Heeft u een interesse in natuurwetenschappelijke en medische onderwerpen en vindt u het leuk om met gelijkgestemden hier meer kennis over op te doen? Word dan lid van het Natuurwetenschappelijk Gezelschap Leiden.

Als alumnus van de Universiteit Leiden krijgt u 33% korting op een abonnement bij het Universitair Sportcentrum (USC). Het sportcentrum heeft zowel in Leiden als Den Haag een locatie en biedt een scala aan sporten zoals tennis, fitness, yoga en kickboksen.

Na het afronden van de master Geneeskunde heb je verschillende opties. Je kunt ervoor kiezen een tweede master te volgen, je te specialiseren of promotieonderzoek te doen. Ook kun je als (basis)arts gaan werken.

Wil je meer weten over de masteropleiding Geneeskunde in Leiden? Of wil je weten of de stad bij je past? Het Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum biedt verschillende voorlichtingsactiviteiten om je te helpen bij je studiekeuze.

Alumni-activiteit

Fundamental research in the ALgebra, Geometry And Number Theory

A large diversity of exoplanetary systems has been found, but it is still unclear what drives this diversity.

Promotor: G.A. van der Marel, Co-promotor: D.C. Codée

In the last decade, the redox interconversion between metal thiolate and disulfide compounds has been extensively investigated for copper, but not for other transition metal ions.

Promotor: Prof.dr. C.W.J. Beenakker

This dissertation is an experimental study of laser-generated, atmospheric pressure, transient toroidal helium plasmas.

Op 28 oktober 2021 verdedigde Hein van der Bruggen zijn proefschrift en behaalde daarmee de doctorstitel.

Plant diversity is essential for us and our planet as it sustains the stability of our ecosystems, provides vital materials and food to us and supports many ecosystem services.

Stellar feedback is a crucial ingredient in the evolution of galaxies.

Empirical Legal Studies in Leiden focust op het bouwen van een interdisciplinaire gemeenschap van rechtsgeleerden en sociale wetenschappers die samen juridische vraagstukken onderzoeken op het snijpunt van recht en gedrag, waarbij diverse soorten methoden worden gebruikt.

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: J.N. Kok, Co-promotor: M.S. Lew

Promotor: P.J.J. Hooykaas, Co-Promotor: E.J. van der Zaal

De meeste kinderen leren pas op de middelbare school Frans. Hoe leuk is het als ze al wat Franse woorden leren en kennismaken met de Franse cultuur op de basisschool? Dat kan via deze kennismakingslessen, gemaakt door studenten van de Universiteit Leiden.

The CC chemokine receptor 2 (CCR2), a member of the G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) superfamily, is widely involved in autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. However, no drugs for this receptor have made it to the pharmaceutical market yet.

The project Multimedia Research and Documentation of African Oral Genres: Connecting Diasporas and Local Audiences (Director: D.Merolla) focuses on multimedia as technology that allows scholars to share documentation and scientific knowledge with the cultural owners of the collected oral genres.

The explosive radiation and diversification of the advanced snakes (superfamily Colubroidea) was associated with changes in all aspects of the shared venom system. Morphological changes included the partitioning of the mixed ancestral glands into two discrete glands devoted for production of venom ormucous…

Promotores: Wim Jiskoot; Ferry Ossendorp

What is the current relevance of the ethics of counterterrorism and what is the added value of ethics support within the practice of counterterrorism?

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

This work describes the use of click-to-release chemistry to get spatiotemporal control over immunocytokine activity. Until now, immunocytokines (cytokines coupled to a tumor-targeting-moiety) remained active throughout the body, being able to bind their respective receptors, causing mild to severe…

Trigonostemon Blume is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae comprising 59 species.

Even though more than 4000 extra-solar planets are known today, only a small fraction of these has been captured in an image. To better understand the planet formation mechanisms in solar-like environments we started the Young Suns Exoplanet Survey (YSES).

Adenosine is an endogenous ligand which exerts its action by activating adenosine receptors (ARs), while its circulating levels are controlled via a variety of mechanism and proteins, amongst others the equilibrative nucleoside transporters (ENTs).

Promotor: A. Achúcarro, Co-promotor: A. Boyarsky

The external tissues of plants and animals are colonized by microbial communities termed microbiota. When organisms are exposed to environmental pollutants, these substances will therefore encounter microbiota at the exposure interface.

The book ‘Bestrijdingsmiddelen en Milieu' gives a transparent overview of facts and figures concerning pesticide use in the Netherlands and the impact of pesticides on the environment.

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

While ecosystems have concrete benefits for human society, these benefits are typically overlooked in decision-making.

It has now been well established that shocks and turbulent motions in the intra-cluster medium (ICM) generated through cluster mergers can produce large-scale synchrotron emission.

Promotor: E.F. Smets Co-promotor: J. Geml

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), one of the largest families of membrane proteins, are responsive to a diverse set of physiological endogenous ligands including hormones and neurotransmitters.

Promotores: H.A. Udo De Haes, P.M. Brakefield

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

Quantum hardware comes with a different computing paradigm and new ways to tackle applications. Much effort has to be put into understanding how to leverage this technology to give real-world advantages in areas of interest for industries such as combinatorial optimization or machine learning.

This dissertation is about Bayesian learning from data. How can humans and computers learn from data?

Heart failure is a major health care problem with high mortality.

Promotor: Prof.dr. W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg

This thesis is about the study of hydrocarbons via infrared spectroscopy.

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo

Promotor: Prof.dr. J. Kuiper

Promotor: Jan van der Greef; Co-promotors: Mei Wang; Eduard van Wijk

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide.

Cancer is considered the silent pandemic of the 21st century and the second leading cause of death worldwide.