What physics controls the properties of quantum matter, such as how electrons flow inside high-temperature superconductors? This question has captivated the physics community and industry for decades, in part due to the great technological potential such materials have, but also because they have resisted…

Acute cardiovascular syndromes, including myocardial infarction or stroke, are the principal cause of death in the Western society. The main underlying pathology of cardiovascular diseases is atherosclerosis, which is caused by the accumulation of lipids and inflammatory cells in the vessel wall, in…

Freshwater is an important resource, but at a great risk of species decline due to habitat loss, pollution and over-exploitation, and invasive alien species.

The origin and evolution of galaxies are closely tied to the cyclic feedback processes between stars and the interstellar medium (ISM).

Promotor: C.A.M.J.J. van den Hondel, Co-promotor: Sandra de Weert

In this thesis, we present new laboratory data of interstellar dust analogues.

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

The stratum corneum is the outermost skin layer and consists of dead cells embedded in a lipid matrix.

In deze publicatie worden problemen met betrekking tot de grensoverschrijdende afwikkeling van financiële instellingen onderzocht.

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Danhof, Co-promotor: O.E. Della Pasqua

The global agri-food system plays a critical role in food security and environmental issues.

This article examines how immigration from Central and Eastern Europe influences political support for Eurosceptic parties.

Het WARN-project heeft als doel te begrijpen waarom sommige waarschuwingen niet effectief genoeg zijn of niet tijdig de juiste besluitvormers bereiken om een crisis af te wenden.

Irene Khan, expert op het gebied van mensenrechten, werpt een aantal vragen op: Wat kan men verstaan onder een ‘Culture of Justice’? Wie bepaalt wat 'Justice' is? Hoe realistisch is de bevordering van ‘Rule of Law’ en ‘Justice’ in landen waar sprake is van ernstige conflictsituaties en armoede?

Dit proefschrift betreft een interpretatief onderzoek naar de wijze waarop leraren hun dagelijkse leraar-leerling interacties interpreteren in termen van het belang van hun leerlingen.

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In this PhD study, I aim to deepen our understanding of the influence of major mycorrhizal types, namely arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) and ectomycorrhizae (EM), on the global soil carbon cycle and their potential distribution changes under future environmental shifts.

Promotor: A.H. Meijer, Co-promotor: B.E. Snaar-Jagalska

This thesis focuses on the social dimensions of crane and wetland conservation in rural landscapes in Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

This thesis aimed to investigate core cross-linked polymeric micelles (CCPMs) and expand their potential for the delivery of hydrophobic drugs and co-factors.

Van Romarechten in Gent tot aan de comeback van Afrikaanse mode in Ghana. De documentaires van Visual Ethnography studenten laten een prachtige diverse wereld zien. Op UNESCO Dag van het Audiovisueel Erfgoed zetten we ze graag in de schijnwerpers.

De Leidse Universiteit heeft een lange en waardevolle traditie in de Papyrologie.

Overzicht van de voornaamste onderzoeksprojecten van het Leids Papyrologisch Instituut.

Geesteswetenschappen, Institute for Area Studies

Women Writing Mexico (WWM) is a network of women and men concerned with the human rights crisis in Mexico and more specifically, with the impact of structural forms of poverty, everyday violence, and discrimination based on gender, race, social class, and ethnicity, that particularly have an impact…

Tijdens een feestelijke virtuele bijeenkomst op 8 december werd Cisca Hoogendijk ter gelegenheid van haar 65ste verjaardag verrast met een feestbundel, met als editors haar oud-studenten aan het Leids Papyrologisch Instituut Joanne Stolk (Gent/Oslo) en Guus van Loon (Wenen).

It is time for the fifth lecture in the series Manuscript Mondays. We shall have two speakers. Jesse Keskiaho (University of Helsinki, Finland) will start with a talk about the soul. In the second talk Evina Steinova will tell us more about the medieval encyclopaedia. The talks will be followed by a…

Leiden University Research & Innovation Services (LURIS), de afdeling van de Universiteit Leiden en het LUMC die de valorisatie van het wetenschappelijk onderzoek stimuleert en in goede banen leidt, presenteert op 28 oktober het boek Focus on the Appliance of Science from Leiden. Dat laat vanuit diverse…

Solliciteer nu voor de LUCIS Summer School on Philology and Manuscripts from the Muslim world. De summer school vindt plaats in Leiden van dinsdag 15 augustus 2017 tot en met vrijdag 25 augustus 2017. Solliciteren kan tot vrijdag 16 juni 2017.

In deze publicatie worden problemen met betrekking tot de grensoverschrijdende afwikkeling van financiële instellingen onderzocht.

Many of our department’s staff members are actively involved in the Empirical Legal Studies lab and strive towards publishing impactful empirical legal research.

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In this study the flows of PVC and its additives through the Swedish Society were followed from the cradle to the grave (from production to waste treatment).

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

Particles are omnipresent in biopharmaceutical products. In protein-based therapeutics such particles are generally associated with impurities, either derived from the drug product itself (e.g. protein aggregates), or from extrinsic contaminations (e.g. cellulose fibers).

The name ‘Jambi flora’ refers to fossil plants found as part of a rock formation from the Early Permian (296 million years old), located in the Jambi Province of Sumatra, Indonesia.

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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.

The aim of this project was to estimate emissions from lead products-in-use for the past, the present and the future and assess the development of toxicological risks associated with these products.

Microbiome composition of the spermosphere and the rhizosphere of wild and modern bean accessions grown in an agricultural and a native soil from Colombia was characterized by metagenomics and cultivation-dependent approaches.

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

Investigating epistemic and ethical practices in medical experimentation on humans in the colonial period in Southeast Asia.