1,795 search results for “development disease” in the Public website
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Executive deficits in relation to early reading and math development
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PhD: Modeling the mechanical regulation of plant development and regeneration (1.0 FTE)
Science, Mathematical Institute (MI)
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Governance, entrepreneurship and inclusive development
Africa is rising and increasingly seen as a potential market by economic actors from Africa and the rest of the world. What is the interrelationship between governance, entrepreneurship and inclusive development?
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Development of a academic monitoring system for students with learning problems in secondary school
Students with learning problems experience difficulties in reading, writing, and content-area learning into and throughout their secondary-school years
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Microbial Sciences
In Microbial Sciences, we perform multidisciplinary research to understand the structure and function of microbes at all levels of biological organization, from small molecules and cellular structures at atomic resolution to multicellular communities.
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Rule of Law and Development
On 18 May 2011, Dr. Ben Knapen, Minister for European Affairs and International Cooperation, delivered the annual Van Vollenhoven Lecture on “Rule of Law and Development”.
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Translational drug discovery and development
We cover the entire spectrum from target identification to the evaluation of the efficacy and safety of novel medicines in clinical practice.
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Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
We are very happy to welcome you to spend a semester or year studying with us at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology/Development Sociology (CA-DS). Here you will find practical information on studying CA-DS in Leiden as an exchange student.
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Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology is a social science. Anthropologists investigate the ways in which people give meaning to different aspects of their life and the way they interact with each other.
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through Configurational and Mechanistic Lenses: Lessons for Concept Development
Valérie Pattyn, Assistant Professor at Leiden University, researched
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Sensing Transport
Solute carrier (SLC) transporters are a large and diverse class of relatively understudied transmembrane proteins.
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BEAT-COVID team discovers sugar-coated antibodies that predict disease progression
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from 15 departments at Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) realised they could do more for patients if they joined forces. This is how the BEAT-COVID group has been able to rapidly gain knowledge about COVID-19, the role of the immune system and…
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Biomolecular analyses of skeletal remains in the circum-Caribbean across the historical divide (A.D. 1000-1800)
As part of the NEXUS1492 project, this project will use ancient DNA techniques to shed new light on the demographic and health history of the Caribbean and the impact of European colonization on indigenous communities in the region.
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Leiden iGEM team wants to build a kit to diagnose infectious diseases
Fourteen bachelor’s and master’s students are representing Leiden University in this year’s International Genetically Engineered Machine competition (iGEM). Their plan: to create a kit that can be used to quickly identify infectious diseases in case of an outbreak.
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Sex effects on development of brain structure and executive functions: Greater variance than mean effects
This study is the first to directly relate brain development to sex differences and school performance. The results debunk the myth that brain development is slower in boys.
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Chemical biology of sphingolipids: fundamental studies and clinical applications
Overkleeft
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Lab facilities Health, Medical and Neuropsychology
Psycho-physiological studies for health and disease.
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Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
Vulnerability and the associated levels of social resilience is what fascinates the researchers at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology. What links a Japanese fisherman after the tsunami at Fukushima with a Ghanaian goldminer in an increasingly industrialised work environment?…
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Executive deficits, behavioural problems and early reading development
This study tests whether behavioural problems at a young age are related to early reading and mathematics development.
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Predicting dementia
In the future, physicians may be able to identify dementia much earlier than they can today because a computer algorithm will be able to predict from brain scans how our memory is going to develop.
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Mood variability during adolescent development and its relation to sleep and brain development
During adolescence, mood disorder onset peaks. Mood variability is associated with negative mental health outcomes, so understanding biological factors that might be associated with mood variability, such as sleep and structural brain development, could elucidate the mechanisms underlying mood and anxiety…
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Data mining and algorithm development
Due to the modern techniques of combinatorial chemistry and high-throughput screening, data on the biological activity of many millions of compounds is known. However, it is still very difficult to transfer this data into knowledge: if we know that compounds A and B bind to a certain protein with high…
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Research
Central elements in the research activities of all programme group members are: attachment, sensitive caregiving, and prevention and intervention.
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Detecting pediatric cancer with bacteria
Ariane Briegel wants to use bacteria to detect cancer at an early stage. Together with postdoc Alise Muok, she is developing a method to quickly and cheaply test the urine of patients for the presence of suspicious molecules. They receive a grant of approximately 150,000 euros from the Dutch Cancer…
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A pharmacognostic study of Vernonia guineensis Benth. (Asteraceae): bioactivity, safety, and phytochemical analysis
Promotor: Prof.dr. R. Verpoorte, , Co-Promotor: Young Hae Choi
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Peace, Justice and Development (Advanced LL.M.)
The specialization Peace, Justice and Development at Leiden University examines the legislation that governs international relations in a global society.
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Smartmix: A new generation of efficient biomedical research
Can we find and commercialise new treatments for chronic disease that affect our ageing population? And how can we customise this research and development programme to the small but highly-developed Netherlands research economy?
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Rob van Wijk
Science
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Evolution and development of bitterling fish
How has early development in R. ocellatus been modified as a result of its parasitic embryonic lifestyle?
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The development of children in foster care
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cross-contextual media landscape: Children’s digital media use and their social development
For this project we delve into children's digital media use during the transition from kindergarten to group 3 and investigate its impact on their social development.
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redesigning a program using characteristics of effective instructional development
In this research project characteristics of effective instructional development were identified that are appealing to medical teachers and relevant for medical education.
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Kim Stroet
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Alice Kubo
Afrika-Studiecentrum
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Esther Mertens
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Lara Wierenga
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Anne Helder
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Kees Musters
Science
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Szilvia Biro
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Edmund Amann
Faculty of Humanities
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Bart Vogelaar
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Stewart McDowall
Science
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Jiska Peper
Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen
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Simone Rijksen
ICLON
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Career and development - Working at Leiden University
If you have the ambition to continuously develop and grow in your work, then Leiden University is an attractive employer for you.
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Education
The programme group Parenting, Child Care and Development carries out general courses within the field of Education and Child Studies and specialised courses within the field of Child and Family Science.
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Applied Neuroscience in Human Development (MSc)
Are you interested in the neurocognitive and biological roots of learning, behaviour and emotions in children? If so, the programme in Applied Neuroscience in Human Development might be the specialisation you are looking for.
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How the ‘English disease’ turned out to be not so very English after all
A vitamin D deficiency is often associated with smoggy English industrial cities during the Industrial Revolution, but research carried out on skeletons now suggests that the ‘English disease’ was also prevalent in rural areas of the Netherlands. Doctoral defence on 29 January.
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Development of thermostable lyophilized inactivated polio vaccine
The aim of current study was to develop a dried inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) formulation with minimal loss during the drying process and improved stability when compared with the conventional liquid IPV.
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Polyfluorinated bis-styrylbenzenes as amyloid-beta plaque binding ligands
Detection of cerebral beta-amyloid (Abeta) by targeted contrast agents remains of great interest to aid the in vivo diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Bis-styrylbenzenes have been previously reported as potential Abeta imaging agents.