To our regret we have to postpone the annual Medieval Studies Day of the Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies, the Reflection Symposium, which was planned for December 17, to the spring of 2022. (Exact date to be decided). The present Covid-19 situation does not allow for a safe and productive…

Alumni-activiteit, Alumni Association of Archaeology presents:

Promotor: R. Cramer

BrainTrain verbindt wetenschappers met jongeren. Dit realiseren we door een platform aan te bieden waar wetenschappers leren van de ervaringen van jongeren, en waar jongeren alles over hun eigen (brein)ontwikkeling kunnen ontdekken. We organiseren jongerenpanels en creëren korte podcasts waarin zowel…

The formation and evolution of galaxies is fundamentally driven by the formation of new stars out of cold gas.

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

The elementary excitations of magnets are called spin waves, and their corresponding quasi-particles are known as magnons. The rapidly growing field of Magnonics aims at using them as information carriers in a new generation of electronic devices, (almost) free of electric currents.

Promotores: Prof.dr. B.R. Katzy, Prof.dr. K. Sailer (Munich University)

The Institute of Environmental Sciences has carried out and participates in several projects that deal with the analysis of energy systems.

Promotor: H.J. van den Herik, B.R. Katzy, Co-promotor: K. Sailer

Digitale data zijn overal, maar hoe erg is dat? Universitair docent Alexander Pleijter wijst op NEMO Kennislink op een aantal voordelen van de digitalisering van de samenleving.

Meer dan dertig Nederlandstalige podcasts verspreiden structureel misinformatie, blijkt uit onderzoek van Pointer. Universitair docent Michael Klos sprak met Pointer over het voorkomen van misinformatie in de media: ‘Het realistische verhaal is dat je nooit honderd procent moderatie gaat krijgen.’

De eerste Nederlandse besmettingen met het coronavirus leidden tot twintig wijdverspreide berichten op Twitter met misinformatie. Ook verschenen lijsten met onbevestigde aantallen besmettingen en samenzweringstheorieën die beweren dat de ziekte met opzet wordt verspreid. Peter Burger vertelt over het…

Van levensredders tot moderne Frankensteins. De klassieke vraag hoe ver wetenschappers mogen gaan komt telkens terug op 'toekomstcongres' Brave New World op 2 en 3 november. Wetenschappers en kunstenaars presenteren hun gedroomde technologieën en debatteren waar de grens moet liggen.

Alle aanmeldingen worden beoordeeld door de Toelatingscommissie van het ICLON. De Toelatingscommissie doet een uitspraak over je toelaatbaarheid.

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria pose a major health threat. Addressing this challenge requires among others the development of new antibacterial compounds. The research described in this thesis focuses on discovering novel antibiotics from soil bacteria, specifically Streptomyces and Paenibacillus.Despite…

Tijdens de opening van het academisch jaar wordt traditiegetrouw de LUS Onderwijsprijs uitgereikt aan de beste docent op de universiteit. Maak kennis met de genomineerden. Deze week: Kim Beerden.

Hieronder wordt per deelnemende universiteit een kort overzicht van lopende programma's en projecten gegeven.

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The RNA guided endonuclease based on the CRISPR/Cas system of Streptococcus pyogenus is a potent new tool for genome engineering in plants.

Water is all around us and is vital for all aspects of life. Studying the various compounds and life forms that inhabit natural waters lets us better understand the world around us.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.P. Abrahams

This thesis has described novel synthetic methods to produce a variety of (glyco)peptides and their application in the study of various immunological processes.

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’.

Hoe verspreidt onjuiste informatie zich? Hoe kan je erachter komen of iets klopt of niet? Alexander Pleijter, universitair docent Journalistiek en coördinator bij NieuwsCheckers, was te gast bij Vroeg! Op Radio 1 om in gesprek te gaan over desinformatie en nepnieuws.

How do you make a technology sustainable that does not even exist yet? Well, by bringing together an interdisciplinary team of pioneering European experts right at the start and paying attention to sustainability right from the development phase.

This thesis describes the development and validation of new high-contrast imaging techniques, with the ultimate goal of enabling the next generation of instruments for ELT-class telescopes to directly image Earth-like extra-solar planets orbiting around nearby stars.

Science is typically a patchwork of research contributions without much coordination. Especially in clinical trials, the follow-up studies that we do fail to be the most promising.

In this thesis, we present new laboratory data of interstellar dust analogues.

This dissertation presents new cryptographic protocols, which can be divided into two families.

The growing demand of energy indicates that global energy resources in the form of fossil fuels will not be sufficient in the future. In order to solve potential future energy problems development of a sustainable hydrogen economy is highly desirable.

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

Promotor: G.P. van Wezel, Co-promotor: Y.H. Choi

Promotor: C.A.M.J.J. van den Hondel, Co-promotor: Sandra de Weert

From surface science towards industrial practice using high-pressure scanning tunneling microscopy.

In this thesis, we extend the concept of null models as canonical ensembles of multi-graphs with given constraints and present new metrics able to characterize real-world layered systems based on their correlation patterns.

Systems with local constraints is a new finding in recent researches on complex systems. The heterogeneous spatial interactions and the temporal dependencies among those numerous units make it difficult to describe by traditional statistical physics.

Ze noemen hun team ‘The Walking Dead’: de Leidse Egyptologen Lara Weiss, Huw Twiston Davies en Nico Staring. Een passende naam voor een groep die onderzoek doet naar de Egyptische dodenstad Sakkara. ‘We proberen religieuze tradities te achterhalen. Wat betekenen die voor het leven van mensen, en voor…

Een broodjeaapverhaal dat steeds terugkeert, is dat van mensen die met opzet geprikt worden met een besmette naald om ze te infecteren met hiv. Hoe komt het dat deze verhalen steeds weer opduiken? Peter Burger, docent Journalistiek en Nieuwe Media, geeft uitleg in het AD.

The extensive use of electronic communication channels and other devices has opened new possibilities for collecting data on human behavior. This information is sometimes openly accessible, but largely part of administrative registration systems that are not open to the broader public. The data provides…

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Van 7-9 juni 2023 organiseert Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) haar tweede internationale conferentie in Den Haag. Deadline voor inzendingen: 15 februari 2023.

New PhD opportunities in Medieval and Neo-Latin Studies, a collaboration between the Institute of Greek and Latin Studies, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, and the Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences. Deadline for application: 31 March 2025.

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Van 8-10 juni 2022 organiseert Global Transformations and Governance Challenges (GTGC) haar eerste internationale conferentie in Den Haag. Deadline voor inzendingen: 22 april 2022.

The 2023 Conference: Institutions for Conflict Resolution (COI) aims to identify just institutional approaches that seek (real) conflict prevention and conflict resolution in the legal context. It will be held in Utrecht on 28 and 29 September 2023. We welcome abstracts from all researchers around the…