team Duurzaamheid, dat, naast LUGO, ook twee full-time werknemers heeft. Het Bestuursbureau ondersteunt…

In dit interdisciplinaire onderzoeksprogramma werken onderzoekers uit vijf verschillende disciplines met elkaar samen. Zij stellen zich hieronder (in het Engels) aan u voor.

Promotor: G.A. Persoon, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh

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

Atoms and molecules are the basic units of matter. If we keep dividing a bar of gold or a glass of water into smaller parts, at the end we are left with a single gold atom or a water molecule.

Decentralized plug and play systems for energy production are the future picture of our society. Artificial photosynthetic systems are used for this purpose.

This research delves into a region of space known as the interstellar medium (ISM), which is essentially the area between the stars filled with gas and dust.

This dissertation is an experimental study of laser-generated, atmospheric pressure, transient toroidal helium plasmas.

The theoretical explanation of cosmic acceleration is nowadays one of the biggest puzzles in cosmology.

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.

Promotores: Prof.dr. J.N. Kok, Prof.dr. M.R.V. Chaudron (Chalmers Univ., Sweden)

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

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.

Heterogeneous catalysis is essential to many industrial applications. These catalysts are often comprised of supported nanoparticles, which contain various different surface sites.

Promotores: T.H.W. Bäck, A. Plaat, Co-promotor: F.J. Verbeek

Bacteria have the ability to alter their morphology in order to adapt to changing environments.

Mechanical metamaterials are carefully engineered materials whose properties are controlled by their structure, not by their composition, which allows using metamaterials to study and control physical effects in detail⁠.

The focus of the dissertation

Op 28 oktober 2021 verdedigde Hein van der Bruggen zijn proefschrift en behaalde daarmee de doctorstitel.

Promotor: Prof. dr. Arnold Tukker & Prof. dr. René Kemp (Maastricht University)

In this thesis, we present new laboratory data of interstellar dust analogues.

Global Environmental Extensions Multi-Regional Input-Output (EE-MRIO) analysis is often used to analyze how changes in global and national demand for products lead to socioeconomic and environmental impacts at the national level.

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-promotoren: M.F.E. de Jeu, S.D. Silvestrov

This thesis explores the theoretical and observational properties of distant massive galaxies that harbour active black holes in their centres and shine brightly at radio wavelengths.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.M. van Ruitenbeek, Prof.dr. R.M. Tromp

This thesis consists of two main parts. The first part (Chapters 2 and 3) deals with a class of Markov process called Quasi-Skipfree (QSF) processes.

In this thesis, we use low-frequency and high-frequency radio observations to address the following questions regarding quasars: is the radio loud/quiet quasar dichotomy real?

A complex community of microbes develops in the infant gut shortly after birth. We call this community the infant gut microbiota. The microbiota influences the health of the infant, which makes the composition and function of the infant gut microbiota an important topic to study.

Promotores: Prof.dr. E.F. van Dishoeck, Prof.dr. C.P. Dullemond

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.

M. Danhof, Co-promotores: J. Freijer, A. Yassen

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

Promotor: P.G.L. Klinkhamer, Co-Promotores: K. Vrieling, P.P.J. Mulder

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

This thesis involves three topics: benchmarking discrete optimization algorithms, empirical analyses of evolutionary computation, and automatic algorithm configuration.

Promotores: Prof.dr. H.P. Spaink & Prof.dr. P.C.W. Hogendoorn Co-promotor: Dr. M.J.M. Schaaf

Op 7 december 2021 verdedigde Georgina Kuipers het proefschrift 'Beschadigd vertrouwen'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.mr. W. den Ouden en prof.dr. M.A. van der Steen (EUR).

This thesis studies the geometry of representation varieties and character stacks. These are spaces parametrizing the representations of a finitely generated group, typically the fundamental group of a compact manifold, into an algebraic group G.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J. den Hertog

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…

Plant-microbe interaction resulted in different physio/chemical responses by host plant and interacting rhizobacteria.