482 search results for “soil transplantation” in the Public website
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Transfusion Medicine and Cellular and Tissue Therapies
This joint Master programme will equip you with the necessary competences to play a key role in the emerging field of transfusion medicine. Its current concept includes both transfusion of blood components and hematopoietic transplants, cellular and tissue therapy and immunotherapy. Areas that are integrated…
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The man who sewed a new man together
Organ transplantation is often subject to ethical, economic and political discussions. In the Honours Class Organ Transplantation, students take part in these discussions to get a better understanding of the many different views on transplantation.
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Sustainable futures
How can we organise society so as to keep our planet habitable for us and for all other life forms around us? To answer this question, Leiden researchers collaborate across disciplines, from biology to data science, and from environmental economy to archaeology.
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‘A donor organ is a precious gift that we should treat with care’
Professor André Baranski is a champion for improving organ procurement. He believes there should be standardised training and certification for procurement surgeons. This is what he said in his inaugural lecture on 16 April.
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Impact of nitrogen fertilization on the soil microbiome and greenhouse gas emission
PhD defence
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Linking soil microbial community dynamics to N2O emission after bioenergy residue amendments
PhD defence
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impact of defense hormones on the interaction between plants and the soil microbial community
PhD defence
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Nature and human interactions
It is well-known that humans have significantly transformed ecosystems since their adoption of agriculture. However, in a deeper past, prehistoric hunter-gatherers may already have altered and modified their niche in ways that had major impacts on ecosystems.
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Molecular engineering of plant development using Agrobacterium-mediated protein translocation
Supervisor: P.J.J. Hooykaas Co-Supervisor: R. Offringa
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Corporate environmental compliance
When all else fails: Public trust and public action in the Tata Steel case
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Francophone Literature in the Low Countries (1200-1600)
In late medieval and early modern times, books, as well as the people who produced and read (or listened to) them, moved between regions, social circles, and languages with relative ease. Yet, in the multilingual Low Countries, francophone literature was both internationally mobile and firmly rooted…
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Fieldwork
Fieldwork is an essential part of this research and of course this part of the project is also a joint effort by citizen scientists and professional archaeologists. Discover when fieldwork will take place and how you can participate.
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Cheating belowground interactions
Mycoheterotrophy is a particular mode of life in which plants obtain carbohydrates from their associated fungal partners, instead of by using photosynthesis.
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Functional analysis of agrobacterium tumefaciens virulence protein VirD5
Supervisor: P.J.J. Hooykaas
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Molecular characterization of copper-dependent enzymes involved in Streptomyces morphology
Promotor: G.P. van Wezel, Co-promotor: D. Claessen
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Global distribution patterns of mycorrhizal associations
Mycorrhizas are symbiotic associations between soil fungi and most plant species.
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Pesticides and the Environment
The book ‘Pesticides and the Environment’ gives a transparent overview of facts and figures concerning pesticide use in the Netherlands and the impact of pesticides on the environment.
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Controlling growth and morphogenesis of the industrial enzyme producer Streptomyces lividans
Promotor: Prof.dr. G.P. van Wezel, Co-Promotor: E. Vijgenboom
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The Western European Loess Belt
Agrian History, 5300 BC - AD 1000; C.C. Bakels
- Institute of Urban Environment
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The mechanism of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of eukaryotic cells
We aim to unravel the molecular mechanisms involved in the transformation of eukaryotic cells by Agrobacterium.
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Terrestrial field trials for side-effects of pesticides
The thesis describes terrestrial field trials aimed to detect side-effects of pesticides within the framework of pesticide registration procedures. Field trials were developed using vascular plants Brassica napus and Poa annua, caterpillars Pieris brassicae and effects on decomposition were studied…
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The rhizomicrobiome of Sorghum ; impact on plant growth and stress tolerance
The overall objectives of my thesis are to investigate the dynamics of the sorghum root microbiome and to explore the beneficial effects of the root microbiome on sorghum growth and stress tolerance.
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Fire and grazers in the West African savanna
Promotores: H.A. Udo de Haes, H.H.T. Prins, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh
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Flooding and Management of Large Fluvial Lowlands
Paul Hudson, Associate Professor of Physical Geography at Leiden University College, examines human impacts on lowland rivers in his new book.
