This thesis aims to investigate the effect of tripartite interaction between microbial inoculants, the plant, and herbivore insects on the rhizosphere microbiome and volatilome. We investigated the rhizosphere microbiome and volatilome of tomato plants exposed to insect herbivory and/or inoculated with…

Producing green energy has become the main goal in our society in the search of reducing or eliminating the carbon emission from fossil fuels.

Protein–protein complexes are formed via transient states called encounter complexes that greatly influence the formation of the stereospecific complex.

Plants are colonized by an astounding number of microorganisms that can provide different life-support functions, including nutrient acquisition and protection against (a)biotic stresses like drought or pathogen attack.

Een interuniversitair colloquium wordt georganiseerd aan de Universiteit Namen van 10-12 April 2024. Jonge onderzoekers die werken op het gebied van mobiliteit en interactie in de Maas-Rijn-regio tussen de negende en vijftiende eeuw worden aangemoedigd om een abstract van maximaal 500 woorden in te…

Promotores: Prof.dr. H. van Veen & Prof.dr. W. de Boer (Wageningen University)

Promotores: P.G.L. Klinkhamer, P.M. Brakefield, Co-Promotor: M. Bruinsma

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

The way organisms develop from the initial single-cellular state to a complex final assembly like the human body, and how the final body is maintained throughout life, is one of the greatest mysteries and it’s understanding one of the biggest scientific challenges.

Deze dissertatie onderzoekt de rurale gemeenschappen van de Cananefaten in de periode van 50 tot 300 na Christus.

In this thesis it is posed that the central object of preference discovery is a co-creative process in which the Other can be represented by a machine. It explores efficient methods to enhance introverted intuition using extraverted intuition's communication lines.

We consider the propagation of electrical signals through nerve fibres.

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Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Ubbink

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…

This dissertation contains four works during my PhD. Different biomaterials have been designed based on coiled-coil peptides. These biomaterials have a range of applications, inclusing drug delivery, cell sorting to cell-cell fusion.

Hoe kan de methode om de gecombineerde effecten van metaal-gebaseerde chemische stoffetn te bepalen worden verbeterd?

Het recht van de Europese Unie beïnvloedt direct en indirect de reikwijdte van strafrechtelijke aansprakelijkheid in Nederland. Die beïnvloeding heeft betekenis voor het materieelrechtelijk legaliteitsbeginsel.

Breeding for resistance becomes more and more important because we want to reduce the use of pesticides. A fast and cheap alternative can be to make use of morphological or chemical markers.

In meta-analysis, heterogeneity often exists between studies. In such cases, it is essential to investigate the sources of heterogeneity and understand the relationship between effect size and study characteristics (i.e., moderators).

Welke rol spelen ouder-kind interacties bij het ontstaan, in stand houden en de behandeling van depressieve klachten van jongeren?

Hoe voed je je kinderen op met kennis over ras, huidskleuren en racisme? Steeds meer ouders willen hun kind antiracistisch opvoeden en weten niet hoe of waar te beginnen. Het Parool belicht het onderwerp waarvoor Prof.dr. Judi Mesman, hoogleraar Diversiteit in opvoeding en ontwikkeling, wordt geïnte…

In photoactivated chemotherapy (PACT), a biologically active compound is caged by a light-cleavable protecting group.

‘Kinderen zien geen kleur’ is een illusie, zeggen experts. Hoogleraar in de interdisciplinaire studie van maatschappelijke uitdagingen Judi Mesman werd geïnterviewd door NU.nl om haar expertise te delen inzake het praten met kinderen over racisme en discriminatie. Prof.dr. Mesman onderzoekt de rol van…

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This thesis is about augmented reality (AR). AR is commonly considered a technology that integrates virtual images into a user’s view of the real world.

Hoe worden nachtruimtes verbeeld, geproduceerd, ervaren en verteld door migrantengemeenschappen in Europa? Dit onderzoeksproject onderzoekt deze vraag in acht Europese steden: Aarhus, Amsterdam, Berlijn, Cork, Galway, Lissabon, Londen en Rotterdam.

Promotors: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Prof.dr. H. Leirs (Univ. Antwerpen)

Mechanical interactions between cells and their environment play an important role in many biological processes.

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Supramolecular polymers are class of materials that are formed by non-covalent interactions such as hydrogen bonding, π-π interactions, electrostatic interactions and the hydrophobic effect.

Promotor: Prof.dr. B.R. Katzy

S.S. Kolipaka’s thesis questions and investigates the survival prospects of reintroduced tigers and their offspring’s in the human dominated landscape of Panna tiger reserve in India.

Promotor: Prof.dr. P.G.L Klinkhamer, Co-promotor: K. Vrieling

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.

Promotores: F.H.J. Redig, W.T.F. den Hollander

Het seminar op 30 november jl. over schijnconstructies en intra EU arbeidsmigranten trok veel belangstellenden en was een succes. Deze bijeenkomst werd georganiseerd vanuit het onderzoeksproject Solidarity under Strain (SOLID), onderdeel van de Research Focus Area 'Interaction between Legal Systems…

Twaalf Leidse onderzoekers ontvangen restgelden in het kader van ILS 2.0. Met dit onderzoeksgeld kunnen zij zich richten op het voorbereiden van subsidievoorstellen en het ontwikkelen van nieuwe onderzoekslijnen.

Naarmate kinderen in de schoolse leeftijd komen, worden ze steeds zelfstandiger. De interacties die kinderen hebben met hun ouders, hebben een belangrijke invloed op deze ontwikkeling. Het promotieonderzoek van orthopedagoog Andrea Spruijt suggereert dat adaptief ouderlijk gedrag gerelateerd is aan…

Consequences for sediment stability and seston trapping

Promotor: J.G.E.M. Fraaije, Co-Promotor: A. Kros

Promotor: Prof.dr. V. Icke, Co-Promotor: T.I. Madura

The availability of indicators based on social media has opened the possibility to track the online interactions between social media users and scholarly entities.

Solar energy is used by photosynthetic organisms to drive energy required cellular processes. Is absorbed by two groups of pigments, located in the LHCs.

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

Lysosomal acid glucosylceramidase (GBA1) is a lysosomal enzyme that degrades glucolipids with its main substrate being glucosylceramide (GlcCer). Defects in the GBA1 gene lead to glycosphingolipidosis Gaucher disease (GD), in which the hydrolysis of GlcCer is impaired and therefore, it accumulates in…

Plant-microbe interaction resulted in different physio/chemical responses by host plant and interacting rhizobacteria.