Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Prof.dr. G.A. Persoon, Co-promotor: H.H. de Iongh

Promotor: Prof.dr. T. Hankemeier, Prof.dr. J.C.T. Eijkel (Twente University)

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

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo

This thesis aims to improve the detection from ultra-weak single emitter by enhancing their emission properties with plasmonic nanostructures. We exploit the wet-chemically synthesized single crystalline gold nanorods (GNRs) as our basic frameworks in the whole studies, simply because of their unique…

Promotor: S.J. Edixhoven, Co-promotor: R.S. de Jong

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…

Promotor: H.V.J. Linnartz

This dissertation investigates the energy and material related impacts of the transition towards a low-carbon heating system in the Netherlands, in the context of its 2050 climate and circular economy policy goals.

Antibiotic resistance, caused by widespread use of antibiotics, leads to bacterial infections that are difficult, if not impossible, to treat and is a major worldwide health concern.

Promotor: P.J.J. Hooykaas, Co-Promotores: P.B.F. Ouwerkerk, M. Wang

The haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) comprise about 4000 species distributed over a wide range of habitats, with great gametophytic and sporophytic morphological variation. Their monophyly is well supported by the results of several molecular phylogenetic studies, which shed light on their relationships…

Optical projection tomography (OPT) is a tomographic 3D imaging technique used for specimens in the millimetre scale.

This dissertation studies the Asymptotics of Bayesian nonparametric inference for Gaussian linear models.

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

Drug induced organ toxicity is the main problem of the drug development and drug usage in the clinic. The liver and kidneys are the most sensitive organs towards drug induced toxicity.

Promotores: W. Jiskoot, F. Ossendorp

The recently introduced nature-originated deep eutectic solvents, so-called natural deep eutectic solvents (NADES) are considered as truly green solvents, which composed of natural ingredients found abundantly in organisms.

An interdisciplinary collection of the best international scholarship on Muslim youth.

The type-IV secretion system (T4SS) is a machinery able to transfer DNA and proteins between bacteria and in certain cases also to eukaryotic cells.

The glycosylation reaction is a pivotal reaction in creating new and complex oligosaccharides.

Kunnen we van quantum-verrassingen quantum toepassingen maken? Kunnen we het leven onderzoeken en opbouwen vanuit de nano-schaal?

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.P. Abrahams, Prof.dr. M. van Heel

Multicopper oxidase, laccase, can efficiently reduce oxygen to water and are mostly used in the enzymatic biofuel cells.

Promotores: K.J. Batenburg, B. Koren

The soil-dwelling, filamentous bacteria of the genus Streptomyces are renowned for their production of useful secondary metabolites including antibiotics. The work described in this thesis provides new insights on the role and regulation of antibiotic production and resistance in these bacteria.

Het schema hieronder geeft het curriculum weer van het eenjarige fulltime programma van de master Health, Ageing and Society in collegejaar 2024-2025.

In this Ph.D. thesis we study the interaction of low energy electrons with thin materials, namely layered materials (graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, molybdenum disulfide) and organic films. At these low energies the quantum mechanical wavelength of the electron wave function is in the order of a…

More than 5,000 exoplanets have been found over the past couple of decades. These exoplanets show a tremendous diversity, ranging from scorching hot Jupiters, common super-Earths, to widely separated super-Jupiters on the planet/brown dwarf boundary.

The research described in this thesis focused on the use of bioorthogonal antigens to investigate immunological processes in antigen presenting cells. Bioorthogonal antigens are antigenic proteins produced through recombinant expression in a methionine auxotrophic E. coli strain.

Building a Deep Cross-media Transfer Network to extract visual relations that relieve the problem of insufficient training data for visual tasks.

This thesis investigates the contribution of quantum computers to machine learning, a field called Quantum Machine Learning. Quantum Machine Learning promises innovative perspectives and methods for solving complex problems in machine learning, leveraging the unique capabilities of quantum computers…

Actinobacteria are well known for the production of bioactive natural products, many of which have applications in the fields of human, animal and plant health. Subject of this thesis are the anthracyclines, glycosylated aromatic polyketides with potent anticancer activity.

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De Scriptieprijs 18e Eeuw gaat dit jaar naar alumna Literary Studies Azinat Abubakari. Haar helder geschreven scriptie over de wisselwerking tussen gender en ras in Franse literaire werken uit de late achttiende en vroege negentiende eeuw gooide hoge ogen.

Promotores: R. Tijdeman, K.J. Batenburg

This study’s main aim is to test whether children’s learning behaviour explains why they do not benefit from a literate environment.

Op woensdag 30 november 2016 promoveert Florentin Blanc op zijn proefschrift 'From Chasing Violations to Managing Risks Origins'. De verdediging vindt plaats om 11.15 uur in het Academiegebouw van Universiteit Leiden. De promotor is professor Wim Voermans.

In this thesis, several aspects of software debugging from automated crash reproduction to bug report analysis and use of contracts have been studied.

The LUGO Press is a student publication forum, rooted in academia and journalistic practices and published by the Leiden University Green Office.

Around the world, mindfulness has become big business. This course combines conventional scholarly inquiry from multiple disciplines with experiential learning to provide a responsible, comprehensive, and inclusive education about mindfulness as a contemporary phenomenon.

Deze opleiding biedt de mogelijkheid om onderzoek op moleculair, cellulair en organismaal niveau te verenigen, maar biedt ook de mogelijkheid om je te specialiseren op één van deze niveaus.

Oud-studenten Bruno en Plym namen afgelopen jaar deel aan de Nationale Denktank. Samen met 20 andere studenten of net-afgestudeerden bogen ze zich vier maanden over de toekomst van onze digitale samenleving. ‘Je leert in vier maanden zo veel, zowel aan praktische vaardigheden als over jezelf.’

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Studenten die zich ook artistiek willen ontwikkelen kunnen een jaar lang een kunstklas – Practicum Artium - volgen aan de Koninklijke Academie voor Beeldende Kunsten (KABK) in Den Haag. ‘Hier leer ik onderwerpen op een visuele manier te benaderen.’

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Marieke Bloembergen is per 1 november 2018 benoemd tot hoogleraar Archival and Postcolonial Studies bij de afdeling Colonial and Global History van het Instituut voor Geschiedenis.

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Hoe kunnen we sociale cohesie bevorderen in een samenleving die cultureel en religieus divers is?