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

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

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

Why do black holes emit thermal radiation? And how does a closed quantum system thermalize?

I have studied the hot, diffuse gas around and between galaxies. Specifically, I have used the EAGLE numerical simulations of galaxy formation to predict the properties of this gas, and I have used those properties to predict specific observables: soft X-ray absorption and emission lines.

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

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

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

When observing star-forming galaxies, we are not only seeing stellar light, but we also see how this interacts with galactic gas and dust. This thesis contains studies of the stellar, nebular and dust properties of low mass star-forming galaxies.

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This research project studies the distribution and impact of medieval malaria in the Netherlands.

Het jaar 2017 was het Leiden Asia Year. Leiden heeft al eeuwenlang banden met en kennis over het continent, en het afgelopen jaar werden daar de spotlights op gezet.

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The research described in this thesis focused on identifying novel drug targets and synergistic combinations for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), a virulent subtype of breast cancer with a dismal prognosis and limited therapeutic options.

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

Benieuwd welke kennis en vaardigheden jij leert tijdens de bachelor opleiding Koreastudies? Dat zie je in de opleidingsvideo. Bekijk 'm direct.

Promotor: A.P. IJzerman

Alle informatie over de bachelor opleiding Chinastudies aan Universiteit Leiden zie je in de opleidingsvideo.

Monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL) is the principal enzyme responsible for hydrolysis of the endocannabinoid 2-arachidonoylglycerol (2-AG). MAGL inhibition provides several potential therapeutic opportunities, including anti-nociceptive, anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer activity.

De conservatoren en de restaurator schrijven regelmatig blog-posts over fysieke objecten uit de Bijzondere Collecties.

The research in this dissertation aims to optimise blood donation processes in the framework of the Dutch national blood bank Sanquin. The primary health risk for blood donors is iron deficiency, which is evaluated based on donors' hemoglobin and ferritin levels.

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

How do you engage society to stop biodiversity loss? How do you create political and social involvement to deal with climate change? And how do you balance the economic needs of industry with the negative effects of pollution? If you find these kinds of questions interesting, then this Pre-University…

Op 27 september promoveert Josephine Hartmann op haar proefschrift: A blessing in disguise?! Discretion in the context of EU decision-making, national transposition and legitimacy regarding EU directives.

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…

In this Ph.D. thesis we study the interaction of low energy electrons with thin materials, namely layered materials (graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, molybdenum disulfide) and organic films. At these low energies the quantum mechanical wavelength of the electron wave function is in the order of a…

Heterogeneous catalyzed processes are highly significant to the chemical industry. Dissociative chemisorption (DC) of molecules on surfaces is always considered as a step with a high degree of rate control for heterogeneous catalysis.

Data theory research on the analysis on the multidimensional data

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In this thesis we study quantum transport phenomena on the nanometer scale, in two classes of materials: topological insulators with induced superconductivity and graphene superlattices.

Promotores: Prof.dr. M. Franx, Prof.dr. M. Kriek (Univ. of California at Berkeley)

Kunnen we van quantum-verrassingen quantum toepassingen maken? Kunnen we het leven onderzoeken en opbouwen vanuit de nano-schaal?

This multidisciplinary minor provides students with knowledge on how and why humans became the way they are. The minor focuses on the evolution of the species Homo sapiens from other hominin lineages and animal ancestors, and on the various factors shaping this process. Not only is human evolution of…

How were the Russians, under early modern conditions, able to incorporate this distant, undeveloped and, because frequent nomadic attacks, dangerous territory? And what role did the Kolyvan-Voskresensk plants play in this process?

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.

Investigating the intercultural connections that shaped practices of knowledge production in colonial Dutch Brazil.

De kersverse Amerikaanse president Donald Trump hield op 20 januari zijn inaugurele rede. Zijn toespraak was weinig verzoenend en nam een loopje met de waarheid, menen verschillende Leidse wetenschappers. Een enkele hoogleraar is positiever: 'hij wil de strijd aanbinden met de radicale islam.'

Promotores: G.A. Persoon, H.H. de Iongh

In his dissertation Michiel Hooykaas outlines the results of six empirical research projects focused at biodiversity awareness in the Netherlands, specifically people’s knowledge about animals.

Op deze pagina vindt u de opnames van de online This Week's Discoveries vanaf 12 mei 2020 en een lijst sprekers vanaf oktober 2015.

Artin L-functions associated to continuous representations of the absolute Galois group G_K of a global field K capture a lot of information about G_K as well as arithmetic properties of K.

Circumstellar discs are the reservoirs of gas and dust that surround young stars and have the potential to become planetary systems.

CML-IA is a database that contains characterisation factors for life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) and is easily read by the CMLCA software program.

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

This thesis describes the structural and biochemical characterization of the β-lactamase BlaC from Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), and the Alr and YlmE proteins from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2).Mtb is the main cause of tuberculosis.

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.

Promotor: P. T. de Zeeuw, Co-promotor: N. Neumayer; G. van de Ven

The zoo of detected exoplanets reveals both the uniqueness of our own Solar System and the complexity of planetary system formation, sparking fundamental questions about how planetary systems form and evolve.