Promotor: Prof. dr. A.G.G.M. Tielens

Leiden University offers a unique range of summer courses where you can broaden or deepen your knowledge or share your expertise with fellow students. The choice of academic courses is very diverse, ranging from Law, Big Data, Languages and Linguistics to Maths and Natural Sciences, Biology, Biomedical…

Description of Atlas of the surfacewater concentrations of pesticides in the Netherlands, a pilotstudy.

Bachelor, Master

To deliver a Virtual Sensor tool optimised to exploit the synergy between Sentinels 2 and 3 to allow the consistent retrieval of land surface parameters (Albedo, LAI, and LST); To extend the existing capabilities of land EO data assimilation tools to add capacity to handle data in the thermal domain…

This Thesis focuses on the design and synthesis of ADP-ribosylated compounds that can be applied in biological studies.

Sphingolipids are important membrane compounds with a variety of functions. In mammalian cells, different enzymes are involved in the metabolism of sphingolipids, but interruption of this metabolism process leads to different diseases.

PhD Defence

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.P. van Wezel

Promotores: F.H.J. Redig, W.T.F. den Hollander

The long-held desire - to link structure directly to function and to explain molecular mechanisms based on basic chemical or physical principles - is finally coming closer, satisfying not only our scientific curiosity but also offering new solutions to the many challenges in the field of health, energy…

This thesis describes a study from both a theoreticaL and an experimental point of view.

The main aim of my Ph.D. thesis is to further explore the value of using early developing zebrafish larvae (up to 5 dpf) as a model to study anxiety-like behaviour and their pharmacological modulation with drugs.

Op 10 juni 2021 verdedigde Merinda Stewart haar proefschrift 'Freedom of Overflight: A Study of Coastal State Jurisdiction in International Airspace'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. P.M.J. Mendes de Leon en prof.dr. J.J. Rijpma.

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.V.J. Linnartz

Cytotoxic T-cells (CTLs) are involved in the clearance of viruses and killing of tumor cells.

Like a mixture of oil and water, lipid membranes separate into two liquid phases.

Including modelling as part of software development appears to have various benefits.

Light-Harvesting Complex II (LHCII) is responsible for light absorption and excitation energy transfer in plants and photosynthetic algae, while in high light it undergoes conformational changes by which it quenches excitations to prevent photodamage.

Op 1 december 2020 verdedigde Bernadette Muscat haar proefschrift 'Insolvency Close-out Netting: A comparative study of English, French and US laws in a global perspective'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.mr.drs. M. Haentjens en prof.mr. B. Wessels.

Science, Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL)

Promotores: Prof.dr. A.G.G.M. Tielens, Prof.dr. L. Kaper (UvA)

Onderzoek naar representatieve bureaucratie heeft vaak de positieve prestatie-effecten bevestigd van bureaucratieën die de demografische kenmerken van hun cliënten weerspiegelen. Er is echter weinig bekend over de onderliggende mechanismen op individueel niveau die tot deze resultaten leiden.

Prof. dr. Judi Mesman is benoemd tot hoogleraar interdisciplinary study of societal challenges, een gedeelde leerstoel tussen de faculteiten Governance and Global Affairs (FGGA) en Sociale Wetenschappen (FSW) van de Universiteit Leiden.

Studenten, medewerkers en alumni van de FSW bundelden hun krachten om samen te werken, te debatteren en te pitchen tijdens het Connecting Social Siences wetenschapsfestival.

Onze faculteit vindt de 'international classroom' belangrijk. Het biedt studenten de mogelijkheid om hun bewustzijn en begrip van andere culturen te vergroten, bevordert kritisch denken en helpt bij het ontwikkelen van een waardering voor andere perspectieven. Om deze reden werven we voor onze Engelstalige…

Wat komt er allemaal kijken bij het opzetten en uitvoeren van klinisch onderzoek? Om onderzoekers goed op weg te helpen, heeft de LUMC-Campus Den Haag handige tips en trucs op een rij gezet in de nieuwe massive open online course (MOOC) Population Health: Study Design.

Genetische stoornissen leiden vaak tot cognitieve en gedragsproblemen. De 20ste editie van het International Research Symposium van de SSBP gaat over het in kaart brengen van deze problemen en de mogelijke behandeling hiervan.

Het Institute for Advanced Study heeft astronoom en chemicus Ewine van Dishoeck benoemd tot lid van de Board of Trustees, met ingang van 5 mei 2018.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M.L. van Heck, Co-Promotor: B.P. Tighe

Ruim 300 mensen uit 38 verschillende landen namen deze week deel aan de online lezing “Right Wing Extremism in Europe: The Case of Germany”, met gastsprekers prof. Arie Kruglanski en dr. David Webber. Deze lezing, die eerder fysiek zou plaatsvinden op 27 maart, betrof een gezamenlijk initiatief van…

Visit one of the information meetings or contact the study adviser.

The thesis deals with the study of giant radio galaxies (GRGs), which are radio galaxies of megaparsec sizes.

To study how planetary systems come into existence we study much younger systems still in formation.

Promotor: C. W. J. Beenakker, Yu. V. Nazarov, Co-promotor: J. Tworzydlo

Promotor: J.W.M. Frenken

In dit proefschrift wordt gekeken naar de produktie en consumptie van het reality-tv-programma ‘Nieuwe Wijze Oom’. Deze show, uitgezonden op het entertainmentkanaal van de provincie Shanghai, draait om mediation in conflicten tussen burgers. ‘Nieuwe Wijze Oom’ is geliefd bij het publiek én bij de autoriteiten.…

Do e-waste workers display enhanced effects of adverse health effects due to informal e-waste processing in Nigeria? Is there a difference between the health outcomes of the exposed and the control groups? Are there difference in health effects within and between job groups (collectors, dismantlers,…

Evaluating the environmental consequences of diet changes in the European Union.

This dissertation is an experimental study of laser-generated, atmospheric pressure, transient toroidal helium plasmas.

What invertebrates are available to feed nestlings in an agricultural landscape of varied complexity?

There are many interpretations of quantum mechanics, and ultimately experiments are needed to verify or falsify these interpretations.

Promotor: Prof.dr. A.G.G.M. Tielens

The focus of the dissertation

Promotor: Prof.dr. L.J. Slikkerveer

-

The mission of our group is understanding how science communication works to improve the interaction between science and society.

This thesis focuses on the study of transient and variable radio sources in the universe.

Lecture

How does the management of Elephant Marsh Fishery in Malawi relate to wider contexts of policies, theories and regions? And how can the current management system be adapted to achieve long-term sustainability of the fishery?