In recent decades, climate change has led to more frequent and severe drought events, causing serious consequences such as increased forest mortality and significant crop yield losses. Understanding how drought affects plants, especially economically important herbaceous species, is crucial for predicting…

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.

The research described in this thesis has, using the zebrafish as a model system, shed new light on the intricate relationship between TB and DM2, in particular on the role of leptin, SHP-1 and glucocorticoids.

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

In-use stocks of products can be considered as intermediaries between human needs and the physical world.

To this day, all cyclophellitol-based inhibitors and ABPs have been close analogues of their natural substrate counterparts. As a result, these probes showed high selectivity towards their target glycosidases.

CONSENT (Consumer sentiment regarding privacy on user generated content services in the digital economy) is a research project funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme. The question central to this research is whether recent changes to consumer and commercial practices developed…

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

Promotores: H.W. Lenstra, A. Lucchini

Electrons in a crystal lattice have properties that may differ from those of a free electron in vacuum.

Microbial rhodopsins are photosensitive pigments implemented in the growth and adaptation of a large population of microorganisms.

Promotor: T.J. Aartsma, Co-promotor: R.N. Frese

Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Zaanen, Prof.dr. K.E. Schalm

Bacteria often experience external challenges, such as changes in environmental conditions or attacks by bacteriophages.

Actinobacteria are Gram-positive bacteria that have a complex multicellular life cycle and are well known for their ability to produce a wide range of bioactive natural products (NPs).

The development process of any software has become extremely important not just in the IT industry, but in almost every business or domain of research.

Before the large scale use of renewable energy sources can be implemented in our society, the storage of electrical energy needs to be tackled. Storage the energy as hydrogen via the reduction of protons is a good option.

In this thesis, the discovery and optimization is described of chemical tools to study the N-acylethanolamine (NAE) biosynthetic pathway.

In analogy to mathematical proofs, the goal of a proof system is for a prover to convince a verifier of the correctness of a claim.

Soil is a home for an unbelievable diversity and abundance of microbial life that is essential for supporting life on our planet.

OB associations are loose groups of young, massive stars. They constitute the last stage of the massive starformation process, and the context in which new stars are formed.

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.J.M de Groot, Co-Promotor: A. Alia

It is an established fact that the Standard Model has to be extended to explain the so-called Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) phenomena: dark matter, matter-antimatter asymmetry of the Universe and neutrino flavour oscillations.

In the thesis the dynamics of strategies is studied from two perspectives.In the first part of the thesis strategies are considered to be opinions present in a community.

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

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.

This PhD-thesis analyses the relationship between the parties’ choices in the CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis’ assessments of the election manifestos and coalition agreements over the period 1986-2017, and tries to explain this relationship.

Beneficial plant-associated microbiota, particularly those inhabiting the rhizosphere, contribute substantially to plant health through pathogen suppression, stimulation of plant defence responses, and enhanced nutrient acquisition.

This thesis is dedicated to the exploration of the primordial dark ages: unknown physics during the earliest stages of the Universe’s expansion that have not yet been directly probed by observations. Cosmic inflation is a burst of exponential expansion of space after the “Big Bang”.

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Every day, the intestines face an enormous challenge. They must absorb nutrients, medicines, and other substances we consume, while keeping harmful compounds out.

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The main aim of this project is to reveal and unravel the invisible histories of the UN, transcending the dominant Western perspective to recover the historical agency of Global South actors. The research will investigate how the UN has both facilitated and limited their role in shaping global order…

Join-in courses zijn MA-cursussen over middeleeuwse onderwerpen gegeven binnen vastgestelde MA-programma's van de zes deelnemende universiteiten van de Onderzoekschool. Op aanvraag zijn deze vakken toegankelijk voor studenten van andere (Nederlandse) universiteiten. De cursusbelasting en het aantal…

Wetlands provide many ecosystem goods and services which include fish production. The sustainability of small-scale fisheries (SSF) has received considerable attention in recent years because fish is one of the major sources of animal protein to a considerable fraction of the global population which…

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).

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.

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Cool Little Kids is een onderzoeksproject ter preventie van angstproblemen bij verlegen en teruggetrokken kinderen van 3-6 jaar die extreem verlegen of angstig zijn.

De onderzoeksgroep Terrorism and Political Violence van de Universiteit Leiden bestudeert de oorzaken van radicalisering, de tactieken van extremistische groeperingen, en de effectiviteit van anti-terrorismebeleid. We onderzoeken ook de rol van media en de invloed van postkoloniale erfenissen in de…

We are very excited to announce our Sustainability Series for 2023-2024. Each month an interactive workshop will be organised that discusses a specific theme of sustainability. Interested about sustainability? Do not hesitate to sign up to our events !

The extensive use of electronic communication channels and other devices has opened new possibilities for collecting data on human behavior. This information is sometimes openly accessible, but largely part of administrative registration systems that are not open to the broader public. The data provides…

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Hieronder vind je een overzicht van alle PRE-Classes die door de verschillende opleidingen van de Universiteit Leiden worden verzorgd. Bij elk onderdeel kun je een inhoudelijke beschrijving vinden en meer specifieke informatie over de eisen die aan deelname aan de betreffende Class verbonden zijn.

Het onderzoek naar de kwaliteit van fiscale regelgeving richt zich niet alleen op de kwaliteit van fiscale regels die afkomstig zijn van de wetgever. Ook wordt de positie van de belastingrechter onderzocht daar waar hij optreedt als wetgever-plaatsvervanger.

Het Sport Data Center wil samen met een diverse groep partners de geheimen ontrafelen van het Nederlandse en het Braziliaanse voetbal. Daarnaast gaat het consortium in beide landen meten welke gezondheidsproblemen mensen in een rolstoel ontwikkelen door het stilzitten.

Liposomen – nanobolletjes die bestaan uit vetachtige moleculen – zijn veelbelovend voor vaccinaties. Bio-farmaceutisch wetenschapper Naomi Benne ontdekte dat je de immuunreactie in diermodellen kan sturen door de lading van deze liposomen te veranderen. Op 8 september verdedigde ze succesvol haar proefschrift,…

Meer dan de helft van de Indonesiërs woont tegenwoordig in de stad. Wat betekent dat voor de volksgezondheid? Hoe duurzaam zijn die miljoenensteden? Daarover gaat de Summer Academy ‘Urban Transitions’ op West-Java. Deze cursus is ook de kick-off voor vernieuwde interdisciplinaire samenwerking tussen…

De Universiteit Leiden wordt dit jaar 444 jaar, en is nog altijd springlevend. Maar hoe worden wij mensen gezond oud? Hanno Pijl is in het LUMC de grootmeester van de Leefstijlgeneeskunde. Hij legt uit wat we allemaal kunnen winnen als we verstandig (maar vreugdevol) leven.

Acht op de tien experimentele geneesmiddelen overleven de testfase op patiënten niet. Piet Hein van der Graaf, hoogleraar Systeemfarmacologie, wil die verspilling van tijd en geld voorkomen met nieuwe meet- en rekenmethoden. Oratie 27 mei.