This multidisciplinary minor provides students with knowledge on how and why humans became the way they are. The minor focuses on the evolution of the species Homo sapiens from other hominin lineages and animal ancestors, and on the various factors shaping this process. Not only is human evolution of…

Voor wie geïnteresseerd is in de relatie tussen neuro-cognitieve en biologische factoren enerzijds en leren, gedrag en emoties anderzijds.

De masterspecialisatie Digital Media in Human Development gaat over kansen en uitdagingen van digitale media in opvoeding en onderwijs.

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Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Danhof

Pericytes, the mural cells of blood microvessels, are important regulators of vascular morphogenesis and function that have been postulated to mechanically control microvascular diameter through as yet unknown mechanisms.

In dit artikel stelt Tom Buitelaar een systematisch kader voor om het effect van individuele kenmerken van vredeshandhavers op het gedrag van grondpersoneel bij VN-vredesoperaties te analyseren.

Promotors: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Prof.dr. H. Leirs (Univ. Antwerpen)

Promotor: Prof.dr. E.F. Smets, Co-Promotor: L.W. Chatrou

Clinical development of drugs for central nervous system (CNS) disorders has been particularly challenging and still suffers from high attrition rates.

To improve cancer treatments, personalized medicine approaches have aimed to identify exactly which mutations are driving tumor development in a given patient and specifically target these mutations using precision therapies.

Studievoorlichting

S.S. Kolipaka’s thesis questions and investigates the survival prospects of reintroduced tigers and their offspring’s in the human dominated landscape of Panna tiger reserve in India.

Galaxies in the local Universe fall into two main categories of spirals and ellipticals. In this Thesis, we explore the structural evolution of galaxies into this bimodal distribution.

Balsaminaceae is a diverse plant family characterized by a huge floral morphological diversity.

M. Danhof, Co-promotores: J. Freijer, A. Yassen

Promotores: Prof.dr. A.G.G.M. Tielens, Prof.dr. L.B.F.M. Waters (UvA), Prof.dr. C. Dominik (UvA)

The soil-dwelling, filamentous bacteria of the genus Streptomyces are renowned for their production of useful secondary metabolites including antibiotics. The work described in this thesis provides new insights on the role and regulation of antibiotic production and resistance in these bacteria.

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-promotor: O. van Gaans

Sustainable energy from wind and solar is most readily available near the sea.

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

Electrocatalysis allows for storing electricity or converting it into chemical bonds, producing chemical building blocks and fuels using renewable resources.

The thesis is about the study of shell evolution of the Hydrocenidae of the genus Georissa. This thesis started with a general overview on the evolutionary process of animals due to ecological changes.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Schilthuizen

What are interactive effects of human pressures on aquatic communities?

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.J.A. Rottgering

Large carnivores and humans, along with their livestock, have co-existed for thousands of years. However, human population growth and an increase in economic activities are modifying the landscape for large carnivores and their prey.

Humans of Psychology plaatst studenten en medewerkers van het Instituut Psychologie in de spotlight. Of het nu gaat om inspirerend onderwijs, bijzonder onderzoek, een publieksbijeenkomst, open science of een bestseller. Neem een kijkje achter de schermen.

One of the most important puzzles in modern astrophysics is the nature of dark matter.

The growing demand of energy indicates that global energy resources in the form of fossil fuels will not be sufficient in the future. In order to solve potential future energy problems development of a sustainable hydrogen economy is highly desirable.

In de masteropleiding Education and Child Studies kies je een specialisatie in één van de deeldisciplines van de pedagogische wetenschappen. In alle specialisaties staat de wetenschappelijke vorming van studenten voorop.

We have examined sequences from the ligand-binding domain of the nicotinic acetyl choline receptor (nAChR) in 148 vertebrate species. We are in interested in this receptor because the α-neurotoxins of many venomous snakes binds to this receptor in its location at the neuromuscular junction in all ve…

Melanie Fink, Postdoctoraal Onderzoeker bij het Europa Instituut van de Universiteit Leiden, heeft haar boek Frontex and Human Rights, Responsibility in 'Multi-Actor Situations' under the ECHR and EU Public Liability Law gepubliceerd. Dit boek is gebaseerd op haar proefschrift, dat zij in december 2017…

Het LUMC iPSC Hotel biedt de generatie van research grade humane geïnduceerde pluripotente stamcellen (iPSC's) uit verschillende weefselbronnen met behulp van de modernste herprogrammeringstechnieken.

Woensdag 13 december verdedigde Melanie Fink haar proefschrift ‘Frontex and Human Rights: Responsibility in “Multi-Actor Situations” under the ECHR and EU Public Liability Law’.

Bicarbonate buffer is largely found in nature due to its ability to regulate pH variations around neutral values. As the pH changes, so does the speciation of the buffer.

Promotor: J.A. Bouwstra Co-promotor: A. El Ghalbzouri

Op 21 januari 2020 verdedigde Patrick van Berlo zijn proefschrift 'Human Rights Elephants in an Era of Globalisation: Commodification, Crimmigration, and Human Rights in Confinement'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. J.P. van der Leun en prof.mr.dr. M.A.H. van der Woude.

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-promotor: O.W. van Gaans

To gain more insight into the evolutionary development of orchid flowers and fruits, the orchid species Erycina pusilla was studied. The evolutionary origin of the median petaloid sepal, the callus on the labellum, and the stelidia was studied.

In de serie Humans of Humanities, lichten wij iedere twee weken een van onze wetenschappers, medewerkers of studenten uit.

How can we quantify the density of species within a community through environmental DNA concentrations?

The Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration biedt een complete verkenning van de prominente thema's, gebeurtenissen en theoretische onderbouwingen van de verplaatsingen van menselijke bevolkingsgroepen van de prehistorie tot heden.

Promotor: H.J.A. Rottgering, Co-Promotor: R.J. van Weeren

Large carnivore population is globally declining as a result of the fragmentation of habitat, large prey depletion and retaliatory killing by pastoralists.

This thesis has shed light on some of the ways in which the local electrolyte composition can differ from the bulk and how these changes in the local reaction environment can determine the activity and/or selectivity of two important electrocatalytic reactions, namely, electrochemical CO2 reduction…

De Universiteit Leiden heeft een nieuw interdisciplinair studieprogramma gelanceerd: Urban Studies. Studenten duiken in dit Engelstalige bachelorprogramma in hedendaagse en toekomstige stedenproblematiek. Het is de eerste studie waarvoor vijf faculteiten de handen ineenslaan.

Planets are formed in disks of gas and dust around young stars.

This thesis investigates the structural evolution and assembly of galaxies since the first few billions years after the big bang.

In this thesis, I study 1) metabolic alterations in tuberculosis related to wasting syndrome in human patients as well as in rodent and fish animal models. 2) effects of the mutation of the leptin gene on cachexia and diabetes in rodent and zebrafish animal models.