Promotor: S.M. Verduyn Lunel, Co-Promotores: S.C.Hille, O.W. van Gaans

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.

Electrons in a crystal lattice have properties that may differ from those of a free electron in vacuum.

In the thesis the dynamics of strategies is studied from two perspectives.In the first part of the thesis strategies are considered to be opinions present in a community.

Due to the almost complete disappearance of the archive of the Old Dutch West India Company (WIC, 1621-1674) not much is known about the ships and crews of this company. In this project we start the reconstruction of this basic information making use of new digital humanities techniques to extract this…

This thesis contains results on the arithmetic and geometry of del Pezzo surfaces of degree 1.In Chapter 1 we give the necessary background, assuming the reader is familiar with algebraic geometry.

What is the optimal design of sandy solutions for sustainable climate change adaption, from an ecological, biophysical and societal point of view?

De master Neerlandistiek: Moderne Nederlandse letterkunde is een eenjarige opleiding waarin je 60 ECTS behaalt. Je kiest je eigen vakken, zolang dit past binnen de programmastructuur van de opleiding.

In 2012 the Pascal chair of the Faculty of Science of Leiden University, and particular of Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), will be held by Prof. Dr. Kyle Gallivan, Department of Mathematics, Florida State University, USA.

Uniting an international consortium of scholars, the Skandapurāṇa Project comprises a team of researchers working in fields across the Humanities. We are creating a critical edition of a foundational work of purāṇic literature and, in doing so, tracing the dynamics of a textual tradition to better understand…

LUC is the first to confer the diploma of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, the new Faculty name since January 2016 making this graduation an extra special occasion.

Dr. Bela Bode ontvangt van de Alexander von Humboldt-stichting de Feodor Lynen onderzoeksbeurs voor de ontwikkeling van nieuwe methoden voor verbetering van het signaal in de vaste stof NMR. Hij streeft naar een specifiek analytisch instrument voor oppervlakte-studies en onderzoek over membranen en…

The development of new environmentally sound technologies is seen as a key route towards achieving sustainability.

On 30 October 2020, Dr Mark Noort successfully defended his PhD investigation at the London School of Economics and political science (LSE) into

Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen, Instituut Biologie Leiden (IBL)

Data theory research on the analysis on the multidimensional data

Viral diseases constitute one of the major challenges in modern medicine. Membrane-targeting have broad-spectrum potential and could distinguish viral membranes from the host cell plasma membrane by the difference in membrane curvature.

Promotor: H.J.M. de Groot

How can mega sand nourishments, such as the Sand Motor, be designed and managed for optimal ecosystem services provision ?

Promotor: E. Bouwman, Co-Promotor: S. Bonnet

Promotor: Prof.dr. L.J. Slikkerveer

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

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are the most abundant class of organic compounds in space. The PAH field evolves from the constant interaction between experimentalists, theorists, modellers and observers. While laboratory research and quantum chemical calculations together set up the molecular…

The field of exoplanet research is rapidly advancing through the development of new technology, observing techniques, and post-processing methods.

Promotor: E. Gittenberger, Co-promotor: B.W. Hoeksema

Quantum computing is an emerging technology, which holds the potential to simulate complex quantum systems beyond the reach of classical numerical methods.Despite recent formidable advancements in quantum hardware, constructing a quantum computer capable of performing useful calculations remains challenging.In…

Mycoheterotrophy is a particular mode of life in which plants obtain carbohydrates from their associated fungal partners, instead of by using photosynthesis.

Self-assembly is an abundant process in nature and is vital to many processes in living organisms.

Promotor: Prof.dr. B.R. Katzy, Prof.dr. J. de Vries

This thesis explores the theoretical and observational properties of distant massive galaxies that harbour active black holes in their centres and shine brightly at radio wavelengths.

Promotor: Prof. dr. Arnold Tukker & Prof. dr. René Kemp (Maastricht University)

Clinical development of drugs for central nervous system (CNS) disorders has been particularly challenging and still suffers from high attrition rates.

Sustainable energy from wind and solar is most readily available near the sea.

Optimization tasks in practice have multifaceted challenges as they are often black box, subject to multiple equality and inequality constraints and expensive to evaluate.

The radio sky harbours both galactic and extragalactic sources of arcminute- to degree-scale emission of various physical origins. To discover extragalactic diffuse emission in the Cosmic Web beyond galaxy clusters, one must image low–surface brightness structures amidst a sea of brighter compact fore-…

In this thesis we will explore the use of fuzzy systems theory for applications in bioinformatics.

The way organisms develop from the initial single-cellular state to a complex final assembly like the human body, and how the final body is maintained throughout life, is one of the greatest mysteries and it’s understanding one of the biggest scientific challenges.

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

Electron microscopy has become an extremely important techniquein a wide variety of elds.

The high velocity tail of the total velocity distribution of stars provides essential insight into fundamental properties of the Galaxy.

A dense region of a gaseous and dusty cloud collapses to form a protostar surrounded by a disk and an envelope. This thesis uses both observations and models to study physical and chemical conditions of these protostellar systems which are likely where planets start to form.

Lysosomal acid glucosylceramidase (GBA1) is a lysosomal enzyme that degrades glucolipids with its main substrate being glucosylceramide (GlcCer). Defects in the GBA1 gene lead to glycosphingolipidosis Gaucher disease (GD), in which the hydrolysis of GlcCer is impaired and therefore, it accumulates in…

Promotor: R. Tijdeman, Co-promotor: H.J.J. te Riele

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Binnen de opleiding Film- en literatuurwetenschap richt je je op verschillende vakgebieden. Je verdiept je in het begrip 'literatuur', lezen, geschiedenis, interpretatie, comparative studies en systematiek.

Hoogleraar Nadine Akkerman werd geïnterviewd door NRC, Dr Kelder en Co en Leuk is anders over haar nieuwste boek Spycraft. Samen met co-auteur Pete Langman gaat ze daarin in op de verschillende technieken van spionnen in het vroegmoderne Engeland.