Diverse types of exoplanets such as gas giants on close-in orbits (hot Jupiters) and young massive giants on wide orbits (super Jupiters), with no analogs in the Solar System, pose challenges but also opportunities to our understanding of planet formation and evolution.

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.

Promotor: B. vd Water, T. Schmidt, Co-Promotor: E.H.J. Danen

This thesis describes the synthesis and biochemical evaluation of a variety of cyclophellitol based activity-based probes and inhibitors targeting various endo- and exo-acting retaining glycosidases. In the last two decades a variety of probes and inhibitors for (hemi)cellulose degrading enzymes have…

Promotor: Prof.dr. D. Bouwmeester, Co-Promotor: M.J.A. de Dood

In this work, we investigate the minute circular dichroism effects of single nanoparticles.To this aim, we apply photothermal imaging with a polarization-modulated heating beam.

Promotores: Prof.dr. F. van Lunteren, Prof.dr. F.S. Gaastra

Quantummechanica voor iedereen

Congres/symposium, Call for papers

Symposium

Security is key to survival for any living organism: life is full of perils and threats, both physically, environmentally, and societally. Security challenges such as terrorism, natural disasters, and cybercrime rank among the most pressing issues of our time, affecting the security and safety of millions…

Op vrijdag 9 juli 2021 vond de diploma-uitreiking plaats van het tweejarig programma MSc International Relations and Diplomacy (Advanced). De ceremonie werd geopend door Prof. Madeleine Hosli.

Hieronder vind je de antwoorden op een aantal veelgestelde vragen over toelating tot de klinische specialisaties van de Master Psychologie.

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Students Practicing Citizen Journalism

Professor Ken Meier is een van de meest vooraanstaande bestuurskundigen van de wereld. Meier is professor Public Management bij Cardiff School of Business (Wales), professor Bureaucracy and Democracy bij Leiden Universiteit, onderzoeker bij Danish Centre for Social Sciences Research (Kopenhagen, Denemarken)…

Utrecht University is looking for two researchers (1 PhD candidate and 1 Postdoc) to form the team of the VIDI project Lettercraft and Epistolary Performance in Early Medieval Europe, 476–751 CE, granted to dr. Robert Flierman and running from 2023-2027. As a postdoc, you will work together with the…

Discover the unique Vital Interests course in the BSc Security Studies programme, featuring an inspiring session on climate diplomacy with Dutch UNFCCC negotiators.

Publicaties die verschijnen in het kader van het onderzoeksproject Zelfredzaamheid en sociale bescherming over de levenscyclus.

Solliciteer nu voor de LUCIS Summer School on Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim world. De summer school vindt plaats in Leiden van dinsdag 15 augustus 2017 tot en met vrijdag 25 augustus 2017. Solliciteren kan tot vrijdag 16 juni 2017.

The ultimate aim of this project (initiated by the European Law Institute) is to design a framework that will enable the further development of coherent and functional rules for business rescue in Europe.

How should jurisdictions, both on the national and on the supra-national level, handle the interaction between public and private law where it regards the regulation of financial markets?

Lezing, Tuesday Talk

Het congres vond op 13 en 14 juli in Porto plaats en was tweetalig met simultane vertalingen tussen Engels en Portugees/Spaans. In totaal waren er ong. 350 deelnemers, uit 23 verschillende landen, waarvan de meeste deelnemers afkomstig waren uit Portugal, Spanje en Latijns Amerika (Argentinië, Bolivia,…

In this special edition of Information Polity there is a focus on the transparency challenges of using algorithms in government in decision-making procedures at the macro-, meso-, and micro-levels.

The ultimate aim of this project is to improve cooperation between courts in different Member States.

Op zoek naar de verloren tijd

Participants in this course will learn to support student teachers and new colleagues in their professional development as teachers, with particular emphasis on the context of bilingual or international education, as in the ICLON World Teachers Programme (WTP).

Hifadhi ya Dijiti ya Ustadh Mau

Didactiek

‘Re-mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures’ is a European Commission-funded MSCA Doctoral Network that will support 13 PhD researchers undertaking projects on late medieval and early modern books. These PhD researchers will be spread across the following institutions: University of Galway (3 positions),…

Op de LION/Sterrewacht nieuwjaarsborrel hebben natuurkundestudenten Nashwan Sabti (Leiden) en Nikolas Kavadias (Delft) de 2017 Hendrik Casimir Prize in ontvangst genomen. The Casimir Research School deelt jaarlijks de Hendrik Casimir Prize uit aan de beste masterstudenten in (technische) natuurkunde…

Hoe meer we leren over een (neuro-)psychologische of lichamelijke aandoening en de hieraan gerelateerde gedragsfactoren, hoe beter we deze niet alleen kunnen signaleren, maar ook behandelen. Het is dus belangrijk dat recente inzichten over (neuro-)psychologische problemen en daaraan gerelateerde gedragsfactoren…

Als een nieuwe methode is ontwikkeld om een (neuro-)psychologische aandoening of hieraan gerelateerde gedragsfactoren te herkennen en te behandelen, kan deze nog niet direct in de klinische praktijk worden ingezet. Eerst moet de methode geëvalueerd worden, bij voorkeur in gerandomiseerde, gecontroleerde…

An important part of the SCS specialisation is the internship period. Students will get the opportunity to get to know the field and to apply what they have learned during the courses.

Loopbaan en solliciteren

Loopbaan en solliciteren

In this dissertation, the synthesis and characterization of a series of iron complexes based on different ligand platforms are described.

Voor onderzoekers geïnteresseerd in empirisch juridisch onderzoek.

This dissertation focuses on developing new mathematical and statistical methods to properly represent time-varying covariates and model them within the context of time-to-event analysis.

Moritz Jesse has been awarded a Jean Monnet Chair by the European Commission. In his MIND-EU Project he will focus on a coherent way to teach Migration, Integration, and Non-Discrimination at Leiden Law School at bachelor and master level.

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Studievoorlichting

Studievoorlichting

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Promotor: G. J. Kroes

Metabolomics has the potential to play a pivotal role in understanding disease onset and progression, and ultimately personalized treatments. One of its major challenges is its large-scale implementation, which is necessary to deal with the high variability of the metabolome. In this work we have developed…