Promotor: A. Achúcarro, Co-Promotor: G.A. Palma

Protoplanetary disks are the gas and dust environments where planetary systems form around young stars. Using observations from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) this thesis analyses the gaseous molecular reservoir, using multiple tracers to resolve the 3D structure of protoplanetary…

Dissociative chemisorption is an important reaction step in many catalytic reactions.

A convolutional neural network (CNN) is a biologically inspired algorithm, highly capable at processing images and videos.

Bacteria are highly complex and diverse organisms that have adapted to survive in ecological niches ranging from the most extreme to the most heterogeneous environments.

Promotores: H.S. Overkleeft, G.A. van der Marel, Co-Promotor: J.D.C. Codee

Promotores: Prof.dr. H.S. Overkleeft, Prof.dr. G.A. van der Marel

Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) is widely used to automatically build a suitable practical Machine Learning (ML) model for an arbitrary real-world problem, reducing the effort of practitioners in the ML development cycle for real-world applications. Optimization is a key part of a typical AutoML…

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.

Sheltering is an immediate human need and determines well-being andhealth.

Drug-target binding kinetics determine the time course of the central event in pharmacotherapy: Drug-target interaction.

In this thesis we study products of linear error correcting codes.

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

Explaining treatment response variability between and within patients can support treatment and dosing optimization, to improve treatment of individual patients.

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo, Co-promotores: M.G. Vijver, J.P.M. Vink

Metabolomics has the potential to play a pivotal role in understanding disease onset and progression, and ultimately personalized treatments. One of its major challenges is its large-scale implementation, which is necessary to deal with the high variability of the metabolome. In this work we have developed…

Promotor: G. J. Kroes

If mankind wants to survive into the 22nd century, we will need to change the way we live drastically. The human impact on our planet is everywhere, we are changing the atmosphere, the oceans and the land, leading to global warming, climate change, loss of biodiversity and pervasive pollution. There…

Het gebruik van vuur kan veel vertellen over de evolutie van de mens. Archeoloog Femke Reidsma ontwikkelde een techniek waarmee nauwkeuriger kan worden achterhaald hoe onze voorouders vuur gebruikten. Bestaande archeologische studies moeten hierdoor worden herzien. De studie van Reidsma is 2 november…

In een grot in Zuid-Afrika werd recentelijk de oudste tekening ooit gevonden, 70.000 jaar oud. Archeoloog Gerrit Dusseldorp werd hierover geïnterviewd in het NPO Radio 1 programma Nieuws & Co.

Vorige week verscheen er een artikel in PLoS ONE waarin archeologen en genetici pleitten voor een nieuwe blik op het uitsterven van de Neanderthaler.

Mensen met een stukje oeroud neanderthaler-DNA kunnen zieker worden van het coronavirus dan anderen. Dat blijkt uit nieuw onderzoek, gepubliceerd in Nature. Gerrit Dusseldorp, expert op het gebied van de vroege mens, reflecteert op deze ontdekking.

Archeologisch onderzoek heeft soms wel wat weg van een murder mystery. Vrijwel de gehele prehistorie, op de laatste 40.000 jaar na, leefden er meerdere mensensoorten tegelijk. Ze leefden ook vaak in hetzelfde gebied. En de stenen werktuigen die we opgraven, zien er meestal vrij eender uit. Hoe weten…

Het grote internationale onderzoeksproject Connected Communities in early medieval Europe (COCO) heeft een belangrijke Europese subsidie ontvangen: de ERC Synergy Grant. Het gaat om een omvangrijke subsidie van € 11.194.464 voor de onderzoeksperiode van zes jaar. Het project COCO wordt geleid vanuit…

Het collegeaanbod op het gebied van de filosofie, levensbeschouwing en religie.

Een goede taalontwikkeling is van belang voor de cognitieve en sociale ontwikkeling, om te kunnen communiceren en om te kunnen leren. Als de taalontwikkeling niet verloopt zoals verwacht, kan dit allerlei consequenties hebben. Kinderen met een extra X of Y chromosoom hebben een verhoogd risico op problemen…

This project uses archaeological, literary and epigraphic evidence to investigate urban development in Roman-period North Africa, compiling this in a GIS-linked database in order to analyse the development of urban settlement spatially over time.

Promotores: Prof.dr. E.A.L. Biessen, Prof.dr. T.J.C. van Berkel

In human cells, a meter-long DNA is condensed inside a micrometer-sized cell nucleus. Simultaneously, the genetic code must remain accessible for its replication and transcription to functional proteins.

The long-held desire - to link structure directly to function and to explain molecular mechanisms based on basic chemical or physical principles - is finally coming closer, satisfying not only our scientific curiosity but also offering new solutions to the many challenges in the field of health, energy…

Promotor: P.D. Grünwald

Promotores: J.C. van Houwelingen, S.A. van de Geer

The theoretical explanation of cosmic acceleration is nowadays one of the biggest puzzles in cosmology.

In this work, we attempt to answer the question:

The expedition commanded by Nicolas Baudin to Tenerife, Mauritius, Australia, Timor and South Africa in 1800-1804 is fully researched in regard to ornithology.

Heterogeneous catalysis is essential to many industrial applications. These catalysts are often comprised of supported nanoparticles, which contain various different surface sites.

Promotores: T.H.W. Bäck, A. Plaat, Co-promotor: F.J. Verbeek

This thesis is about augmented reality (AR). AR is commonly considered a technology that integrates virtual images into a user’s view of the real world.

The prevalence of obesity (BMI >40 kg/m2) has increased rapidly over the recent years, not only in adults, but also in children and adolescents.

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.

This thesis describes the development and optimization of the first molecular tools to study the enzyme PLA2G4E.

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

For many system in statistical physics the microcanonical and canonical ensemble are equivalent in the thermodynamic limit, but not for all.

DSE 2.0: Naar een optimaal ontwerp van complexe, gedistribueerde cyber-fysieke systemen

The haplolepideous mosses (Dicranidae) comprise about 4000 species distributed over a wide range of habitats, with great gametophytic and sporophytic morphological variation. Their monophyly is well supported by the results of several molecular phylogenetic studies, which shed light on their relationships…

This thesis describes the role of pollution, specifically neonicotinoid insecticides, as an actor of the ongoing biodiversity decline.

Surface acoustic waves (SAWs) are mechanical waves that travel along the surface of a material and find many applications in modern technologies due to the ease of excitation on piezoelectric substrates via interdigital transducers (IDTs).

Plant exudates appeared long time ago in the history line of life in the early Devonian. They are typical saps produced by specialized cells.

It is a common technique in global optimization with expensive black-box functions to learn a surrogate-model of the response function from past evaluations and use it to decide on the location of future evaluations.

Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a gram-negative plant pathogen belonging to the family Rhizobiaceae, is the causative agent of crown gall disease, which can affect many plant species including agronomically important ones.