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Department of Environmental Biology (CML-EB)
Mission: The Environmental Biology department aims to increase the scientific understanding of how current and emerging anthropogenic threats affect biodiversity and ecosystem services. Through this understanding they facilitate strategic management of natural resources by addressing urgent challenges…
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Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia 41
Corrie Bakels & Hans Kamermans (eds) (2009)
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Development of life cycle assessment for residue-based bioenergy
What are the key issues in conducting LCA of bioenergy systems? What is the environmental sustainability status of second generation bioethanol? How much would the final results of biogenic carbon neutrality assumptions deviate from the true values based on a complete inventory? How to assess the impact…
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David Zetland in Biznews about watershortage in California
Yesterday, an article appeared in Biznews about the watershortages in California. David Zetland, university lecturer at Leiden University College, gives his opinion about this problem.
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Metagenomics for community ecology; a next generation of eDNA monitoring tool for biomass studies in freshwater environments
How can we quantify the density of species within a community through environmental DNA concentrations?
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Common Practice: a livelihood perspective of economic development in the post-Roman world.
Today’s socio-economic challenges aren’t new. In the centuries after the retreat of the Roman state people with different backgrounds and with different ways of life somehow managed to build and maintain a complex economic system in northern Gaul that would produce the ruling dynasties of Europe. By…
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Why Leiden University?
We are committed to provide you with meaningful, rigorous and quality graduate experiences in a personalized environment with a cutting edge research infrastructure and internationally renowned supervisors.
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Key publications
Key publications of the Medical Systems Biophysics and Bioengineeringgroup (Mashaghi Lab)
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Exploring host-immune-microbial interactions during intestinal schistosomiasis
PhD defence
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MICA-mediated immunity: a new opportunity for improving corneal graft survival
Corneal transplantation is one of the most common human organ transplantations worldwide. Although the 1-year survival rate is as high as 90%, more than half of transplantation patients suffer various types of corneal rejection, such as epithelial rejection, chronic stromal rejection, and endothelial…
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Getting students away from screens... and into the landscape
Leiden University's International Honours College, Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) experienced empty halls and empty classrooms this past year on the residential campus on the Anna van Buerenplein in The Hague due to the global pandemic. Dr Paul Hudson designed a Covid-proof course that enabled…
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The Evolution of Human Diet, Health and Lifestyle
Research into the evolutionary backgrounds of our diets can help us make the right choices in diet, health and lifestyle.
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David Overy
Dr. at Agriculture and AgriFood Canada, Ottawa Research & Development Center - Canada
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Risks to Health and the Environment Related to the Use of Lead in Products
The aim of this project was to estimate emissions from lead products-in-use for the past, the present and the future and assess the development of toxicological risks associated with these products.
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Unsprayed field margins: effects on environment, biodiversity and agricultural practice
A management strategy has been developed for field margins to reduce pesticide drift to non-target areas and to promote biodiversity on arable land. To this end, 3 and 6 m wide strips along the edges of winter wheat, sugar beet and potato crops have been left unsprayed with herbicides and insecticides…
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Impact of plant hormones on growth and development of actinobacteria
Plants are colonized by an astounding number of microorganisms that can provide different life-support functions, including nutrient acquisition and protection against (a)biotic stresses like drought or pathogen attack.
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Data Centres for Natural Recources and Products
Creating information portals for support of European environmental policy.
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Stories about Tell Balata
The Oral History project, as part of the Tell Balata Archaeological Park project, published an arabic-english booklet of local stories about the site of Tell Balata. An archaeological site near Nablus (West Bank).
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Functional xylem anatomy: intra and interspecific variation in stems of herbaceous and woody species
My PhD thesis investigates the ecological significance of resistance against drought-induced air bubble formation inside the water conduits of plants (embolism), and the plasticity and functional aspects of stem anatomical traits in woody and herbaceous species.
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Flows of six heavy metals
Can we provide the Dutch government with an integrative framework, wherein the various policies can be placed and the need for further measures can be identified?
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CCLS Past Events
On this page you can find information about previous CCLS events.
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Learning from nature: using plant-soil feedback principles to improve growth and health of a horticultural crop
PhD defence
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Conditional Freedom: Free Soil and Fugitive Slaves from the US South to Mexico's Northeast, 1803-1861
PhD defence
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IBL symposium “Integrative Biology towards Healthy Communities”
On Monday the 8th of December, the annual symposium of the IBL will be organized at the main building of the LUMC Leiden. This year’s theme is “Integrative Biology towards Healthy Communities”.
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Curing diseases with lab-grown organs
Organs and tissues grown in the lab may in the future be able to cure people with organ failures. Micha Drukker, professor of Stem Cells, Developmental Biology and Technology for Innovative Drug Research, is convinced that the use of stem cells will make this possible. He will deliver his inaugural…