Promotor: Prof.dr. B.R. Katzy, Prof.dr. H.J. van den Herik, Prof.dr. G.H. Baltes (University of Applied Sciences Konstanz)

Promotor: Jaap Brouwer, Co-promotor: Remus Th. Dame

This thesis is a (biased) journey through very different topics in astrophysics: quasars and new populations of active galactic nuclei, gravitational waves from merging black holes, and protoplanetary discs around young stars.

Promotor: J.S. Kaastra Co-promotor: E. Constantini

Promotores: Prof.dr. G.W. Canters, Prof.dr. T.J. Aartsma

In this thesis, I focused on studying the above- and belowground interactions of J. vulgaris from a plant-soil feedback (hereafter, PSF) perspective. I investigated the temporal variation of negative PSF and examined the effects of root-associated bacteria on plant performance and aboveground herbiv…

A single self-assembled semiconductor quantum dot in a high-finesse optical microcavity - the subject of this thesis - is an interesting quantum-mechanical system for future quantum applications. For instance, this system allows trapping of an extra electron and thus can serve as a spin quantum memory,…

Nanoparticles can be used as delivery systems for both small molecules and macromolecules such as proteins, peptides or oligonucleotides. This thesis focuses on the use of liposomes, nanometric vesicles formed by a lipid bilayer enclosing an aqueous core. Liposomes are highly versatile delivery syst…

Plants and soils from natural ecosystems harbor great diversity of soil microorganisms, which could potentially contribute to the sustainability of horticulture. The knowledge about using wild plant species and soil from natural ecosystem to improve the crop health will advance the application of ecological…

Throughout the history of computer science, a major challenge has been how to assert that software is free of bugs and works as intended. Software bugs can lead to serious negative impacts on any software system. Throughout the main body of the thesis, we implemented a series of studies on exploring…

Streptomyces are bacteria abundant in soil that participate in diverse and complex interactions. These bacteria are the main producers of the antibiotics we currently use in the clinic.

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

We have studied shape with a particular focus on the zebrafish model system. The shape is an essential appearance of the phenotype of a biological specimen and it can be used to read out a current state or response or to study gene expression.

Vanaf de koloniale tijd tot heden hebben grote aantallen Javanen hun woonplaats verlaten om zich in andere delen van Indonesië of veel verder weg te vestigen. Vaak was deze spreiding gedwongen, vaak met traumatische gevolgen.

Over the past years it has been discovered that the population of extra-solar planets is large and diverse.

The investigations described in this thesis lay out strategies aimed at advancing antibiotic research and development. The examples presented revolve around two main approaches: understanding drug-target interactions and target identification.

Promotor: H.J.A. Röttgering, Co-promotor: M. Haverkorn

Prematurely born neonates require, amongst others, pharmaceutical therapy. Dosing guidelines for these therapies are often based on data from term born neonates or older infants, while these are not necessarily similar to prematurely born neonates.

This thesis addresses the chemical processes that determine the compositions of giant planet atmospheres.

This thesis presents insights from our study of various correlated electron systems with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). In ordinary metals, electron-electron interactions exist, but get substantially screened due to the sheer number of electrons.

Dit project bekijkt het Oudgrieks vanuit het perspectief van de alledaagse schrijvers. Een corpus van meer dan 60.000 Griekse teksten op papyrus, van privébrieven tot petities en contracten geeft ons toegang tot de Griekse taal zoals die werd geschreven door gewone mensen in de oudheid (van 300 v.Chr.…

Dit deelproject pleit voor een nauwkeurige en forensische reconstructie van de financiële stromen van en naar de Sovjetrepublieken in Centraal-Azië in de naoorlogse periode.

This Thesis describes the synthesis of D-alanylated ribitol-based wall teichoic acids from S. aureus to probe their interaction with immune-binding partners.

This dissertation presents new cryptographic protocols, which can be divided into two families.

In dit artikel onderzoeken Thijs van Dooremalen en Philip Smith hoe het publieke discours over hittegolven is verschoven in Britse kranten.

Electoral Systems and Turnout: Evidence From a Regression Discontinuity Design. In dit artikel, gepubliceerd op de website SAGE research methods, bespreken auteurs Jaroslaw Kantorowicz en Tobias M. Hlobil hoe een Regression Discontinuity Design uitgevoerd kan worden.

Promotor: Prof.dr. A.G.G.M. Tielens, Prof.dr. C. Dominik (UvA)

Subproject of the ERC project 'Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within: The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South'.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Danhof, Co-promotor: O.E. Della Pasqua

The global agri-food system plays a critical role in food security and environmental issues.

Subproject of the ERC project 'Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within: The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South'.

Irene Khan, expert op het gebied van mensenrechten, werpt een aantal vragen op: Wat kan men verstaan onder een ‘Culture of Justice’? Wie bepaalt wat 'Justice' is? Hoe realistisch is de bevordering van ‘Rule of Law’ en ‘Justice’ in landen waar sprake is van ernstige conflictsituaties en armoede?

With an emphasis on developing novel miktoarm star polymers termed PeptoMiktoStars, this thesis leverages asymmetric polymeric polypept(o)ide frameworks to advance their effectiveness in delivering hydrophobic drugs and nucleic acids.

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Promotie

Freshwater is an important resource, but at a great risk of species decline due to habitat loss, pollution and over-exploitation, and invasive alien species.

In deze publicatie worden problemen met betrekking tot de grensoverschrijdende afwikkeling van financiële instellingen onderzocht.

The increasing resistance of pathogenic bacteria to antibiotics necessitates the discovery of new medicines.

In this thesis, we aim to shed light on the diverse and often opposing roles of integrin α3β1 in cancer.

Op 2 juli promoveert Jiaqi Wang. Het Leiden University Centre for Linguistics feliciteert Jiaqi!

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

The thesis describes experimental steps towards reduction of friction on the macroscopic scale by scenarios of thermo- and superlubricity well-known on the nanoscale.

Innovation plays an essential role in firms' competitiveness and long-term success. It varies from different types, ranging from run-of-the-mill innovation that brings incremental changes to existing technologies to radical innovation that breaks from existing trajectories.

Nowadays, it is well known that hydrogen and helium (and small traces of lithium and beryllium) were created shortly after the Big Bang, while the heavier elements are created in the cores of stars at different evolutionary stages. When these stars explode as supernovae, they expel metals synthesised…

Om de klimaatcrisis het hoofd te bieden, kan een bepaalde nederigheid van de mens ten aanzien van de natuur van groot belang zijn. Tegelijkertijd kan nederigheid ook politieke overheersing in de hand werken. Hoe kunnen mensen zich op een bescheidener manier tot de natuur verhouden zonder hun vrijheid…

The stratum corneum is the outermost skin layer and consists of dead cells embedded in a lipid matrix.

The origin and evolution of galaxies are closely linked to many different physical phenomena.

In this thesis, we present new laboratory data of interstellar dust analogues.

Jan van den Berg heeft zij proefschrift op 8 november 2018 verdedigd.

Ramesh Ganohariti onderzoekt de juridische identiteit in drie post-Sovjet aspirant-lidstaten en schetst in dit artikel vier veelvoorkomende scenario's.