Humans perceive the real world through their sensory organs: vision, taste, hearing, smell, and touch. In terms of information, we consider these different modesalso referred to as different channels of information or modals.

Ice, the solid state of water, plays an important role on our planet as well as the entire universe.Despite the fact that an individual water molecule has a very simple structure, its chemical bonding in the solid phase can be surprisingly complex.

Metal complexes and 2D materials like graphene were combined to produce structures that can function as sensors.

Organisms often need to adapt more efficiently and devise new strategies for surviving difficult ecological circumstances.

“Temminck’s Order” is the scientific biography of Coenraad Jacob Temminck (1778–1850), a Dutch naturalist and the first director of ’s Rijks Museum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden.

Promotor: Prof.dr. B. van de Water

Promotores: S.F. Portegies Zwart, E. M. Rossi

Continuous optimization is never easy: the exact solution is always a luxury demand and the theory of it is not always analytical and elegant.

Promotor: K.J. Batenburg, Co-promotor: A.W. van der Vaart, B. de Smit

The zebrafish is a promising vertebrate model organism in early drug discovery and development.

Modeling and analysis of cyber-physical systems are still challenging. One reason is that cyber-physical systems involve many different parts (cyber or physical), of different nature (discrete or continuous), and in constant interaction via sensing and actuating.

Atherosclerosis is the main underlying pathology of cardiovascular disease. Atherosclerosis is caused by an immune response which is directed against (modified) lipoproteins which accumulate in the vessel wall.

The lysosomal β-glucosidase named glucocerebrosidase (GCase) is a retaining β-glucosidase that hydrolyzes the glycosphingolipid glucosylceramide (GlcCer) to ceramide and glucose at acid pH.

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The lipid membrane is a basic structural component of all living cells. Embedded in this nanometer-thin barrier, membrane proteins shape the membrane and at the same time respond to the shape of the membrane.

The applications of studying the early development of insects range from agriculture to material science.

The mycorrhizal symbiosis is among the most widespread species interactions on Earth⁠. This thesis focuses on orchid mycorrhiza, a unique mycorrhizal type that has caught scientists’ attention for centuries⁠.

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.P. Spaink, Co-promotor: Dr. M. van der Zee

Op 17 november 2021 verdedigde Cyril-Igor Grigorieff het proefschrift 'The Regime for International Air Carrier Liability'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. P. Mendes de Leon en prof.dr. V. Correia (University Paris Saclay).

Promotor: T. Schmidt, Co-promotor: S. J.T. van Noort

Promotor: J. Zaanen, Co-Promotor: V. Juricic

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

This thesis systematically analyzes the physical-chemistry of lipid-graphene interactions with the major objective of reconciliating the variety of results reported in the literature.

Promotor: Prof.dr. A. P. IJzerman, Co-Promotor: L.H. Heitman

Promotor: T. Hankemeier, Co-promotor: T.H. Reijmers

During embryonic growth, cells proliferate, differentiate, and collectively migrate to form different tissues at the right position and time in the body.

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-Promotor: O.W. van Gaans

This thesis considers multi-prover commitment schemes whose security is based on restrictions on the communication between the provers.

In a typical glycosylation reaction, a donor is activated to form a (variety of) electrophilic species which can react with a nucleophilic acceptor, following a reaction mechanism having both SN1 and SN2 character.

Stochastic resetting is simple enough to be approached analytically, yet modifies stochastic processes in a non-trivial way.

Promotor: Prof.dr. F. den Hollander, G.Maillard

Op 11 november 2021 verdedigde Evelien Campfens het proefschrift 'Cross-border Claims to Cultural Objects'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. N.J. Schrijver en prof.dr. W.J. Veraart (VU Amsterdam).

For centuries astronomers studied the Universe by collecting light. Nowadays, we are living in times of great technological advancements, which allow us to explore our Universe in a new way - though gravitational wave radiation.

Promotores: W. Th. F. den Hollander, M.O. Heydenreich

Balsaminaceae is a diverse plant family characterized by a huge floral morphological diversity.

Dit proefschrift onderzoekt de noodzaak van het creatief denken en experimenteren in het uitvoeren van complexe muziek in de late twintigste- en vroege eenentwintigste eeuw.

Promotor: M. Danhof, Co-promotor: E.C.M. de Lange

Promotor: K.J. Batenburg

LCA has become an important method to study environmental impacts of human activities. Still, there are several methodological issues in LCA that can adversely affect the results reliability.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Danhof

Promotor: H.P. Spaink, Co-Promotor: A.H. Meijer

Promotor: Jan van der Greef; Co-promotors: Mei Wang; Eduard van Wijk

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Ubbink

The field of exoplanet research is rapidly advancing through the development of new technology, observing techniques, and post-processing methods.

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.

Promotor: Prof.dr. S.F. Portegies Zwart

By growing in a soil plants change the biotic and abiotic properties of the soil in which they grow.

The sequence-dependence of biomolecular interactions involving nucleic acids and proteins is essential for numerous processes inside the cell. Insights into the underlying molecular mechanisms have been obtained using various biochemical and biophysical methods on two different levels — bulk and sin…

Promotor: J.N. Kok, P.E. Slagboom Co-promotor: J.F.J. Laros

In this work, we illustrate unconventional approaches towards the fabrication of edge functionalized graphene nanostructures and bidimensional architectures in polymeric and metallic supports, with an outlook towards molecular sensing devices.