Promotor: Prof.dr. S. Haring

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-Promotor: L.B.F. Juurlink

Gold nanoparticles show surprisingly strong interactions with light in the visible range, which can be divided into scattering, absorption, and photoluminescence.

This thesis focuses on two processes involved in fighting infections: metabolism and immune cell motility and navigation.

The Sun and all the stars in the night sky reside in the Milky Way galaxy. In the at-rest reference frame of the Galaxy, typical stars travel with velocities of about 100-200 kilometres per second.

Video games have emerged as one of the most interesting media of the turn of the century. The peculiar characteristic of video games is the biunivocal interaction between the computer and the human player.

Op vrijdag 30 september gaan tijdens het debat ‘Human Rights and the World Cup Qatar’ verschillende gasten met een achtergrond op het gebied van mensenrechten, rechten, politiek en internationale betrekkingen met elkaar in gesprek. KNVB-secretaris-generaal en alumnus Gijs de Jong treedt op om meer informatie…

Promotores: Prof.dr. H. van Veen & Prof.dr. W. de Boer (Wageningen University)

The applications of studying the early development of insects range from agriculture to material science.

Promotores: P.G.L. Klinkhamer, P.M. Brakefield, Co-Promotor: M. Bruinsma

Deze dissertatie onderzoekt de rurale gemeenschappen van de Cananefaten in de periode van 50 tot 300 na Christus.

De geesteswetenschappen beslaan een groot wetenschappelijk vakgebied, maar wat is eigenlijk de gemene deler van al deze wetenschappers en studenten? En waarom doet hun werk ertoe in de wereld van vandaag? Bekijk de trailer van Humans of Humanities, de nieuwe documentaire over de Leidse Faculteit Geesteswetenschappen.…

Human language is constantly evolving with its linguistic structure being shaped by language users at both individual and population levels. Focusing on the interplay between processes of language acquisition and communicative need in shaping human languages, this thesis introduces a novel computational…

In 'Humans of Honours' staat telkens een medewerker, student of alumnus van de Honours Academy centraal. Deze keer: Marleen Fleers (24), student-assistent internationalisering.

In the search for sustainable energy solutions, the idea of artificial photosynthesis has been proposed as an approach with which to use water and sunlight to produce hydrogen.

The present thesis focuses on the pharmacological concept of drug-target interaction, which dates back to the beginning of modern pharmacology.

In het programma

Een interuniversitair colloquium wordt georganiseerd aan de Universiteit Namen van 10-12 April 2024. Jonge onderzoekers die werken op het gebied van mobiliteit en interactie in de Maas-Rijn-regio tussen de negende en vijftiende eeuw worden aangemoedigd om een abstract van maximaal 500 woorden in te…

From 3 to 5 September 2025, the project Governing and Building the City will organize the conference 'Good Governance and the Built Environment of Late Medieval Cities (ca. 1200–1600)' at KBR in Brussels. The deadline for the call for papers is 7 April.

Traditional drug discovery approaches have been hampered by (in vitro) cell-culture models that poorly represent the situation in the human body.

Workshop, 21-22 June On 21-22 June, Dr. C.V. Weeda (Leiden University) and Marie-Louise Leonard (University Ca’ Foscari Venezia) organize a workshop on Worker's health and material environment in Port Cities. The workshop focuses on interdisciplinary discussion. ReMA-students are given the opportunity…

This dissertation contains four works during my PhD. Different biomaterials have been designed based on coiled-coil peptides. These biomaterials have a range of applications, inclusing drug delivery, cell sorting to cell-cell fusion.

Cardiovascular syndromes are the major cause of death in Western societies.

Taal is een beetje als een mobiele telefoon. We gebruiken het de hele tijd, maar eigenlijk weten we helemaal niet zo goed hoe het nou precies werkt. Waar zit taal eigenlijk in ons hoofd? Hebben alle mensen taal? Deze en vele andere vragen worden beantwoord door professor Marc van Oostendorp in de MOOC…

The effects of anthropogenic noise on interactions between predators and their prey are still little understood.

In this thesis, bioorthogonal chemistry is combined with correlative light-electron microscopy to selectively label and study pathogenic intracellular bacteria within the host immune cell.

The physical origin of the dozens of stellar-mass binaries, the mergers of which have been detected by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration via gravitational waves, is still unknown.

This PhD-thesis presents a study on micron-sized particles, so-called colloids. By controlling the chemical and physical properties of these particles, such as the interparticle interaction and the particles’ shape, colloids can act as building blocks that self-assembly into larger structures.

As a non-invasive genetic method, eDNA based approaches have become an important component of ecologists' and environmental managers' toolkits for biomonitoring in conservation and an increasingly important source of ecological knowledge.

Anthropogenic noise has been shown to affect marine animals in various ways, this may have fitness consequences at individual and population level. This thesis aims to increase insight into the quantification of sound-induced behavioural responses that are relevant to fitness, and into factors that…

We consider the propagation of electrical signals through nerve fibres.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Ubbink

Freshwater and brackish water ecosystems are arguably the most vulnerable ecosystems on earth, due to concentrated human developments in and around them. The Pontocaspian (PC) region located at the border of Europe and Asia contains a variety of brackish water ecosystems and unique inhabitants, known…

Hoe gaat de wereld eruitzien na de corona-crisis en komen er blijvende gevolgen voor ons, de maatschappij en de manier waarop wij naar de wereld kijken? Dat is de vraag die ‘Brave New Human - Reflections on the Invisible’ probeert te beantwoorden. Hoogleraar Art and Science Interactions Robert Zwijnenberg…

Het onderzoek binnen de Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid beperkt zich niet tot een enkel speerpunt, maar richt zich op de volle breedte van het recht. Door actuele onderwerpen (zoals kinderrechten, politiek, sport, rampen of criminaliteit) te behandelen en te koppelen aan de wetenschappelijke theorie,…

Promotor: Promotor: W.Th.F. den Hollander, Co-promotor: V. Sidoravicius.

Op 7 mei 2020 verdedigde Jolanda van der Vliet proefschrift 'The International Legal Protection of Environmental Refugees. A human rights-based, security and State responsibility approach'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. N.J. Schrijver en prof.dr.ir. J.J.C. Voorhoeve.

In 'Humans of Honours' staat telkens een medewerker, student of alumnus van de Honours Academy centraal. Deze keer: honoursstudent Hine van Os (24). Hine loopt coschappen. 'Arts lijkt me een prachtig beroep, maar voorlopig wil ik me meer richten op onderzoek.'

Promotor: E. Gittenberger, Co-promotores: B.W. Hoeksema; L.P. van Ofwegen

Anthropogenic change is reshaping ecological systems, raising concerns about increasing transmission of infectious diseases. Among these, mosquito-borne diseases may be particularly sensitive to environmental change, as their transmission depends on vector populations.

Climate change, depletion of natural resources, loss of natural and cultural landscapes, and many other (ecological) sustainability challenges urge us to (re)evaluate human interaction with the natural world. This renewed environmental consciousness has invigorated not only scientists working on effects…

This thesis focuses on the social dimensions of crane and wetland conservation in rural landscapes in Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

Promotores: A.H. Meijer, H.P. Spaink