Eveline Crone is lang niet de enige professor puberbrein op het internationale FLUX-congres. Leiden was vier dagen lang het centrum van onderzoek naar hersenontwikkeling. Opvoeders en beleidsmakers ontmoetten wetenschappers tijdens het publiekssymposium op 18 september.

Mensen die vaak gestrest zijn of een burn-out hebben, kunnen rustiger worden door een andere ademhaling. Mogelijk heeft dat ook positieve effecten op concentratie en aandacht. Voor het eerst onderzocht psycholoog Roderik Gerritsen dit soort effecten van anders ademhalen. Gerritsen promoveert op 13…

Kinderen reageren hetzelfde op uitsluiting als adolescenten en volwassenen. Dat ziet psycholoog Mara van der Meulen aan de hersenactiviteit van basisschoolkinderen. ‘Het is nieuw voor ons dat dit in de kindertijd hetzelfde is als op latere leeftijd.’ Promotie op 10 december.

Metal-based prodrugs based on ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes have proven to be very suitable for application in both photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photo-activated chemotherapy (PACT).

To get an idea of the science communication products and research that is possible, a few examples of student projects of recent years are shown below.

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

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Ubbink

In this project of the Center for Public Values & Ethics (CPVE) ongoing research is conducted on the history of advice to Dutch central government by so-called State committees from 1814 to 2014. State committees have been installed by Dutch central government since 1814 to provide expert advice, research…

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.P. Spaink, Co-promotor: Prof.dr. A.H. Meijer

Artin L-functions associated to continuous representations of the absolute Galois group G_K of a global field K capture a lot of information about G_K as well as arithmetic properties of K.

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.S. Overkleeft

Healthcare Information Systems (HIS) are essential for modern healthcare delivery, yet their development faces significant challenges including heterogeneous data formats, regulatory compliance, and the growing demand for AI-driven decision support.

The major and ultimate aim of metabolomics is to obtain an answer to a specific biological or clinical question.

Promotores: Prof.dr. F. van Lunteren, Prof.dr. F.S. Gaastra

Promotores: H.S. Overkleeft; G.A. van der Marel Co-Promotor: B.I. Florea

Promotor: B. vd Water, T. Schmidt, Co-Promotor: E.H.J. Danen

Circumstellar discs are the reservoirs of gas and dust that surround young stars and have the potential to become planetary systems.

Promotor: Prof.dr. D. Bouwmeester, Co-Promotor: M.J.A. de Dood

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

Learning from small data sets in machine learning is a crucial challenge, especially when dealing with data imbalances and anomaly detection. This thesis delves into the challenges and methodologies of learning from small datasets in machine learning, with a particular focus on addressing data imbalances…

Op 23 februari 2022 verdedigde Cale Davis het proefschrift 'Prosecutorial Discretion in International Criminal Justice'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. C. Stahn en dr. J.C. Powderly.

Promotor: A. Doelman, Co-promotor: J.D.M. Rademacher

Diverse types of exoplanets such as gas giants on close-in orbits (hot Jupiters) and young massive giants on wide orbits (super Jupiters), with no analogs in the Solar System, pose challenges but also opportunities to our understanding of planet formation and evolution.

This dissertation explores how we can make anomaly detection—identifying unusual or faulty behavior in complex systems—more trustworthy and effective, with a focus on smart manufacturing.

Om de juiste klinische beslissingen te nemen of effectieve diagnostische testen en behandelingen te kunnen ontwikkelen, is het belangrijk om de onderliggende mechanismen van een aandoening of een bepaald gedrag te begrijpen.

This thesis describes the synthesis and biochemical evaluation of a variety of cyclophellitol based activity-based probes and inhibitors targeting various endo- and exo-acting retaining glycosidases. In the last two decades a variety of probes and inhibitors for (hemi)cellulose degrading enzymes have…

Op 16 juni 2020 verdedigde Andrea Varga haar proefschrift 'Establishing State Responsibility in the Absence of Effective Government'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof. dr. N.J. Schrijver en prof. dr. F. Baetens (University of Oslo).

In this work, we investigate the minute circular dichroism effects of single nanoparticles.To this aim, we apply photothermal imaging with a polarization-modulated heating beam.

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.

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

Promotor: Prof.dr. E. Bouwman, Co-promotor: S. Bonnet

Although plant domestication has significantly altered crop genetics and phenotypes, its effects on the taxonomic and functional diversity of plant-associated microbiomes are not well understood.

The endophytic microbiota is a community of various microorganisms that reside in plant tissue. These microbes are known to promote plant health and resilience, and their members do not simply exist side by side.

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