Promotor: A. Achúcarro Co-promotor: A. Boyarsky

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.

Bacterial chemosensory arrays are protein assemblies that are the key structural and functional component for motile bacteria to sense their internal or environmental chemical signals.

Advanced mass spectrometry of glycosphingolipids takes the central stage in this thesis. Investigations focus on characterization of glycosphingolipid metabolism in health and disease with emphasis to the detection and accurate quantitation of known and so far unknown glycosphingolipids and closely…

The chemical and structural heterogeneity of toxoid vaccines makes their analysis challenging. However, detailed insights on a molecular level can be obtained by mass spectrometry.

Due to their central physiological roles in living organisms, retaining beta-glycosidases have been the subject of tremendous research efforts to examine their structure/function relation using numerous biophysical and biochemical approaches.

Inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis and atopic dermatitis can severely impact both the physical and social aspect of a patient’s life. Aberrant inflammatory responses are thought to be a major causative factor in these disorders, but an abundance of different factors contribute to the development…

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.

Promotor: H.S. Overkleeft, Co-promotor: M. van der Stelt

Autophagy is a fundamental degradative process, maintaining cellular homeostasis and functions in host defense against intracellular pathogens, including mycobacteria and Salmonella.

De Race of the Classics is het grootste studentenzeilevenement van Europa. Dit jaar werd de race van 4 t/m 10 april gevaren, met achttien schepen. Daan Kok, tweedejaars Fiscaal recht voer mee in team Leiden op de Tecla, een logger uit 2015. En legt uit hoe het Reesgevoel ontstaat.

This thesis investigates the structural evolution and assembly of galaxies since the first few billions years after the big bang.

De masteropleiding International Organisation wordt aangeboden door de Universiteit Leiden in Den Haag. Op deze pagina wordt uitgelegd waarom studenten voor deze opleiding en locatie kiezen.

Op vrijdagavond 17 september is de Leidse astronoom Joe Callingham te zien in een nieuwe serie op Discovery. ‘Killers of The Cosmos’ gaat over krachten in het heelal die ons bestaan kunnen bedreigen. Asteroïden, kosmisch puin, elektromagnetische wapens… De show behandelt elke bedreiging als potentiële…

Hoe beïnvloedt de vernietiging van universiteiten in Gaza, ook wel 'scholasticide' genoemd, het wetenschappelijk leven en wat zijn de theoretische en juridische onderbouwingen van de term?

The 7th European Congress of Medieval Studies of the Fédération Internationale des Instituts d’Études Médiévales (FIDEM) will be organized by the Department of Arts, Media, and Philosophy of the University of Basel, Switzerland. There is a number of slots for papers (20 minutes) and special sessions…

Solute carrier (SLC) transporters are a large and diverse class of relatively understudied transmembrane proteins.

Call for poster presentations: Future of Paleography, Paleography of the Future. 10 April 2025, Utrecht.

On 10-12 October 2024, a workshop is held at the University of Groningen, titled: "25 years after Hillenbrand: New Approaches to Sources, Translation and Perspectives". The organisers aim to gather specialists and early career researchers in the field of crusader studies to discuss emerging research…

Promotor: J.S. Kaastra Co-promotor: E. Constantini

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

Promotor: G.J. Kramer Co-Promotor: E.G.M. Kleijn

Deze colleges zijn in het Engels, u kunt vragen stellen en reageren in het Nederlands.

This thesis explores different avenues to develop insurmountable antagonists for CC Chemokine Receptors, such as CCR1, CCR2 and CCR5.

Op deze pagina vindt u de opnames van de online This Week's Discoveries vanaf 12 mei 2020 en een lijst sprekers vanaf oktober 2015.

Microglia support the central and peripheral nervous system by forming the first line of defense against hazardous events. Microglia are increasingly acknowledged as critical players in neurodegenerative diseases, highlighting them as potential therapeutic targets.

Promotores: H.S. Overkleeft; G.A. van der Marel Co-Promotor: B.I. Florea

Promotor: C.A.M.J.J. van den Hondel, Co-promotor: Sandra de Weert

To improve cancer treatments, personalized medicine approaches have aimed to identify exactly which mutations are driving tumor development in a given patient and specifically target these mutations using precision therapies.

Promotor: H.S. Overkleeft, J. Neefjes, Co-promotor: M. van der Stelt

Op deze pagina vind je de opnames van de Tuesday Talks sinds april 2025. Ook de opnames van de voorloper van de Tuesday Talks, This Week’s Discoveries, zijn hier te vinden

State of the Art Crisisbeheersing 2

This thesis explored the molecular pharmacological mechanisms of targeting CB2R via investigation of novel drug discovery concepts such as target binding kinetics, allosteric modulation and biased signaling.

Aan de hand van een reeks case studies in Irak, Moldavië en Servië gedurende het post-Koude Oorlogstijdperk, onderzoekt dit boek asymmetrische conflicten waarbij de strijdende partijen een grote ongelijkheid in machtsposities vertonen.

LUC is the first to confer the diploma of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, the new Faculty name since January 2016 making this graduation an extra special occasion.

Op 5 september 2019 verdedigde Jennifer Doekhie haar proefschrift 'Dimensions of desistance: A qualitative longitudinal analysis of different dimensions of the desistance process among long-term prisoners in the Netherlands'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. P. Nieuwbeerta.

Op 11 juni 2020 verdedigde Sabine Witting haar proefschrift 'Child Sexual Abuse in the Digital Era: Rethinking Legal Frameworks and Transnational Law Enforcement Collaboration'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.mr. J.J. Sloth-Nielsen en prof.dr.mr. S. van der Hof.

De Afdeling Jeugdrecht en Defence for Children nodigen u van harte uit voor de uitreiking van de vierde Jaap Doek Kinderrechtenscriptieprijs en de officiële presentatie van het boek ‘The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Taking Stock after 25 Years and Looking Ahead’.

This thesis studied in depth the energy use and CO2 emissions of the industrial sector in China.

Sound is everywhere in the marine environment and hearing is therefore a very important for stimuli for fish. They use sound for orientation and communication, during migration, aggregation and spawning, but also for detection of prey and predators.

Op 25 maart vierde de Advanced Masters of Science in International Relations and Diplomacy (MIRD) zijn 20-jarige bestaan. Gedurende de dag werd de hechte community van MIRD alumni in het zonnetje gezet. De feestelijkheden gingen van start met het Reconnect event, voor huidige studenten en alumni, en…

Michiel Veldhuis heeft bij de C.J. Kok Publieksprijs de meeste stemmen van het publiek gekregen en mag zich daarmee Ontdekker van het Jaar noemen. Veldhuis onderzoekt hoe klimaatverandering ecosystemen op de savannes in Afrika beïnvloedt en hoe we die ecosystemen kunnen beschermen.

Promotor: J.W.M. Frenken

The European Council and the European Commission have a similar role in agenda setting. Both place issues on the EU agenda. However, these institutions have distinct designs. They have different political attributes (the European Council has considerably more political authority) and information-processing…

The University of Amsterdam is looking for a PhD researcher in the NWO-funded project "Staging Nobility in Urban Space. The Nassau Dynasty and the Towns of the Low Countries (c. 1400-c. 1570)". This PhD project identifies the impact the Nassau dynasty had on urban space in the Low Countries and investigates…

The soil ecosystem consists of the largest reservoir of biodiversity on Earth.

The high velocity tail of the total velocity distribution of stars provides essential insight into fundamental properties of the Galaxy.

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