Plant architecture has distinct forms in different plant species, but also within a species the finalarchitecture of a plant is determined by its gradual development and changes therein induced by environmental conditions during the plant’s life cycle.

The project Multimedia Research and Documentation of African Oral Genres: Connecting Diasporas and Local Audiences (Director: D.Merolla) focuses on multimedia as technology that allows scholars to share documentation and scientific knowledge with the cultural owners of the collected oral genres.

Metal-based prodrugs based on ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes have proven to be very suitable for application in both photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photo-activated chemotherapy (PACT).

In this thesis, we aimed to better understand the underlying mechanisms involved in TNBC progression and metastasis formation and discover new targets to reduce breast cancer related deaths.

Climate change is a challenge for both current and future generations. New biological resources have to be developed in order to meet the demand for energy as well as the demand for food.

Promotor: K.J. Batenburg

A New Technology-Based Firm (NTBF) is a significant enabler of job creation and a driver of the economy through stimulating innovation.

The field of exoplanet research is rapidly advancing through the development of new technology, observing techniques, and post-processing methods.

Promotor: Prof.dr. S. Haring

This thesis describes the structural and biochemical characterization of the β-lactamase BlaC from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), and the Alr and YlmE proteins from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2).Mtb is the main cause of tuberculosis.

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel

One of the key quests in astronomy is to study the growth and evolution of galaxies across cosmic time. Radio observations provide a powerful means of studying the formation of stars and subsequent buildup of distant galaxies, in a way that is unbiased by the presence of dust.

In this thesis, I targeted the orchid genus Lepanthes, one of the six genera of angiosperms that surpasses 1,000 species in the Neotropics, as a study model to investigate the evolutionary processes that promoted species diversifications.

Promotor: Prof.dr. A.P. IJzerman, Co-Promotor: L.H. Heitman

Optimization tasks in practice have multifaceted challenges as they are often black box, subject to multiple equality and inequality constraints and expensive to evaluate.

Promotores: Prof.dr. T.H.W. Bäck, Prof.dr. M.R.V. Chaudron, Co-Promotor: M.T.M. Emmerich

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

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.W.M. Frenken

Actinobacteria are Gram-positive bacteria that have a complex multicellular life cycle and are well known for their ability to produce a wide range of bioactive natural products (NPs).

The glycosylation reaction is a pivotal reaction in creating new and complex oligosaccharides.

It is an established fact that the Standard Model has to be extended to explain the so-called Beyond the Standard Model (BSM) phenomena: dark matter, matter-antimatter asymmetry of the Universe and neutrino flavour oscillations.

The aim of the research presented in this thesis was to develop new methods forchallenging systems in liquid-state NMR using paramagnetic effects generated by thetwo-armed probe CLaNP-5.

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

The energy system is at the heart of two of the greatest challenges of the 21st century: decreasing CO2 emissions to meet the ambitions of the Paris agreement while fulfilling the growing energy demand associated with the economic aspirations of a growing world population.

The clinical potential of applying synthetic lethality to cancer treatment is famously demonstrated by the BRCA1/PARP1 paradigm: a tumor specific defect in BRCA1 – a component of the DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair pathway homologous recombination (HR) – results in a remarkable sensitivity to PARP1…

Synthetic microswimmers take an important place within the interdisciplinary field of active soft matter.

Leiden University and the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management are involved in a collaboration in the form of a research project titled 'Data-Driven Risk Assessment in Infrastructure Networks'

Promotor: F.S. de Boer, Co-promotor: M.M. Bonsangue

Phosphorylation affects all four major biomolecules – proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and nucleic acids – and plays a pivotal role in the most fundamental cellular functions.

For centuries astronomers studied the Universe by collecting light. Nowadays, we are living in times of great technological advancements, which allow us to explore our Universe in a new way - though gravitational wave radiation.

Promotor: Prof.dr. B.R. Katzy

Promotor: Prof.dr. R. Verpoorte, Co-Promotor: Dr. Young Hae Choi

Possible improvements for the assessment of abiotic depletion in LCA.

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

New drugs for use as tuberculosis (TB) treatment are needed due to the constrains of classical antibiotics against TB and the rise of antibiotic-resistant strains, making TB a harder and harder disease to treat.

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.

Mechanical metamaterials are man-made materials which derive their unusual properties from their structure rather than their composition.

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…

Machine Learning is becoming a more and more substantial technology for industry.

Promotor: Prof.dr. R.M.H. Merks

Van de coronacrisis tot de Oekraïne-oorlog, factcheckers hebben het er maar druk mee. In een interview leggen Rudy Bouma van Nieuwsuur en docent bij Universiteit Leiden Peter Burger uit waarom factchecken zo belangrijk is voor hun.

Uit inventarisatie van BNR blijkt dat Nederlandstalige podcasts waarin desinformatie wordt verkondigt, via streamingsdienst Spotify in ruime mate beschikbaar blijven. Peter Burger, universitair docent journalistiek en factchecker bij NieuwsCheckers, vertelt waarom dit zo kan.

The IGTM workshop "Rules, Regulations, and Regimes in Medieval Religion" (21 June 2023) for graduate students and junior scholars, in which early career scholars have the opportunity to discuss their research with peers and senior referents in an informal setting, takes the 800th anniversary of the…

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Hoe kunnen we sociale cohesie bevorderen in een samenleving die cultureel en religieus divers is?

Wat vragen mensen zich af op social media? Universitair docent Matthijs Westera ontvangt een NWO-beurs om te onderzoeken waarnaar mensen online nieuwsgierig zijn.

Jet Bussemaker, hoogleraar Wetenschap, beleid en maatschappelijke impact in de zorg, schrijft over het herstellen van collectief leren in de praktijk