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

Op 17 november 2021 verdedigde Cyril-Igor Grigorieff het proefschrift 'The Regime for International Air Carrier Liability'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. P. Mendes de Leon en prof.dr. V. Correia (University Paris Saclay).

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-promotor: L. Juurlink

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

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.

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

This thesis describes the use of bioorthogonal proteins in immunological settings. It provides an introduction towards the field of protein modification, which was used throughout the thesis for the expression of proteins containing unnatural amino acids.

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.

This thesis discusses several questions regarding the double ramification cycle as a Chow class on the moduli space of stable n-pointed genus g curves using tools from so-called logarithmic geometry.

Galaxy intrinsic alignments induce a major astrophysical contamination to weak gravitational lensing measurements and need to be modelled and mitigated when extracting cosmological information from such measurements.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M.L. van Hecke, Co-Promotor: V. Vitelli

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.J.M de Groot, Co-Promotor: A. Alia

In this work the reconstruction of a tau neutrino signal in the KM3NeT detector is discussed.

Promotor: T.J. Aartsma, Co-promotor: R.N. Frese

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).

Special Issue in: Visual Anthropology, Volume 29, Issue 3, 2016

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

The first direct detection of gravitational waves opened the possibility of mapping the Universe via this new and independent messenger.

All life on earth contains DNA, which is used to store biological information. Organisms compact their DNA in order for it to fit inside their cell(s).

The complexity of an intelligence problem determines to a great extent the certainty that can be provided by intelligence and security services.

This thesis explores the theoretical and observational properties of distant massive galaxies that harbour active black holes in their centres and shine brightly at radio wavelengths.

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

PUMA aims at composing a geological map of the urban mine of Amsterdam for a selection of metals. Where are main deposits of copper, iron and aluminium located, when will they become available for secondary production, in what state and shape are they?

The thesis deals with the study of giant radio galaxies (GRGs), which are radio galaxies of megaparsec sizes.

An algorithm is discussed to compute the exponential representation of principal units in a finite extension field F of the p-adic rationals.

Kamerlid Mona Keijzer zei op 17 mei in televisieprogramma ‘Sophie & Jeroen’ dat ‘antisemitisme bijna onderdeel is van de islamitische cultuur’. In EW reageert hoogleraar Maurits Berger op haar uitspraak.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M.L. van Heck, Co-Promotor: B.P. Tighe

Het Leidse Bio Science Park (BSP) wordt de komende jaren een echte campus. Met meer woningen en prettige ontmoetingsplekken waar wetenschappers, studenten en ondernemers plannen kunnen maken.

In dit artikel gaan Joris Larik en Richard Ponzio in op het belang van de Summit of the Future om multilaterale samenwerking een nieuw leven in te blazen en te versterken in een tijdperk van toenemende concurrentie tussen de grootmachten.

In today's volatile market environments, companies must be able to continuously innovate. In this context, innovation does not only refer to the development of new products or business models but often also affects the entire organization, which has to transform its structures, processes, and ways of…

Glucocorticoids (GCs) are widely prescribed as anti-inflammatory drugs due to their well-established immunosuppressive effects.

An account of the total of material flows going in, out and through Amsterdam.

Promotores: Prof.dr. A.G.G.M. Tielens, Prof.dr. L.B.F.M. Waters (UvA), Prof.dr. C. Dominik (UvA)

De Sociaal-Democratische Arbeiderspartij (SDAP) was een politiek experiment. Bij haar oprichting in 1894 hadden de meeste leden geen stemrecht, de leiders geen politieke ervaring en stond de organisatievorm nog in de kinderschoenen. Wie lid werd, zette bovendien zijn geld, goede naam en baan op het…

Dit boek, samengesteld door voormalig BVD-historicus Dick Engelen en historicus Constant Hijzen, geeft een overzicht van lokaties in Nederland die in de twintigste eeuw iets te maken hebben gehad met spionage en geheime diensten uit binnen- en buitenland.

Boek over de totstandkoming van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden, onder redactie van onder andere Henk te Velde.

​Het Verre gezicht biedt de lezer een fraaie staalkaart van de politieke en culturele relaties tussen Nederland en Azië, Afrika en Amerika.

Bart van der Boom, ''Wij weten niets van hun lot'. Gewone Nederlanders en de Holocaust' (2012).

We have conducted a full spectral line survey of the 3-13 micron region of two massive protostars, AFGL 2591 and AFGL 2136, for the first time at high spectral resolution.

Political scientist Matthew Longo (Leiden University) takes a detailed look at the evolution of border security in the United States after 9/11. Far from the walls and fences that dominate the news, he reveals borders to be thick, multi-faceted and binational institutions that have evolved greatly in…

In this dissertation several settings in the Online Learning framework are studied. The first chapter serves as an introduction to the relevant settings in Online Learning and in the subsequent chapters new results and insights are given for both full-information and bandit information settings.

Promotores: C. J. ten Cate; M. A. Ainslie. Co-promotor: W. Slabbekoorn

In this course, you will learn about sustainability and staying with the environmental boundaries of our planet. You will gain an understanding of the effects of growing affluence and population growth, the key challenges we are facing, and ways to influence your direct environment.

This conference explores how reading experiences were shaped both by producers and users of vernacular books. By adopting an international and interdisciplinary perspective (combining book history, literary history, art history, religious studies, and history of knowledge) it aims to contribute to the…

In this thesis, topics relating to the optimization of high-throughput pipelines used for imaging are discussed. In particular, different levels of implementation, i.e., conceptual, software, and hardware, are discussed and the thesis outlines how advances on each level need to be made to make gains…

Vanaf de koloniale tijd tot heden hebben grote aantallen Javanen hun woonplaats verlaten om zich in andere delen van Indonesië of veel verder weg te vestigen. Vaak was deze spreiding gedwongen, vaak met traumatische gevolgen.

Op 11 februari 2020 verdedigde Clara van Dam haar proefschrift 'Guidance documents of the European Commission in the Dutch legal order'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. W. den Ouden en prof.dr. J.E. van den Brink (UvA).

Op 24 juni 2021 verdedigde Jing Zhang zijn proefschrift 'The Rationale of Publicity in the Law of Corporeal Movables and Claims'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. H.J. Snijders en dr. J.A. van der Weide.