Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen Leiden (CML)

Cristina Grasseni’s project

The global agri-food system plays a critical role in food security and environmental issues.

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The thesis addresses the long-term dynamical evolution of hierarchical multiple systems.

We have studied the impact of particle shape anisotropy, multivalent interactions and flexibility on systems of micron-sized colloidal particles.

In this thesis, a system pharmacology approach, integrating metabolomics, pharmacology and chemical biology, was applied to understand and modulate the endocannabinoid system across different model systems (cells, zebrafish, mice and humans).

Het doel van het onderzoeksprogramma Systems Pharmacology ligt in de ontwikkeling van strategieën voor gepersonaliseerde geneesmiddelen en de ontwikkeling van nieuwe systeemgebaseerde benaderingen in de translationele en klinische farmacologie.

Promotor: C. W. J. Beenakker, Co-promotor: J. K. Asboth

Fungal food spoilage often starts with a contamination with spores. Experimental data strongly indicate the existence of subpopulations of spores with different levels of resistance to preservation methods.

The Institute of Environmental Sciences has carried out and participates in several projects that deal with the analysis of energy systems.

Adenosine is an endogenous ligand which exerts its action by activating adenosine receptors (ARs), while its circulating levels are controlled via a variety of mechanism and proteins, amongst others the equilibrative nucleoside transporters (ENTs).

Systems are called real-time systems, if the correctness of the system does not only depend on the correctness of the system output but also on whether the output is delivered on time.

Pectin is a plant cell wall polysaccharide made of mainly D-galacturonic acid (GA) subunits. The potency of the filamentous fungus Aspergillus niger to naturally secrete high amounts of pectinases to degrade pectin has been utilized for the industrial production of pectinases.

Het onderzoek van dit programma is gecentreerd rond dynamische systemen, functionele analyse en hun interactie.

According to the amyloid cascade hypothesis, accumulation of beta-amyloid (Aβ) peptides initiates the pathological cascade in Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Deze opleiding is gericht op de ontwikkeling van computermodellen die de werking van medicijnen voorspellen, het individualiseren van bestaande behandeltherapieën en het ontwikkelen van innovatieve, analytische tools voor het personaliseren van de gezondheidszorg.

This thesis provides explicit expressions for the density functions of absolutely continuous invariant measures for general families of interval maps, that include random maps and infinite measure transformations, not necessarily number systems.

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

Ben jij een geboren fotograaf? Of juist helemaal niet, maar heb je wel een briljante foto die de relatie tussen voedsel en mensen verbeeldt? Doe dan mee aan de ‘Food & Society’ fotowedstrijd van de Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen. Stuur vóór dinsdag 3 april 2018 je foto in!

In this thesis, we have studied the potential of the zebrafish larval model in studying the ECS, as a complementary model to the existing rodent models.

Promotor: J. van der Greef, T. Hankemeier; Co-promotor: H.A. van Wietmarschen

Promotor: J.N. Kok, Co-Promotor: A.J. Knobbe

Promotor: Prof.dr. S.F. Portegies Zwart

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-promotoren: M.F.E. de Jeu, S.D. Silvestrov

Promotores: Prof.dr. M. Danhof, Prof.dr. D.R. Stanski

Promotor: G.F.A. Kersten, W. Jiskoot, Co-promotor: B. Metz

Discovery and development of Central Nervous System (CNS) drugs is hampered by high attrition rates.

This thesis describes the use of an activity-based proteomics method to study the endocannabinoid system.

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen Leiden (CML)

Promotor: J. van der Greef; Co-promotor: E. van Wijk, M. Wang

O-Nitrobenzyl groepen worden veel gebruikt als moleculaire beschermgroepen die je met licht kunt verwijderen.

In Europe a number of production and communication strategies have long tried to establish local products as resources for local development. At the foot of the Alps, this scenario appears in all its contradictions, especially in relation to cheese production. The Heritage Arena focuses on the saga…

Systems with local constraints is a new finding in recent researches on complex systems. The heterogeneous spatial interactions and the temporal dependencies among those numerous units make it difficult to describe by traditional statistical physics.

Op 3 maart 2021 presenteerde Zuzana Vikarská haar huidige onderzoek bij de ‘Food for Thought’ bijeenkomst van het Europa Instituut.

In this thesis we will explore the use of fuzzy systems theory for applications in bioinformatics.

What is the environmental impact of different waste collection systems across Europe? How can the collection be improved when considering collection, sorting, and treatment, as well as use options for secondary materials?

In this book liposomes are explored as delivery system for allergen-specific immunotherapy. Both cationic and anionic formulations are prepared with Bet v 1, one of the allergens in birch pollen.

Does the presence of Ring-necked parakeets negatively influence feeding and feeding behaviour of native bird species on artificial bird feeders and if so, what are possible solutions?

Promotores: W. Jiskoot, F. Ossendorp

In this thesis, mathematical modeling and simulation was applied as a tool to inform quantitative decision making in oncology drug discovery and development.

Promotor: W.Th.F. den Hollander Co-Promotor: F.M. Spieksma

The key characteristic of active matter is the motion of an emergent collection (such as a flock of birds), which is driven by the consumption of energy by its active components (i.e. individual birds).