Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide.

Promotor: P.J.J. Hooykaas, Co-Promotor: E.J. van der Zaal

Promotor: E. F. van Dishoeck, Co-promotor: C. Walsh

This thesis describes the Multi-site All-Sky CAmeRA (MASCARA), which consists of two small robotic telescope designed to detect exoplanets around the brightest stars in the sky.

The database research community has made tremendous strides in developing powerful database engines that allow for efficient analytical query processing.

This Thesis describes a strategy to synthesize 1,2-cis-oligosaccharides modulated by additives, such as dimethylformamide (DMF), triphenylphosphine oxide (Ph3P=O) and N-methyl(phenyl)formamide (MPF), using building blocks that carry solely benzyl type protecting groups and are therefore of uniform r…

How presence, abundance and enzymatic activities of AM and EM fungi differently affect soil carbon sequestration processes?

The goal of the research presented in this thesis was to explore the chemical space of ruthenium(II) photocages, investigate their ability to host potent chemotherapy drugs, and to red shift the activation wavelength of the most promising PACT candidates to conduct biological studies.

Promotor: R.C.M. Pelger Co-Promotor: G. van der Pluijm

The theoretical explanation of cosmic acceleration is nowadays one of the biggest puzzles in cosmology.

Promotor: F. Arbab

How soil microbial composition impacts structure and composition of the aboveground plant and animal communities?

All life on earth contains DNA, which is used to store biological information. Organisms compact their DNA in order for it to fit inside their cell(s).

Hydrocarbonylation of alkenes with carboxylic acids in synthesis of carboxylic acid anhydrides is relatively less explored. We herein present a study and optimization of a palladium-catalyzed hydrocarbonylation reaction of alkenes using carboxylic acids as the nucleophile, by which acid anhydrides can…

Carbohydrates, alongside proteins and nucleic acids, constitute a crucial and versatile family of biomolecules present in all life forms. They manifest as monosaccharides, oligosaccharides, and polysaccharides, covalently bonded to proteins and fats. Carbohydrates are integral to plant and arthropod…

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…

Promotor: P.G.L. Klinkhamer, Co-Promotores: K. Vrieling, P.P.J. Mulder

Songbirds as vocal learners learn their songs and song preference from social tutors⁠. Tutor choice for both song and preference learning are important to characterize for understanding individual learning performance and cultural transmission of song⁠.

This thesis describes the role of pollution, specifically neonicotinoid insecticides, as an actor of the ongoing biodiversity decline.

The research presented in this thesis explores the chemotherapeutic potential of metal-based compounds as chemotherapy agents, with an initial focus on the synthesis and DNA interaction studies of platinum and palladium compounds utilizing the [Pt(bapbpy)]2+ scaffold. The study identifies intercalation…

Promotor: Prof.dr. B. van de Water

The investigation into the bidirectional communication between the gut and its host is a rapidly growing area of research, attracting considerable attention for its potential to provide crucial insights into health and disease.

This thesis advances our understanding of lipid uptake, a vital first step in lipid metabolism, by developing innovative click chemistry-based tools to study how immune cells internalize lipids.

Hans de Bruijn studeerde cum laude af en schreef zijn onderzoeksplan tijdens een speciale masteropleiding voor getalenteerde chemiestudenten van de Holland Research School (HRSMC). Zijn voorstel werd gehonoreerd en De Bruijn start later dit jaar zijn door NWO en HRSCM gefinancierde promotietraject.

Op 18 juli hield Olga Ceran een presentatie getiteld ‘Family law in a united Europe: Child abduction and child relocation’ (familierecht in een verenigd Europa: kinderontvoering en verplaatsing) op een summer school 'European integration at the Franco-Spanish border: A cross-border perspective', die…

The Huizinga Institute research network “Archives of Power/The Power of Archives” will offer an interdisciplinary summer school on the various and complex origin stories of archives. The summer school will take place at the University of Amsterdam from 18 to 20 June 2024.

