SEAtrans: an interdisciplinary research project that aims at studying the dynamics and processes of transitions in society-nature interactions in Southeast Asian societies.

What is the population size/structure and distribution of tiger and leopard inside the Bardia National Park (BNP) compared with the population outside? What is the movement and home range and conflict pattern in time and space of tigers and leopards inside the BNP compared with outside? What constitutes…

Promotores: Prof.dr. H.P. Spaink & Prof.dr. P.C.W. Hogendoorn Co-promotor: Dr. M.J.M. Schaaf

The research group Science Communication and Society aims to understand how science communication works to improve the interaction between science and society. Central themes are ‘Bridging the gap between experts and the general public’ and ‘Evaluating Science Communication’.

Promotor: C.J. ten Cate, Co-promotor: H.W. Slabbekoorn

What invertebrates live in the fields and edges? Do the populations change with landscape complexity?

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.J.A. Rottgering

De Faculteit Geesteswetenschappen beslaat een groot wetenschappelijk vakgebied. Wat is de gemene deler van al deze wetenschappers en studenten? Zij vertellen hun verhaal en de impact in de documentaire 'Wij zijn Geesteswetenschappen'.

Promotor: Prof.dr. D. Bouwmeester, Co-Promotor: M.J.A. de Dood

In this thesis, bioorthogonal chemistry is combined with correlative light-electron microscopy to selectively label and study pathogenic intracellular bacteria within the host immune cell.

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-promotor: J.B.F. Juurlink

Promotor: D. Bouwmeester, Co-promotor: D. Kraft

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are the most abundant class of organic compounds in space. The PAH field evolves from the constant interaction between experimentalists, theorists, modellers and observers. While laboratory research and quantum chemical calculations together set up the molecular…

The Sun and all the stars in the night sky reside in the Milky Way galaxy. In the at-rest reference frame of the Galaxy, typical stars travel with velocities of about 100-200 kilometres per second.

Promotor: T.H. Oosterkamp

Promotor: P.G.L. Klinkhamer, Co-Promotores: K. Vrieling, P.P.J. Mulder

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.P. van Wezel

Op 19 mei 2016 verdedigt Rosmarijn van Kleef haar proefschrift getiteld: Liability of football clubs for supporters’ misconduct. A study into the interaction between disciplinary regulations of sports organisations and civil law'.

Heart failure is a major health care problem with high mortality.

The plant hormone auxin regulates plant growth and development through polar cell-to-cell transport-generated maxima and minima. PIN FORMED (PIN) auxin efflux carriers determine the direction of this auxin flow through their asymmetric placement on the plasma membrane (PM).

Mechanical metamaterials are carefully engineered materials whose properties are controlled by their structure, not by their composition, which allows using metamaterials to study and control physical effects in detail⁠.

In this dissertation, the synthesis and characterization of a series of iron complexes based on different ligand platforms are described.

Humans and songbirds learn their vocalizations early in life by exposure to the vocalizations of adult conspecifics. Often, better learning outcomes are achieved with live, social, tutors than with audio-only exposure to vocalizations.

Promotores: A.H. Meijer, H.P. Spaink

Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel

This thesis is a collection of experimental attempts to enhance photoluminescence of fluorescent molecules and quantum dots with single gold nanorods (GNRs) and relevant applications.

Het onderzoek van eLaw sluit vooral (maar niet uitsluitend) aan bij het facultaire onderzoeksprogramma Effective Protection of Fundamental Rights in a Pluralist World. De centrale onderzoeksvraag van dit programma is: welke kansen en bedreigingen vloeien voort uit de institutionele en normatieve diversiteit…

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Ubbink

High-angular-resolution observations of the circumstellar material have uncovered numerous and very diverse substructures in protoplanetary discs, raising the question of whether they are caused by forming planets or other mechanisms.

Promotor: F.H.J. Redig, Co-Promotor: W.T.F. den Hollander

The aim of this thesis is to develop and study a robust and adaptable scaffold for supramolecular polymer self-assembly in water.

During my PhD research, I studied the photon statistics of light emitted by a microcavity that contains a single quantum dot (QD) on resonance.

The overall objectives of my thesis are to investigate the dynamics of the sorghum root microbiome and to explore the beneficial effects of the root microbiome on sorghum growth and stress tolerance.

Promotores: J. Jonkers, K.E. de Visser

In this PhD-thesis several new and existing data science application are described that are particularly focused on applications for tax administrations.

Principles of Environmental Sciences provides a comprehensive picture of the principles, concepts and methods that are applicable to problems originating from the interaction between the living and non-living environment and mankind. Both the analysis of such problems and the way solutions to environmental…

Source: Structure , Volume 22, Issue 8, pp. 1120-1139 (2014)

Detecting nanoscopic objects plays an important role in nanoscience in particular, in the rapidly growing field of nanobiology. The forebear to modern super-resolution microscopy for single molecule investigation, is fluorescence microscopy.

This thesis addresses the chemical processes that determine the compositions of giant planet atmospheres.

The investigations described in this thesis lay out strategies aimed at advancing antibiotic research and development. The examples presented revolve around two main approaches: understanding drug-target interactions and target identification.

Promotores: A.P. IJzerman, H.W.T. van Vlijmen

Synthesis and application of chemical biology tools to study immunomodulatory signaling lipids.

Promotor: A. Kros

Glycoconjugate vaccines are composed of microbial poly- or oligosaccharides covalently linked to a carrier protein.

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.

Autophagy is a fundamental degradative process, maintaining cellular homeostasis and functions in host defense against intracellular pathogens, including mycobacteria and Salmonella.

Of all the mass in our Universe, 80% is thought to consist of a hypothetical and invisible substance called dark matter (DM).

Acute cardiovascular clinical events such as myocardial infarction and cerebral stroke represent the major cause of death in Western societies. These pathologies are primarily resulting from atherosclerosis, a progressive condition characterized by the accumulation of lipids, immune cells, and fibrous…

Molecular materials have been a subject of interest in fundamental research and applications for decades, and have been studied as bulk crystals, (thin) films and as individual molecules, due to the large variety in their properties. This dissertation explores pentacene crystals near the two-dimensional…