The Economics and Governance specialisation of the Master in Public Administration teaches you to formulate problem-solving approaches to concrete policy issues found at the intersection between economics and public administration. This specialisation is a unique joint offering of the Department of…

Metal complexes and 2D materials like graphene were combined to produce structures that can function as sensors.

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

OB associations are loose groups of young, massive stars. They constitute the last stage of the massive starformation process, and the context in which new stars are formed.

Creating information portals for support of European environmental policy.

What is the best way to combine the environmental and economic data and how can we create an operational system to do so, thereby supporting the delivery of data to the Data centres on Products and Resources?

Volgens het onderzoek van de auteurs wordt verwacht dat nauwkeurigheid verbetert in minder complexe programma's, maar afneemt bij toenemende complexiteit.

In deze opleiding ontwikkel je je onderzoek skills en verbreed je je kennis over de meest moderne en geavanceerde technieken die je nodig hebt als onderzoeker op het gebied van target finding en het ontwerp en de synthese van nieuwe geneesmiddelen.

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.

The interest of this thesis lies in spin transport in normal metals and superconducting half-metallic junctions.

Promotor: C.J. ten Cate

The applications of studying the early development of insects range from agriculture to material science.

Childhood obesity is an increasing health issue. In the first part of this thesis comorbidities in children with obesity were studied, concerning the diagnostic process and dosing regimens.

Het Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) opereert binnen de internationaal georiënteerde wetenschappelijke richting security studies en houdt zich bezig met multidisciplinair onderzoek en onderwijs.

Promotores: Prof.dr. H.S. Overkleeft, Prof.dr. G.A. van der Marel

Welkom bij het Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) programma van de Universiteit Leiden!

Latent variable modeling of students' solution strategies and performance

In this thesis we explore machine and deep learning approaches that address keychallenges in high dimensional problem areas and also in improving accuracy in wellknown problems. In high dimensional contexts, we have focused on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations.

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide.

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Promotor: Prof.dr. E. F. van Dishoeck

Multiple stars, that is two or more stars composing a gravitationally bound system, are common in the universe.

Firearms and violence in Europe–A systematic review by Katharina Krüsselmann, Pauline Aarten, Marieke Liem

Carbohydrates are present on the surface of bacteria making them suitable antigen candidates for vaccine development. This thesis deals with the synthesis of two carbohydrate-based components; the capsular polisaccharide of S. aureus type 5 and teichoic acids from staphilococci and enterococci speci…

Promotores: Prof.dr. G.A. van der Marel, M. van Heel

Promotor: G.A. van der Marel, Co-promotor: J.D.C. Codée

Het doel van deze faciliteit is om het biomedisch onderzoek te versnellen door toegang te bieden tot geavanceerde licht- en elektronenmicroscopie en door het delen van expertise over monstervoorbereiding, beeldvormingsmodaliteiten, gegevensopslag en beeldanalyse.

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Diverse types of exoplanets such as gas giants on close-in orbits (hot Jupiters) and young massive giants on wide orbits (super Jupiters), with no analogs in the Solar System, pose challenges but also opportunities to our understanding of planet formation and evolution.

Bij de bacheloropleiding Life Science and Technology leer je de biologie van de cel doorgronden, en leer je ingewikkelde problemen op een efficiënte en systematische manier oplossen.

Bij de bacheloropleiding Molecular Science & Technology aan de Universiteit Leiden ontwikkelen studenten een sterke theoretische basis in de scheikunde en doen ze kennis van de technologische toepassingen op. Daarnaast leren studenten een bijdrage te leveren aan vraagstukken op het gebied van duurzaamheid,…

Khadija Kadrouch-Outmany defended her thesis on 16 Septem ber 2016.

In this thesis an activity-based probe was discovered that could visualize the activity of PLAATs. With an optimized gel-based ABPP assay in hand, screening of a compound library led to the discovery of alpha-ketoamides as a hit for PLAAT3.

Organic molecules in interstellar space are important as they influence the structure of galaxies and star formations. Studying catalytic processes in space allows us to understand how molecular species are formed and chemically evolved in the interstellar medium and solar system objects.

In-use stocks of products can be considered as intermediaries between human needs and the physical world.

This dissertation is about Bayesian learning from data. How can humans and computers learn from data?

In this thesis we study bistable reaction-diffusion equations on lattice domains.

We study the interplay of topology and geometry with chirality for several passive and active systems, employing both analytical and numerical methods.

Promotor: Prof.dr. T. Schmidt

This thesis is an experimental study of the UV irradiation of the interstellar ice analogues, relevant for the different stages of the star and planet formation sequence.

Deze masterspecialisatie leert je veelvoorkomende leerproblemen herkennen en behandelen.

In de onderzoeksmaster Hebrew and Aramaic Studies (research) van de Universiteit Leiden is gericht op het bestuderen van de Hebreeuwse en Aramese taal en cultuur in de ruimste zin.

Large parts of the research described in this Thesis aims at the development of oligopeptide-masked toxins and their in situ immunoproteasome-mediated activation.

Van deepfakes en disinformatie tot killer robots, chirurgische robots en AI wetgeving: AI (Artificial Intelligence, kunstmatige intelligentie) verandert onze wereld. Dat roept de vraag op of enige vorm van regulering nodig is. Bij eLaw, het centrum voor recht en digitale technologie van de Universiteit…

Promotor: E. Bouwman, Co-Promotor: S. Bonnet

In this work, we attempt to answer the question:

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

This thesis deals with properties of Jacobians of genus two curves that cover elliptic curves.

Viral hemorrhagic fever (VHF) is a group of acute diseases caused by highly infectious viruses including Ebola, Lassa, Dengue viruses. Its high mortality rate poses high risk to public health, however, studies on VHF have been hampered due to the non-availability of proper models and incomplete knowledge…