This book focuses on transnationalism as a key concept to evaluate how Europe responds to cross-border security challenges.

In this thesis, we aim to shed light on the diverse and often opposing roles of integrin α3β1 in cancer.

The outbreaks of AIDS and COVID-19 showed clearly how infectious viruses can influence people’s lives. Investigating the changes in the host metabolism may provide a paradigm shift to consider immune-metabolic interactions as therapeutic targets.

The field of science communication is very broad. Below is a list of organisations where SCS students can fulfill internships or where alumni have found jobs.

Promotor: Prof.dr. H.J.M. de Groot, Co-promotor: Francesco Buda

Promotor: G. A. van der Marel, Co-promotor: D. V. Filippov

Promotores: Prof.dr. G.F.A Kersten, Prof dr. J.A. Bouwstra

In the traditional theory of linear elasticity, superposition dictates that the response of a material does not depend on the sequence of the applied mechanical actuations.

Explaining treatment response variability between and within patients can support treatment and dosing optimization, to improve treatment of individual patients.

The intracluster medium (ICM) is a hot, tenuous and X-ray emitting gas that pervades galaxy clusters.

Promotor: H.S. Overkleeft, Co-promotor: M. van der Stelt

Dissochaeta Blume (Melastomataceae, tribe Dissochaeteae) is well-known as a scrambling plant genus found in Southeast Asia, where it is an inhabitant of the tropical rainforests or evergreen forests.

This thesis covers various applications of topology in condensed matter physics and quantum information.

Promotors: Prof.dr. E. Bouwman, Prof.dr. E. Drent

This thesis focuses on amyloid proteins, a class of proteins that convert into amyloid fibrils.

Over the past years it has been discovered that the population of extra-solar planets is large and diverse.

Promotor: K.H. Kuijken

In this thesis, we consider various (electro)chemical phenomena at surfaces and nanoparticles and their underlying atomistic processes, which we studied using first-principles methods such as density functional theory.

Promotor: W. Jiskoot, Co-promotor: A. Kros

This thesis concerns the relation bettween the good reduction of Shimura varieties and the associated loop groups.

The thesis focuses on synthesis strategies in oligosaccharide campaigns, and the influence of protecting groups.

My PhD research is devoted to studies of the conjectural cluster-algebraic symmetry in the theory of topological string, which is the simplest, however already non-trivial sector in the theory of string.

This thesis focused on the exploration of monolayer graphene as a membrane in direct methanol fuel cell (DMFC) applications, with improvements achieved through plasma exposure or damage- free chemical functionalization.

This thesis has three main parts. The first part gives an algorithm to compute Hilbert modular polynomials for ordinary abelian varieties with maximal real multiplication. Hilbert modular polynomials of a given level b give a way of finding all of the abelian varieties that are b-isogeneous to any given…

This thesis describes the design, synthesis, and immunological evaluation of varying (neo)antigenic peptide conjugates containing either a TLR2 or a TLR7 agonist.

This thesis is about cosmological inflation and its relation to observations.

Migration imposes special pressures on the meaning, experience and organization of lifecycle rituals. These pressures are felt most strongly by Muslim migrants to Western Europe. In this innovative study, Nathal M. Dessing examines the effects of migration on the life cycle rituals of Moroccan, Turkish…

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Franx, Co-Promotor: Rychard Bouwens

This thesis deals with the use of sound in interactions in the context of participatory systems and data sonification. We investigate an interactive environment where participants perceive information of the data through sound elements.

Promotores: P. Stevenhagen, L. van Geemen Co-promotor: R.M. van Luijk

Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is the substrate used for the introduction of the ubiquitous and highly dynamic PTM in which either one or multiple adenosine diphosphate ribose (ADPr) moieties are covalently attached to a nucleophilic side chain of an specific amino acid in the target protein…

Neuraminidases are enzymes that cleave glycosidic linkages of sialic acid. These enzymes are involved in influenza infections as well as in many cellular processes in mammals and micro-organisms.

In this thesis, we developed new ways to use a technique called electroextraction (EE) to extract charged molecules from one liquid into another using an electric field.

The ideas underlying this thesis are that lipidomics may improve the diagnosis of liver metabolic diseases, and can provide further insights into the underlying pathophysiology of these diseases.

In this thesis, we have studied cell images from two types of cells, including pollen grains and the immune cells, neutrophils. These images are captured using a bright field microscope and a confocal microscope.

Rembrandtroute ter gelegenheid van het 444-jarig bestaan van de Universiteit Leiden en het Rembrandtjaar 2019. Met speciale dank aan Germanisches Nationalmuseum (Neurenberg), The Leiden Collection (New York), Museum De Lakenhal (Leiden), Mauritshuis (Den Haag), Rijksmuseum/Musée du Louvre (Amsterdam/Parijs),…

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This thesis pioneers diatom molecular identification and quantification through genome-scale methods, with four key aims: (i) reviewing DNA/RNA sequencing methods in aquatic biomonitoring to highlight their strengths and limitations;

'Samen. Dat is het sleutelwoord van de politieke communicatie, als we over een tijdje terugkijken op de coronacrisis', zegt Arco Timmermans. 'Juist in deze tijd is het hebben van bondgenoten van groot belang.'

Women In International Security (WIIS) is a global organisation dedicated to advancing the leadership and professional development of women in the field of international peace and security. As part of her research on women, peace and security, Dr. Vanessa Newby at the Institute for Security and Global…

Besluitvormers in de publieke sector opereren te midden van een overvloed aan informatie en onduidelijke politieke doelstellingen. Aandacht is de sine qua non van beleidsvorming: waar aandacht voor is kan geadresseerd worden in beleidsoplossingen; wat over het hoofd gezien wordt niet. Ondanks het belang…

De onderzoekers van het Brain and Education Lab kijken naar de cognitieve processen en hersenmechanismen die belangrijk zijn voor leren en schoolprestaties in kinderen, adolescenten en volwassenen. De onderzoekers maken gebruik van theorieën en methoden uit de ontwikkelingspsychologie, de onderwijswetenschappen…

Brussel heeft al jaren een grote invloed op het beleid van gemeenten, provincies en het rijk, en dat is nog steeds zo. Ben je dagelijks bezig met het beïnvloeden van besluitvorming en regelgeving door overheid, bedrijfsleven of maatschappelijke organisaties? Wanneer, waar en bij wie moet je aankloppen…

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Congres/symposium, Symposium

Met meer dan 200 deelnemers was de eerste dag van het Multidisciplinary International Symposium on Disinformation in Open Online Media (MISDOOM) een groot succes. Met onderzoekers en professionals uit de communicatiewetenschap, mediastudies, computerwetenschappen, datawetenschappen en journalisten en…