Solliciteer nu voor de LUCIS Summer School on Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim world. De summer school vindt plaats in Leiden van dinsdag 15 augustus 2017 tot en met vrijdag 25 augustus 2017. Solliciteren kan tot vrijdag 16 juni 2017.

Op woensdag 5 juli 2017 organiseerden de Afdeling Jeugdrecht en het Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies van de faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid een feestelijke borrel ter ere van het 5-jarig bestaan van de ‘Frontiers of Children’s Rights’ summer school. De summer school heeft sinds de oprichting…

Promotores: Prof.dr.G.R. de Snoo and Dr. R. Heijungs

Promotores: Prof.dr. E.F. van Dishoeck, Prof.dr. C.P. Dullemond

This article 'Shaping the European External Action Service and its post-Lisbon crisis management structures: an assessment of the EU High Representatives’ political leadership' assesses the role, influence and core aspects of the EU High Representatives’ (HR/VPs) “political leadership” in the context…

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.

Decarbonizing the building stock is critical for realizing the climate-neutral target for the Netherlands.

Plant architecture has distinct forms in different plant species, but also within a species the finalarchitecture of a plant is determined by its gradual development and changes therein induced by environmental conditions during the plant’s life cycle.

In order to gain a better insight into the basis of the rapid jasmonic acid (JA)-mediated stress response, an integrated approach using a targeted high-resolution mass spectrometry-based (HRMS) platform, was conducted to monitor the metabolism of JA using the model system of cell suspension cultures…

Even though more than 4000 extra-solar planets are known today, only a small fraction of these has been captured in an image. To better understand the planet formation mechanisms in solar-like environments we started the Young Suns Exoplanet Survey (YSES).

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.S. Overkleeft

Optimization tasks in practice have multifaceted challenges as they are often black box, subject to multiple equality and inequality constraints and expensive to evaluate.

Humans and songbirds learn their vocalizations early in life by exposure to the vocalizations of adult conspecifics. Often, better learning outcomes are achieved with live, social, tutors than with audio-only exposure to vocalizations.

In this thesis, the research focuses on the properties of dark matter and dark matter haloes and how they connect with the galaxies we can observe in the Universe.

Promotor: Prof.dr. T.H.W. Bäck

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

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…

The Eberhard-Karls Universität Tübingen organises a Winter school on the theme of Gender, Emotion and Monstrosity in the Middle Ages. Deadline for proposals: 1 August.

Fondazione 1563 launched a call for the Summer School of the Turin Humanities Programme, that will take place in Torino from September 6 to September 8 2023. The theme is: Writing global medieval history: comparative and connected approaches. Deadline for applications: June 25.

Tijdens de laatste vergadering van het bestuur van de Onderzoekschool Rechten van de Mens (School of Human Rights Research) is Jan-Peter Loof gekozen tot bestuursvoorzitter, als opvolger van Prof. dr. M. Kamminga (Universiteit Maastricht) die in april met emeritaat is gegaan.

In 2018 organiseerde NETWORKS een succesvolle masterclass voor middelbare schoolleerlingen over netwerken en de toepassingen daarvan, onder the titel 'NETWORKS goes to school'. Deze week publiceerde NETWORKS de een verzameling van bijdragen met een uitgebreide introductie. Het doel van zowel de masterclass…

Verleng de middelbareschooltijd met een jaar. Daarvoor pleitten Nora Schreuder en Fieke Krijvenaar uit vwo-5 van het Minkema College uit Woerden in hun winnende speech tijdens de achtste editie van het Max Havelaar Toesprakentoernooi, gehouden op zaterdag 29 september.

In het onderwijs wordt steeds meer aandacht besteed aan executieve functies (EF). Deze functies spelen een belangrijke rol bij effectief leren. Pedagogen Elise Swart en Marga Sikkema-de Jong gaan onderzoeken of EF-trainingen bijdragen aan betere schoolresultaten. Zorgen deze trainingen er echt voor…

Some examples of research questions include: What framework of circular strategies should local practitioners use? How should practitioners organize their monitoring of the circular economy activities in the region of interest? What are the main products that have the most circular potential in the…