Promotor: J. Zaanen

Promotor: A.P.IJzerman, Co-Promotor: L.H. Heitman

The formation of stars and planets happens over multiple scales, which can interact. In particular, planet formation happens in the dense, complex environment of star forming regions.

Promotores: Prof.dr. M. Franx, Prof.dr. M. Kriek (Univ. of California at Berkeley)

Promotor: M. Ubbink, Co-Promotor: R. T. Dame

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…

Promotor: Prof.dr. C.U. Keller

Promotor: T. Hankemeier, Co-promotor: R.J. Vreeken

Alledaagse taal uit het verleden kennen wij nauwelijks, maar taalkundig onderzoek van een unieke brievencollectie opent perspectieven. Buitgemaakte brieven van mannen, vrouwen en zelfs kinderen stonden centraal in het Leidse Brieven als Buit-project onder leiding van prof. dr. Marijke van der Wal, dat…

Material circularity and energy efficiency are highly relevant and intertwined issues for the transition towards a carbon-neutral and circular built environment. In the Netherlands, the building sector has been rendered a priority towards a circular and low-carbon society.

Leo Lucassen (hoogleraar Sociale Geschiedenis, Leiden University Institute for History) is onlangs op voordracht van de afdeling Geschiedenis en Archeologie van de Academia Europaea lid geworden van deze Europese academie voor wetenschappen.

This thesis examines the impacts and challenges of water use of electric power system. This thesis found that there are large differences in water use of electricity technologies, with hydropower and thermal power being two large water users.

Vast, often populated, areas in dryland ecosystems face the dangers of desertification.

Streptomyces are prolific producers of enzymes and secondary metabolites, including more than 50% of all clinical antibiotics. This makes them highly attractive for medical, biotechnological, and industrial purposes.

Chapter 1,contains the numerical verification of the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture for hundreds of Jacobians of hyperelliptic curves of genus 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Songbirds as vocal learners learn their songs and song preference from social tutors⁠. Tutor choice for both song and preference learning are important to characterize for understanding individual learning performance and cultural transmission of song⁠.

This course explores international arbitration as one of the most common methods of international dispute settlement. You will gain an in-depth understanding of international arbitration through the analysis of its role as a mechanism of dispute settlement, its institutions, the fields of law it is…

Unconstrained day-to-day activities are difficult to quantify and how the corresponding movements shape the brain remain unclear. Read more

Promotor: A.P. IJzerman Co-promotor: L.H. Heitman

Promotores: T.H. Oosterkamp, N. de Jonge

Promotor: G.P. van Wezel, Co-Promotor: E. Vijgenboom

This work describes several studies into the electroreduction of carbon dioxide (CO2RR), both regarding mechanistical aspects and catalyst stability considerations. Mechanistic insights into carbon-carbon bond formation on a silver catalyst are described in Ch 2, were we find an acetaldehyde-like surface…

Moritz Jesse, Universitair Hoofddocent Europees Recht aan het Europa Instituut, heeft zijn boek “The Civic Citizens of Europe: The Legal Potential for Immigrant Integration in the EU, Belgium, Germany, and the United Kingdom

This thesis investigated miniaturized mass spectrometry (MS)-based analytical methods to address challenges in analyzing biomass-restricted biological samples.

Vijftig studenten verzamelden zich vrijdag 27 november in het pand van BioPartner op het Leiden Bio Science Park (BSP) voor de eerste BSP-Excursie. De studenten kregen de hele dag een uniek kijkje in de keuken bij zes bedrijven. Lokt het bedrijfsleven na het afstuderen?

Enforcement of group cooperation fails because of discriminatory punishment, according to research by Welmer Molenmaker and colleagues. When group members have different backgrounds, punishment turns into a double-edged sword: no longer used just to prevent group exploitation, but also to break the…

Om het Leiden Bio Sciene Park zijn toppositie te laten behouden in het internationaal voortdurend ontwikkelende veld van onderwijs, wetenschap en zorg dient blijvend geïnvesteerd te worden.

Promotor: H.S. Overkleeft, Co-Promotor: B.I. Florea

Multicellular giant algae Chara species have been widely used in physiological studies for decades.

The disease acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is characterized by fast progression and low survival rates.

Electrocatalysis allows for storing electricity or converting it into chemical bonds, producing chemical building blocks and fuels using renewable resources.

Dankzij deze subsidie zal Maria Boletsi in samenwerking met onderzoekers van de Universiteit van Genève en de Universiteit van Bonn onderzoek doen naar de geschiedenis van het begrip “barbarij” van de 18e eeuw tot het heden, en de rol van dit begrip in constructies van de moderne Europese identiteit…

Ontdek het congres 'European Paediatric Ophthalmology Society' van Boerhaave Nascoling en leer over de nieuwste ontwikkelingen binnen kindoogheelkunde. Lees hier meer!

This thesis describes the design and synthesis of novel small molecules based on sulfur-containing heterocycles for the inhibition of glycosidases and glycosyltransferases related to Fabry and Pompe disease.

Promotor: Ronald Cramer, Co-promotor: Serge Fehr

Online cursus The Importance and Power of Music in our Society

Fundamental understanding of molecular reactions on metal surfaces is important for improving heterogeneous catalysis.

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This doctoral thesis is an effort to understand how lipid phase-separation induced by diacylglycerol analogues in lipid-based nanoparticles affects their in vivo behavior, leading to specific nanoparticle-protein communications and selective cell targeting.

How presence, abundance and enzymatic activities of AM and EM fungi differently affect soil carbon sequestration processes?

Like a mixture of oil and water, lipid membranes separate into two liquid phases.

This thesis focuses on two processes involved in fighting infections: metabolism and immune cell motility and navigation.

Almost all bacteria are enveloped by a cell wall that provides cellular protection.

Deze zomer organiseert de faculteit vier Summer Schools voor internationale bachelor studenten. De Summer Schools Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences, Energy & Sustainability, Physics* and Astrophysica bieden elk interactieve programma’s met workshops en lezingen door locale en internationale sprekers, onderzoek…