Op 19 februari promoveert Mariana Martins. Het Leiden University Centre for Linguistics feliciteert Mariana!

CADS Research Seminar

De letter M is ontstaan uit een tekeningetje van kabbelend water. Dat leert het kinderboek ‘A is van Os’ waaraan de Leidse egyptoloog Ben Haring een belangrijk aandeel had. In juni kwam het uit.

Het VICI onderzoeksproject Citizenship Discourses in the Early Middle Ages, onder leiding van Els Rose (Universiteit Utrecht), heeft een nieuw boek uitgebracht: Els Rose, Robert Flierman en Merel de Bruin-van de Beek, red., City, Citizen, Citizenship, 400–1500. A Comparative Approach (Londen: Palgrave-Macmillan,…

Het boek Turkey. A Modern History van Prof.dr. Erik-Jan Zürcher, hoogleraar Turkish Studies, is nu in negen talen gepubliceerd. Deze maand verschenen de Arabische en Poolse vertalingen.

Op 11 december 2014 ontving dr. Nele Beyens de G.A. Lindeboomprijs 2014 voor haar bijzondere verdiensten op het terrein van de medische geschiedschrijving in Nederland. De jury besloot haar voor de prijs voor te dragen vanwege haar in 2013 uitgegeven biografie van vrouwenarts Hector Treub 'Immer bereid…

Aan de Universiteit Leiden worden cursussen over papyri en papyrologie aangeboden voor beginners en gevorderden (BA en MA), zowel op basis van teksten in vertaling als in de originele brontalen, van Egyptisch tot Grieks, Latijn en Arabisch.

Door de vergrijzing neemt de druk op de ouderenzorg toe. Hoe zorgen we ervoor dat ouderen gezond en vitaal kunnen blijven leven? In het vak ‘Living Lab’ van de Master Vitality and Ageing (V&A) van het Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum (LUMC) werken studenten aan actuele vraagstukken rond de gezondheid…

Firearms and violence in Europe–A systematic review by Katharina Krüsselmann, Pauline Aarten, Marieke Liem

Prof dr. C.A. van Eck heeft de Descartes-Huygensprijs gekregen. Deze wordt eens in de drie jaar door de Franse Académie des Sciences en de KNAW toegekend aan een geesteswetenschapper. De prijs is gesponsord door de Franse Ambassade in Nederland en wordt toegekend aan Franse en Nederlandse onderzoekers…

This dissertation revolves around the design and implementation of novel instrumentation and related measurement techniques, at the single molecule level, for use in biophysical research. Chapter 1 presents an introduction to the field of fluorescence-based single molecule measurements. In particular,…

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Danhof

Decentralized plug and play systems for energy production are the future picture of our society. Artificial photosynthetic systems are used for this purpose.

Promotor: Prof.dr. S. Haring

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

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

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.P. van Wezel

Promotor: K.E. Schalm, Co-promotor: S.S. Lee

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

Despite the fact that gold nanoparticles (GNPs) are one of the most studied nanoparticles, there is still a necessity for new approaches allowing for effective protective coating to enable wider use of GNPs in biomedical applications.

Cathodic corrosion is a relatively unknown phenomenon that can severely etch metallic electrodes at cathodic (negative) potentials.

Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Aarts, Prof.dr. J.M. van Ruitenbeek

Striga hermonthica, commonly known as witchweed, infests major cereal crops in Sub-Saharan Africa causing severe yield losses and threatening the livelihood of millions of resource poor farmers.

The progressive loss and degeneration of dopaminergic neurons is a major pathological hallmark of Parkinson's disease (PD). The onset and progression of PD can be triggered by multiple risk factors, for instance, genetic mutation, environmental exposure, and aging.

Promotor: Ronald Cramer, Co-promotor: Serge Fehr

Transplantation of labial salivary glands to the eyelids for patients with dry eye appears to give excellent results clinically.

Global healthcare is on the verge of an antibiotic availability crisis as bacteria have evolved resistance to nearly all known antibacterials. Identifying new antibiotics that operate via novel modes-of-action is therefore of high priority.

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.

Promotor: Prof.dr. K.J. Batenburg

Cardiovascular syndromes are the major cause of death in Western societies.

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

Promotor: T.H. Oosterkamp

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.

Healthy aging is one of the prime goals in today's society and atherosclerosis is among the greatest causes of morbidity in elderly. Cardiovascular disease patients receiving treatment are often of advanced aged and have an aged immune system, which limits translating experimental findings to the pa…

A complex community of microbes develops in the infant gut shortly after birth. We call this community the infant gut microbiota. The microbiota influences the health of the infant, which makes the composition and function of the infant gut microbiota an important topic to study.

As a contribution to the changing legislation and evolving societal attitudes concerning environmental issues, this project aims to enhance and manipulate the plants’ own natural defense mechanisms against western flower thrips (WFT).

This thesis focuses on protoplanetary disks: flattened structures of gas and dust around young stars in which planets are expected to form and grow.

This thesis describes the design, characterization and application of dextran based crosslinked network.

Promotor: V. Vitelli, Co-promotor: J. Paulose

In this work, I explore the creation of new methods that optimize simulations of the gravitational N-body problem. Specifically, I take advantage of the recent popularity of Machine Learning methods to find tools that can suit this problem.

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

Promotores: R. Cramer, A.K. Lenstra, Co-Promotor: B.M.M. de Weger

Catharanthus roseus (Madagascar periwinkle) produces valuable monoterpenoid indole alkaloids (MIAs) such as vincristine and vinblastine, crucial for cancer treatment.

Promotor: W. Jaffe, Co-promotor: K. Meisenheimer

Promotor: P.J.J. Hooykaas, Co-Promotores: P.B.F. Ouwerkerk, M. Wang

Promotor: W. Jiskoot, Co-promotor: A. Hawe

Promotores: Prof.dr. E.F. van Dishoeck, Prof.dr. C.P. Dullemond