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

Promotor: C.J. ten Cate, Co-promotor: H.W. Slabbekoorn

Animal diet studies are critical for understanding ecological processes such as trophic interactions, energy flow, and nutrient cycling. By examining what animals consume, ecologists gain insights into species specialization, predator-prey relationships, and ecosystem management.

PNEC-pro is a user-friendly screening tool for professionals dealing with the assessment of surface water quality. The tool calculates local, watertype specific no-effect concentrations (PNEC) of copper, lead, nickel and zinc based on biotic ligand models (BLMs).

Co-ordination Action for Innovation in Life-Cycle Analysis for Sustainability: deepening, broadening and leaping forward the LCA methodology.

The ReCiPe methodology for Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA).

Material circularity and energy efficiency are highly relevant and intertwined issues for the transition towards a carbon-neutral and circular built environment. In the Netherlands, the building sector has been rendered a priority towards a circular and low-carbon society.

Can we develop a platform for raw materials intelligence?

Every organisms in the tree of life faces the same challenge: the length of its DNA exceeds the volume of the cell it needs to fit in. Several strategies have evolved to solve this problem, one of them being the expression of proteins that bind and organize the DNA.

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

This dissertation aims to advance understanding of amoeboid single cell migration under the influence of changing physicochemical environmental properties. The particular focus is on the relatively unknown influence of differing physical properties in the extracellular environment, such as the migratory…

Globally and regionally, biodiversity is declining and there are shifts in species’ occurrences and functional traits.

Humanity stands at a pivotal juncture, facing the dual challenge of environmental sustainability and rapid population growth, projected to exceed 11 billion by century’s end.

Het was niet te missen in de media; het nieuws over het dieet van de wolf van CML-onderzoeker Kevin Groen. Van kranten, tot radio en televisie: Groen en zijn collega’s mochten er de afgelopen weken overal over vertellen.

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We showed that constitutive and inducible chemical and morphological defenses against Western flower thrips differ between tomato and chrysanthemum plants.

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

Zie hier het facultaire werkplan voor diversiteit en inclusie binnen de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid.

Promotor: M. Ubbink, Co-promotor: G. Siegal

Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Schaye & Prof.dr. C. Steidel (California Institute of Technology)

Radio jets are important to the evoultion of galaxies. However, it is still not fully understood how a radio jet can be triggered.

Promotor: Prof. dr. A.G.G.M. Tielens

This thesis introduces the concept of

Promotor: Prof.dr. M.T.M. Koper, Co-Promotor: F. Calle-Vallejo

The thesis explores how interstellar chemistry evolves as a function of time and changing physical architectures during the formation of stars.

This thesis focused on the exploration of monolayer graphene as a membrane in direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) applications, with improvements achieved through plasma exposure or damage- free chemical functionalization.

Effectiveness and Side-effects.

Promotor: Erik F. Smets, Co-promotores: Barbara Gravendeel, Niels Raes

The work in this thesis demonstrates how to obtain an atomic-scale picture of a diverse set of complex surface structures observed using STM, under disparate conditions.

Extending our current arsenal of antibiotics is key to staying ahead in the arms race between humans and resistant bacteria.

This book aims to be a point of reflection and debate for journalists, academics and students to recognize a fundamental task in the duty of the communications professional, which is to influence through their daily work and their routines in order to achieve a more inclusive and plural society, through…

Promotores: Prof.dr. M. Franx, Prof.dr. M. Kriek (Univ. of California at Berkeley)

In this dissertation, we work towards an experiment in which we aim to bring a micrometer sized magnet at the tip of a soft cantilever into a superposition.

In hoeverre hopen nanodeeltjes zich op in planten en dieren, en welke eigenschappen van de deeltjes spelen hierbij een rol? Willie Peijnenburg, hoogleraar Milieutoxicologie en biodiversiteit kreeg een Marie-Curie beurs toegekend om onderzoek te doen naar de milieueffecten van nanodeeltjes.

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Ooit was de spoorlijn van Kimberley naar Kambove in zuidelijk Afrika een teken van welvaart en vooruitgang. Inmiddels kenmerken de uitgeputte mijnsteden zich door verval en vervuiling. Hoogleraar Jan-Bart Gewald ontvangt een NWO L-beurs om te onderzoeken wat de langetermijngevolgen voor de wereld zi…

Sinds 2009 behaalden 91 kandidaten hun doctoraat in Creative en Performing Arts. Op deze pagina een overzicht van ACPA's alumni.

De Universiteit Leiden wint de prestigieuze

Surya Tjandra is door de Indonesische president Joko Widodo benoemd tot onderminister van Landbouw en Ruimtelijke Ordening.

In Indonesië zijn studenten massaal in opstand gekomen tegen de regering, die vlak voordat er straks een nieuw parlement aantreedt, nog snel een aantal nieuwe wetten wil doorvoeren.

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Bij LUC The Hague stel je je eigen curriculum samen rond de afstudeerrichting van jouw keuze: je major. Een centraal thema in de studie is Global Challenges; in iedere major houd je je bezig met uitdagingen in de echte wereld, en je leert hoe je deze beter kunt begrijpen.

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The external tissues of plants and animals are colonized by microbial communities termed microbiota. When organisms are exposed to environmental pollutants, these substances will therefore encounter microbiota at the exposure interface.

The bacterial cell wall is a nearly universal structure that offers protection and gives the cell its shape. However, environmental stressors, such as cell wall-targeting antibiotics and hyperosmotic conditions, can induce bacteria to shift to a wall-deficient state. It is unknown whether the lack of…

Climate change is a challenge for both current and future generations. New biological resources have to be developed in order to meet the demand for energy as well as the demand for food.