Cytotoxic T-cells (CTLs) are involved in the clearance of viruses and killing of tumor cells.

This thesis focuses on two processes involved in fighting infections: metabolism and immune cell motility and navigation.

Promotor: K.H. Kuijken

The main goal of this thesis is to achieve advanced control of binding properties in bis-pyrrolic and macrocyclic pyrrolic receptors by light.

Onderzoeksproject 'QUAD'

The emergence of complex diseases resulting from abnormal cell-cell signaling and the spread of infectious diseases caused by pathogens are significant threats to humanity. Unraveling the dynamic mechanisms underlying cell-cell signaling and infectious disease spreading is crucial for effective disease…

The Grotius Centre, in collaboration with Duke Law School, will be hosting the Duke-Leiden Institute in Global and Transnational Law from 16 June to 17 July 2019 in The Hague, the International City of Peace and Justice. Applications for the second edition are now open!

When you have decided to participate in a Summer School of Leiden University, there are some matters you need to know before arrival. Please take a few minutes to read through the information here to find out what you can do from your side to smooth the process.

Van 7-9 juni 2023 organiseert Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) haar tweede internationale conferentie in Den Haag. Deadline voor inzendingen: 15 februari 2023.

Een onderzoeksgroep van vijftien mensen uit diverse vakgebieden zoals politieke economie, internationale betrekkingen, rechtsgeleerdheid, geschiedenis en bestuurskunde, werkt samen binnen het interdisciplinaire onderzoeksprogramma 'Citizenship, Migration and Global Transformations'. Voor dit onderzoeksproject…

Promotie

Van 8-10 juni 2022 organiseert Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) haar eerste internationale conferentie in Den Haag. Deadline voor inzendingen: 22 april 2022.

Op 9 september 2009 viert de opleiding Life Science and Technology (LS&T) haar tienjarig bestaan.

Does knowledge of environmental performance change farmer's behaviour?

Research

In juli 2022 was Leiden gastheer van het ESOF-congres.

The research group Politics, Culture and National Identities 1789-present investigates a wide range of national political cultures in Europe and the Americas in the 19th and 20th centuries. Instead of only analyzing high politics (the acts of governments and political parties), the research group focuses…

Het BOCA-project verkent nieuwe vormen van het communiceren van academische kennis als een manier om de band tussen de universiteit en de samenleving te versterken.

The aim is to develop methods to assess environmental and occupational exposure to (individual) pesticides, to be applied in epidemiological studies investigating pesticide exposure and human health. Furthermore, we aim to investigate the potential association between exposure to pesticides and Parkinson’s…

Do e-waste workers display enhanced effects of adverse health effects due to informal e-waste processing in Nigeria? Is there a difference between the health outcomes of the exposed and the control groups? Are there difference in health effects within and between job groups (collectors, dismantlers,…

De organisatie voor Economische Samenwerking en Ontwikkeling (OESO) heeft in samenwerking met het Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations (CIAT) op 27 november 2023 een wereldwijde online Tax Morale Workshop georganiseerd, waar Esther Huiskers-Stoop van de Universiteit Leiden en Diego Quiñones…

Promotor: J. Aarts

In this thesis integral points on affine del Pezzo surfaces are studied.

Promotores: Wim Jiskoot; Ferry Ossendorp

Heterogeneous catalyzed processes are highly significant to the chemical industry. Dissociative chemisorption (DC) of molecules on surfaces is always considered as a step with a high degree of rate control for heterogeneous catalysis.

Promotor: G.P. van Wezel

Mechanical forces are known to play an important role in bacterial colonies. In this dissertation, we study the self-organization at various stages of growing bacterial colonies, and focus on the mechanical effects of cell growth.

Statistical considerations guide the design and implementation of the experiments that scientists perform. For instance, in a clinical trial about a the efficacy of a treatment, its effect in a certain minimum amount of patients has to be observed in order to make confident assertions about the efficacy…

This thesis seeks to combine two different research topics; Multi-Objective Optimization and Complex Network Analysis.

Promotores: R. Cramer, A.K. Lenstra, Co-Promotor: B.M.M. de Weger

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

The inverse electron demand Diels-Alder (IEDDA) pyridazine elimination emerged in 2013 as a new bioorthogonal reaction and constitutes a prime example of what is now known as dissociative bioorthogonal chemistry. The research described in this Thesis aims to develop synthetic strategies which enable…

Promotor: Prof.dr. D. Bouwmeester

The genetic information of all living organisms is contained in their DNA. Cells modify the degree of DNA compaction by epigenetics, which largely determines what genes are read out and which genes are transcriptionally silent.

With the help of quantum mechanics, digital quantum hardware may be able to tackle some of the problems that are too difficult for ordinary computers. But despite these expectations and the ongoing effort of the research community, reliable quantum computers are not yet realized in a lab setting.

Promotor: Roeland M.H. Merks

Promotores: Prof.dr. P.M. Brakefield, Prof.dr. B.J. Zwaan (Wageningen Universiteit)

Promotor: B. van de Water