Promotor: G.P. van Wezel, Co-Promotor: E. Vijgenboom

Gibbs measures, as used in Statistical Mechanics, have a definition that is remarkably similar to the definition ofg-measures, used in dynamical systems.

Chemical-induced organ toxicity is a major concern in the development and use of chemicals, including drugs, pesticides, industrial chemicals and cosmetics. In the last decades, the onset and progression of chemical-induced organ toxicity has been linked amongst others to perturbation of mitochondri…

Promotor: C.J. ten Cate

Epithelial-mesenchymal plasticity (EMP) and tumor cell migration play an important role in cancer progression, and an improved understanding of the mechanisms underlying these concepts is essential for developing new targeted approaches.

Synthesis and application of chemical biology tools to study immunomodulatory signaling lipids.

De afdeling Ondernemingsrecht en Financieel recht doet onderzoek op het terrein van onder meer het rechtspersonen- en vennootschapsrecht, het financieel verbintenissen- en aansprakelijkheidsrecht, corporate governance, duurzaamheid, het Nederlands en Europees financieel toezichtrecht, fusies en overnames,…

Predictive maintenance (PdM) is a maintenance policy that uses the past, current, and prognosticated health condition of an asset to predict when timely maintenance should occur.

Vancomycin is a last-resort antibiotic for the treatment of many Gram-positive bacterial infections, while remaining inactive against Gram-negative strains.

Balsaminaceae is a diverse plant family characterized by a huge floral morphological diversity.

Antimicrobial drugs constitute a fundamental part of modern medicine. The global rise in antimicrobial resistance poses a major threat to global health.

Stars and planets form within cold, dense clouds of gas and dust drifting through interstellar space. Although dust makes up only a small fraction of this material, it plays a key role in shaping the chemical evolution of these environments.

Promotor: P. J. J. Hooykaas, Co-promotor: R. Offringa

Promotor: A. Kros

This thesis describes the genetic and prokaryotic diversity of giant barrel sponges.

Why do black holes emit thermal radiation? And how does a closed quantum system thermalize?

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition caused by a dysregulated host response to infection, it is associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and with a high financial burden on global healthcare systems. Bacterial infections are the primary cause of sepsis, but the growing prevalence of antimicrobial…

The last decades it is increasingly recognized that acute as well as chronic postoperative pain is an important problem. Treatment and prevention of postoperative pain is a challenge, especially in special patient populations where there is only limited guidance on how to optimally use opioids.

Dissolving microneedles are a subgroup of microneedle types that completely dissolve within the skin. During this dissolving process the vaccine, stored in the needle matrix, is released into the skin.

Promotor: A. Kros, Co-promotor: R.R.C.L. Olsthoorn

More than 5,000 exoplanets have been found over the past couple of decades. These exoplanets show a tremendous diversity, ranging from scorching hot Jupiters, common super-Earths, to widely separated super-Jupiters on the planet/brown dwarf boundary.

What physics controls the properties of quantum matter, such as how electrons flow inside high-temperature superconductors? This question has captivated the physics community and industry for decades, in part due to the great technological potential such materials have, but also because they have resisted…

Supervisor: P.J.J. Hooykaas

Plants produce an astonishing variety of secondary metabolites (SMs) which are thought to play vital roles in the fitness of plants through ecological interactions.

This thesis addresses the challenge of sustainable urban development by analyzing the interplay between green and grey infrastructure to optimize resource use and ecosystem services.

This thesis investigates Open-world Continual Learning (OWCL), a learning paradigm designed for intelligent systems operating in non-stationary environments with persistent exposure to unknown data.

Het onderzoek van de afdeling Economie is ondergebracht bij meerdere facultaire programma's. Het onderzoek van de afdeling richt zich thans met name op sociaal-economische vraagstukken, rechtseconomie en fiscale economie.

Promotor: P.M. Brakefield

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Het identificeren van veranderingen in de hersenen die verband houden met suïcidale gedachten en gedragingen (STB's) bij jongeren is van cruciaal belang om de ontwikkeling ervan te begrijpen en vroegtijdige interventie en preventie te verbeteren.

Public Administration is a major refereed journal publishing articles on public administration, public policy and public management.

This course explains the functions of each international court and tribunal in The Hague. On the basis of cases and interviews with judges and lawyers, this course explores the role of these courts and tribunals and their potential to contribute to global justice.

Risk has become one of the defining features of modern society. This course examines various types of safety and security risks, and how these are perceived and dealt with in a wide array of professional and academic fields, ranging from criminology, counter-terrorism and cyber security, to philosophy,…

Promotor: S.J. Edixhoven

Op 18 november 2021 verdedigde Anneke Keulemans het proefschrift 'Het Unierechtelijke verdedigingsbeginsel'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.mr.dr. J.P. Boer en prof.dr.mr. A.O. Lubbers.

The dissertation describes TEM experiments on heterogeneous catalysts.

The overarching goal of this PhD thesis is to investigate the taxonomic and functional diversity of yeasts in the wheat phyllosphere and their interactions with the mycotoxigenic fungal pathogen Fusarium graminearum.

Na een reeks schokken die een existentiële bedreiging vormen voor onze bestaanszekerheid, zijn onze samenlevingen steeds meer gepolariseerd geraakt. Gepolariseerde Samenlevingen Besturen (afgekort als GPS naar de Engelstalige naam Governing Polarized Societies) is een onderzoeksprogramma van onderzoekers…

The aim of this thesis is to present novel techniques for proving cryptographic schemes secure against quantum adversaries. Most results are within the context of an idealized model called the ‘quantum random-oracle model’.

Indo-European is the name of the language family to which English belongs, along with many sub-families such as Germanic languages and Romance languages. In this course, you will delve into the structure and origins of these branches, the oldest languages belonging to the language family, linguistic…

In this project, researchers from computer science, law, psychology, and public administration research in practice how artificial intelligence (AI) can be leveraged to make decision-making in the security domain more effective, while also keeping it safe and accountable.

Chat met een huidige masterstudent in Political Science aan de Universiteit Leiden en krijg uit de eerste hand informatie over het programma, het studentenleven, studeren in het buitenland en de aanmeldingsprocedure.

In this course, we will focus on the fascinating history of the Arabic Medieval World. We will take you on a journey through the Middle Ages. All along, we will present you with historiographical debates and dilemmas and travel back and forth in time explaining to you how events of the past affected…

Na 25 jaar is het deze december eindelijk zo ver: de lancering van de lang verwachte James Webb ruimtetelescoop. Leidse astronomen kijken vol spanning mee: niet alleen waren zij betrokken bij de bouw van belangrijke instrumenten aan boord, de telescoop zal ook vele nieuwe geheimen van het heelal onthullen,…

Op 8 november 2017 organiseerde The Law Societies Joint Brussels Office van het Verenigd Koninkrijk in het Europese Parlement te Brussel een seminar over het onderwerp ‘Brexit: Where & How to Enforce: Building Blocks for a New Dispute Settlement System’.

Submissions are sought for a special issue with Frontiers in Political Science that explores the conceptual and practical aspects of a ‘just’ energy transition both within and beyond Europe. In particular, contributions to the theoretical and interdisciplinary foundations of just transitions, as well…

The coursework within the Science Communication and Society (SCS) specialisation prepares students for internships and a career in communication about science and health.

Lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) are a group of orphan diseases characterized by lysosomal dysfunction or impaired lysosomal catabolism and affect collectively about 1 in 5000 live births.

Promotores: P. Stevenhagen, L. van Geemen (Università degli studi di Milano), Co-Supervisor: Ronald M. van Luijk