Promotor: E. Gittenberger, Co-promotor: B.W. Hoeksema

Healthy aging is one of the prime goals in today's society and atherosclerosis is among the greatest causes of morbidity in elderly. Cardiovascular disease patients receiving treatment are often of advanced aged and have an aged immune system, which limits translating experimental findings to the pa…

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…

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

Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most prevalent cancer in males.

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

My PhD project studies how the temporally sequential Hox gene expression is regulated during head-tail patterning of the frog embryo.

The ongoing increase in antimicrobial resistance combined with the low discovery of novel antibiotics is a serious threat to our health care.

With the energy transition toward a renewable energy supply and a CO2-neutral economy, electrification of the energy system is rising in importance, which leads to the challenge of long-term storage of renewable electricity.

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

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

This thesis describes the design and development of subunit‐selective inhibitors of particular catalytically active subunits of human constitutive proteasomes and immunoproteasomes.

Promotor: Prof.dr. T. Schmidt

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

Low-mass main-sequence stars like our Sun are continuous sources of outflowing hot magnetised plasma. In the case of the Sun, this is known as the solar wind, whereas for other stars they are called stellar winds.

The type-IV secretion system (T4SS) is a machinery able to transfer DNA and proteins between bacteria and in certain cases also to eukaryotic cells.

A remarkable population of short period transiting rocky exoplanets with equilibrium temperatures on the order of 2,000 K has recently been discovered.

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.

Promotores: T.H. Oosterkamp, N. de Jonge

Studievoorlichting

Studievoorlichting

Wat is de invloed van de Internationale Verdragen ICCPR en ICESCR? Hoe kan hun toekomstige rol in de bescherming van de mensenrechten verder worden verbeterd? Dit is een kleine greep uit de vragen die worden gesteld tijdens de conferentie ter ere van de 50ste verjaardag van het ICCPR en ICESCR.

In this thesis an activity-based probe was discovered that could visualize the activity of PLAATs. With an optimized gel-based ABPP assay in hand, screening of a compound library led to the discovery of alpha-ketoamides as a hit for PLAAT3.

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

Multi-objective evolutionary computation aims to find high quality (Pareto optimal) solutions that represent the trade-off between multiple objectives.

Promotor: F.S. de Boer, Co-promotor: M.M. Bonsangue

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.

Nanodiscs are small, disc-shaped structures designed to mimic biological cell membranes, composed of a lipid bilayer stabilized by scaffold proteins. Membrane proteins play crucial roles in essential processes such as nutrient and waste transport, molecular recognition, and cell signalling, making them…

Van de rechten van homo’s in Azië tot watermanagement in de Fillipijnen en van de Zijderoute tot de actuele spanningen met Noord-Korea. Kom naar de Tour of Asia op 14 september en ontdek alles wat je wilde weten over Azië!

Drie jaar ontbrak een Leids team op hét studentenzeilevenement van Nederland, maar 2016 brengt daarin verandering. Team Universiteit Leiden is splinternieuw en nog niet heel ervaren, maar wil best winnen. ‘Als maar niemand de vissen gaat voeren.’

De Iraakse archeologische site Nimrud werd kort geleden terugveroverd op IS. Maar wat nu te doen met de beschadigde resten? Bleda Düring sprak erover in Trouw.

LUC is the first to confer the diploma of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, the new Faculty name since January 2016 making this graduation an extra special occasion.

The 7th European Congress of Medieval Studies of the Fédération Internationale des Instituts d’Études Médiévales (FIDEM) will be organized by the Department of Arts, Media, and Philosophy of the University of Basel, Switzerland. There is a number of slots for papers (20 minutes) and special sessions…

On 4 and 5 April 2024, the conference "Waterways and Literary Channels of the Premodern World" will take place at Ghent University. The conference is organized within the framework of the Scientific Research Network "Literatures without Borders". Proposals for 20-minute papers, round-table contributions…

Een unieke app die het Leidse stadsbeeld verbindt met gelijksoortige plekken aan de andere kant van de wereld, in Indonesië. Dat is de wandel-app Envisioning Indonesia. Op 19 juni lanceert de Leidse wethouder Paul Dirkse de app met een eerste, openbare wandeling. Sluit aan en bekijk Leiden op een heel…

Op 14 november organiseerde het Team Strategie & Verbinding van het DG Migratie van het Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid de jaarlijks de State of the Art conferentie. De conferentie brengt wetenschappers, beleidsmakers en andere professionals in het migratiedomein bijeen rond belangrijke migratievraagstukken.…

In this Yearbook you will find some fascinating examples of what was done in 2021, not only by ourselves, but also by our international colleagues.

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

Congres/symposium

Op 3 december 2019 verdedigde Hanna Bosdriesz haar proefschrift 'Furthering the fight against impunity in Latin America: the contributions of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to domestic accountability processes'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. L.J. van den Herik…

Op 5 september 2019 verdedigde Jennifer Doekhie haar proefschrift 'Dimensions of desistance: A qualitative longitudinal analysis of different dimensions of the desistance process among long-term prisoners in the Netherlands'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. P. Nieuwbeerta.

Lezing, Sociolinguistics & Discourse Studies Series

Promotores: Prof.dr. M. Franx, Prof.dr. P.G. van Dokkum (Yale University)

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh, C.J.M. Musters

Promotor: M. Franx, Co-Promotor: I.F. Labbé

A workshop is organized at St John's College, Oxford, on September 23-24. The workshop aims to bring together medievalists of all disciplines to discuss the research and teaching of ‘difficult’ or ‘taboo’ topics. The organizers welcome applications from scholars working in any field that demands sensitivity…

Leiden University College The Hague is één van de beste university colleges van Nederland. Dat blijkt uit de jaarlijkse ranglijst in de Keuzegids Universiteiten 2016.

Op dinsdag 4 maart kwam Marie-Cécile Rouillon, Coordinator on the Rights of the Child bij de Europese Commissie een gastcollege geven aan de studenten van de Advanced LLM in Children's Rights en master Jeugdrecht. In het gastcollege was er een interactieve en levendige discussie met de studenten over…

Carola Schoor, programmaleider Public Affairs bij het Centre for Professional Learning (CPL), reflecteert op Politico op de State of the European Union speech door Ursula von der Leyen, president van de Europese Commissie.

Hoogleraar Yra van Dijk heeft een subsidie toegekend gekregen van NWO voor internationaal onderzoek. De subsidie Internationalisering in de geesteswetenschappen is bedoeld om samenwerking tussen Nederlandse en buitenlandse onderzoeksgroepen op het terrein van de geesteswetenschappen te bevorderen.