Circumstellar discs are the reservoirs of gas and dust that surround young stars and have the potential to become planetary systems.

Governance and Global Affairs, Leiden University College The Hague

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: R. Heijungs

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…

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…

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.

Promotor: J.S. Kaastra Co-promotor: E. Constantini

The rapidly increasing commercial application of metallic nanoparticles within products will inevitably enhance the amount of NPs being released into soil.

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This thesis combines field and laboratory studies to address some of the most pressing questions in the field of microplastic research.

Sinds 1974 wordt Wereldmilieudag elk jaar gevierd op 5 juni, waarbij regeringen, bedrijven en burgers worden betrokken bij een poging dringende milieukwesties aan te pakken.

Professor Simon Portegies Zwart ontvangt van NWO een half miljoen euro vanuit de NWO-middelgroot ronde. Het geld is bestemd voor zijn onderzoek 'The Astrophysical Multipurpose Software Environment' (AMUSE).

Promotores: W. Th. F. den Hollander, M.O. Heydenreich

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

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Mechanical interactions between cells and their environment play an important role in many biological processes.

Promotor: W.Th.F. den Hollander

Fate and toxicity of copper nanoparticles was related to the water chemistry of the environment and pristine size.

Promotores: Prof.dr. F.P. Israel, Prof.dr. P.P. van der Werf

This thesis addresses the problem of designing performance and energy efficient embedded streaming systems, that is, systems which process a stream of input data coming from the environment and generate a stream of output data going into the environment.

Lezing

Celebrating 20 years of environmental research in Cagayan Valley and Sierra Madre

Contributions to the UNEP international panel for sustainable resource management

Safety issues of the transport and storage of Chlorine, ammonia and LPG.

The objective of this study is to better understand the distribution of microplastics in the environment. More specifically, we will quantify the abundance and distribution of microplastics on beaches.

This study’s main aim is to test whether children’s learning behaviour explains why they do not benefit from a literate environment.

Hydrodesulfurization (HDS) is an ubiquitous part of oil refining that ensures that fuels are cleaned of impurities and environment release of pollutants such as SOx and NOx gasses are minimized.

Plants, are sessile organisms, have developed strategies to adapt to changes in their environment, in part by altering their growth and development.

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

Material circularity and energy efficiency are highly relevant and intertwined issues for the transition towards a carbon-neutral and circular built environment. In the Netherlands, the building sector has been rendered a priority towards a circular and low-carbon society.

Although nanoparticles are extensively used in various applications like consumer products and have most probably entered the environment, little is known about the effects of these particles on living organisms.

Promotor: G.P. van Wezel

Marine sponges are important members of reef ecosystems, as they play ecological roles that are essential for the health of the reef.

Overzicht van de CML-publicaties

At the moment, over 350.000 chemicals are registered worldwide for production and use. Their application, however, may harm human health and the environment.

The way organisms develop from the initial single-cellular state to a complex final assembly like the human body, and how the final body is maintained throughout life, is one of the greatest mysteries and it’s understanding one of the biggest scientific challenges.

Lezing

In this project of the Center for Public Values & Ethics (CPVE) ongoing research is conducted on the history of advice to Dutch central government by so-called State committees from 1814 to 2014. State committees have been installed by Dutch central government since 1814 to provide expert advice, research…

Accumulation of metals in economy and environment and its associated risks, within the Netherlands and the EU.

Corruption, integrity (or a lack thereof…) and public values are near omnipresent elements in public administration and politics of all times. Cases of corrupt public officials and politicians continuously emerge. Strangely enough, however, it often remains unknown what actually occurred, how something…

Promotores: E. van Dijk, G.R. de Snoo. Co-promotor: H. Staats

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotor: C.J.M. Muster

Soil is a home for an unbelievable diversity and abundance of microbial life that is essential for supporting life on our planet.

Cryogenic electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is a powerful technique used to visualize the inside of cells and to study specific protein complexes. Within this thesis, I describe the use of various cryo-EM techniques to gain insight into the structural changes of the human pathogen, Vibrio cholerae, as it…