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.

Kasteren

Promotores: H.S. Overkleeft, G.A. van der Marel, Co-Promotor: R.G. Boot

On the largest scale, the Universe resembles a cosmic spiderweb. Most galaxies coexist in small groups within the threads of this web. At the nodes of the threads are enormous groups of galaxies forming the largest structures in the universe still held together by gravity: clusters of galaxies.

Almost three years after receiving her honorary doctorate, Dr Graça Machel returned to Leiden University. Over the course of two days she spoke with students, researchers, and other interested persons, about human rights – particularly those of women and children – in a world in which these are continually…

Is er sprake van een tanende legitimiteit van het recht en bestuur in een veellagige rechtsorde en welke betekenis heeft (afnemende) legitimiteit voor de effectiviteit van het recht?

Promotor: Christoph U. Keller, Co-promotores: Matthew A. Kenworthy, Frans Snik

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

Promotor: W.T. de Groot

n this PhD thesis, the recombination of different atomic lattices in stacked 2D materials such as twisted bilayer graphene is studied. Using the different possibilities of Low-Energy Electron Microscopy (LEEM), the domain forming between the two atomic layers with small differences is studied.

A novel mathematical model describes spatial-temporal drug distribution within one or more brain units, which are cubic representations of a piece of brain tissue with brain capillaries at the edges.

The stratum corneum is the outermost skin layer and consists of dead cells embedded in a lipid matrix.

In this thesis, classes of strongly interacting quantum field theories, have been studied.

Studievoorlichting

This thesis describes a study from both a theoreticaL and an experimental point of view.

Taking as a point of departure the Italian American community in Boston and its process of collective remembrance surrounding Saint Anthony’s Feast, we addressing the limits and potential of montage.

Promotores: Prof.dr. F. van Lunteren, Prof.dr. F.S. Gaastra

Promotor: H.J.A. Rottgering, Co-Promotor: R.J. van Weeren

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

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

In this thesis, we used genetically engineered mouse models and a variety of cell-culture based assays to identify genes and pathways that are involved in the development and treatment of invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC).

Early time-resolved experiments by Frauenfelder on the ensemble of the kinetic rebinding of CO to myoglobin molecules resulted in a stretched exponential relaxa-tion due to a very large spread of the reaction rates of individual molecules.

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

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.N. Kok

Promotor: Prof.dr. E.F. Smets, Co-Promotor: L.W. Chatrou

The thesis explores how interstellar chemistry evolves as a function of time and changing physical architectures during the formation of stars.

Atherosclerosis is the most important underlying process that drives cardiovascular disease, and is characterized by an accumulation of cholesterol which triggers an inflammatory response in the vessel wall.

Pharmaceutical companies, governments and the general public have become increasingly aware that animal models used in drug testing lack vital aspects to serve as an accurate representation of human biology. As models of the human body should become more physiologically relevant, animal models no longer…

How to make a quantitative assessment of the relative contribution to toxicity of ions and particles? Is the toxicity of nanoparticles related to their size or shape? Which physicochemical property of nanoparticles is an appropriate dose metric of nanoparticles?

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

Op 18 maart 2020 verdedigde Hoko Horii haar proefschrift 'Child Marriage as a Choice: Rethinking agency in international human rights'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. A.W. Bedner en prof.dr. G.A. van Klinken (UvA).

Promotor: C.A.J. Knibbe, Co-promotor: J.J. Boelens, R.G.M. Bredius

Food security is challenged by a growing global population and by climate change. Drought and soil salinity are considered the most important ones that inhibit crop yield and distribution. Worryingly, climate change is predicted to increase not only their frequency and severity, but also their co-occurrence,…

Phospholipase A/acyltransferase 3 (PLAAT3) and PLAAT4 are enzymes involved in the synthesis of bioactive lipids. Despite sequential and structural similarities, the two enzymes differ in activity and specificity.

Promotor: J.G.E.M. Fraaije, Co-Promotor: A. Kros

Understanding how galaxies form, interact, and evolve comes largely from comparing theory predictions with observational data. Numerical simulations of galaxies provide the most accurate approach to testing the theory, as they follow the non-linear evolution of gas and dark matter in great detail and…

Promotor: Jaap Brouwer, Co-promotor: Remus Th. Dame

Arithmetic geometry concerns the number-theoretic properties of geometric objects defined by polynomials. Mathematicians are interested in the rational solutions to these geometric objects.

Marine sponges are important members of reef ecosystems, as they play ecological roles that are essential for the health of the reef.

By growing in a soil plants change the biotic and abiotic properties of the soil in which they grow.

Promotor: M. Danhof Co-promotor: O.E. Della Pasqua

Promotor: Prof.dr. B.R. Katzy

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

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.

Op 5 juni 2018 verdedigde Emile Beenakker zijn proefschrift getiteld ‘The implementation of international law in the national legal order: A legislative perspective’. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor professor W.J.M. Voermans.

Fokelien Kootstra verdedigde haar proefschrift op 23 april 2019

uman skin equivalents (HSEs) are in vitro 3D-skin models that mimic many aspects of the native human skin (NHS) and can be a valuable tool.

Miriam Cohen verdedigde haar proefschrift genaamd “Reparations for International Crimes and the development of a Civil Dimension of International Criminal Justice” op 28 juni 2017. Ze schreef haar proefschrift onder supervisie van prof.dr. L.J. van den Herik en prof. dr. C. Stahn.

Barrier function is the natural role of the skin. The lipid matrix present in the outermost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum is important for this function.