The research described in this thesis shows that hypercholesterolemia, a well-established risk factor for atherosclerosis, can impact skin lipid pool and barrier function already at young age. In the field of atherosclerosis, we showed that the small peptide Lyp-1 can be used as a targeting molecule…

The ReCiPe methodology for Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA).

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

Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, Hadassah Drukarch en Bart Custers van eLaw - Centrum voor Recht en Digitale Technologie, onderzoeken met Pranav Khanna , eLaw alumnus, de invloed van automatisering op de interactie tussen mens en robot en verantwoordelijkheid bij chirurgische innovatie.

How to bring together different footprints into an integrated family and what are the synergies? What are the roles of inventory analysis and characterization in measuring individual footprints and how these affect a footprint family? How to benchmark environmental footprints against related planetary…

The aim is to discover where differently shaped metal nanoparticles distributes in Danio rerio, linking the distribution with genomic responses and so come up with a Mode of Action.

Klinisch psycholoog Bart Verkuil onderzoekt een nieuwe methode om piekeren te verminderen door een zenuw te stimuleren. Omdat zijn onderzoek een grote bijdrage kan leveren aan de wetenschap ontvangt hij daarvoor een Veni-financiering voor jonge onderzoekers.

How can we develop and further improve life cycle impact assessment methods, characterisation factors and normalisation factors?

To address the fundamental questions of how life on Earth emerged and how common life may be in the Universe, it is crucial to know the chemical composition of the planet-forming material.

1) Assess the trends in supply and production status of these critical minerals and mineral products worldwide and Europe’s dependence including on intermediate products such as permanent magnets, RE based super alloys, batteries, polishing compounds, phosphors, catalysts etc. 2) Trace the entire value…

Studievoorlichting

Which traits and/or trade-offs determine benefits of being deciduous or evergreen?

Lezing, Studium Generale

While ecosystems have concrete benefits for human society, these benefits are typically overlooked in decision-making.

CMLCA is a software tool that supports the technical steps of the Life Cycle Assessment. The focus of the program is on advanced computational aspects of life cycle inventory calculations.

Waarom zijn niet alle kinderen even gevoelig voor variaties in hun sociale omgeving?

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Danhof

Studievoorlichting, Student voor een Dag

In this thesis chemical and physical processes in the ice mantles on interstellar dust grains are studied.

In this thesis, two potential therapeutic targets for diabetic nephropathy were dentified and investigated. First, we show that glomerular clusterin is upregulated in diabetic nephropathy and demonstrated that recombinant clusterin protein can protect the podocytes against oxidative stress in vitro.…

My work focuses on a class of astronomical objects called protoplanetary disks.

A critical look at the impact assessment modelling of metals in Life Cycle Impact Assessment and improvement options.

Promotor: Jelle S. Kaastra Co-promotor: Jelle de Plaa

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

Promotor: Prof.dr. S. Haring

Promotor: J.N. Kok, P.E. Slagboom Co-promotor: J.F.J. Laros

Promotor: Prof.dr. T. Hankemeier, Prof.dr. J.C.T. Eijkel (Twente University)

Promotor: C.J. ten Cate

Studievoorlichting

How to make a quantitative assessment of the relative contribution to toxicity of ions and particles? Is the toxicity of nanoparticles related to their size or shape? Which physicochemical property of nanoparticles is an appropriate dose metric of nanoparticles?

How can mega sand nourishments, such as the Sand Motor, be designed and managed for optimal ecosystem services provision ?

In this research I assess the impact of the recently discovered gas reserves south off Cyprus on the escalation of the Cyprus conflict.

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Prof.dr. G.A. Persoon, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh

Op vrijdag 30 september gaan tijdens het debat ‘Human Rights and the World Cup Qatar’ verschillende gasten met een achtergrond op het gebied van mensenrechten, rechten, politiek en internationale betrekkingen met elkaar in gesprek. KNVB-secretaris-generaal en alumnus Gijs de Jong treedt op om meer informatie…

Op 16 juni 2020 verdedigde Andrea Varga haar proefschrift 'Establishing State Responsibility in the Absence of Effective Government'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof. dr. N.J. Schrijver en prof. dr. F. Baetens (University of Oslo).

Studievoorlichting

Examining the sustainability aspects of biotechnology, especially those related to the production of ethanol from biomass.

Hoe ontwikkelen de hersenen zich van de geboorte tot en met de adolescentie? En waarom worden jongeren zelf zo karig bedeeld met informatie over hun eigen brein in ontwikkeling? Twee nieuwe websites van het Leiden Institute for Brain and Cognition voorzien in een antwoord.

Lezing, Studium Generale

Promotor: Prof.dr. W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg

Hoe gaat de wereld eruitzien na de corona-crisis en komen er blijvende gevolgen voor ons, de maatschappij en de manier waarop wij naar de wereld kijken? Dat is de vraag die ‘Brave New Human - Reflections on the Invisible’ probeert te beantwoorden. Hoogleraar Art and Science Interactions Robert Zwijnenberg…

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

Promotor: E.F. Smets Co-promotor: J. Geml

Promotores: Prof.dr. G.W. Canters, Prof.dr. T.J. Aartsma

The use of N fertilizers has increased worldwide in the past century. While this increased input of N has increased food productivity, it has also contributed to decreases in biodiversity, soil quality and environmental health, including increases in greenhouse gas emissions.

Op dinsdag 23 mei 2017 verdedigt Jasmina Mackic haar proefschrift ‘Proving discriminatory violence at the European Court of Human Rights’. De verdediging begint om 15.00 uur, in het Academiegebouw van de Universiteit Leiden, Rapenburg 73. De promotor is vice-decaan en hoogleraar internationaal publiekrecht…