Een ware prijzenregen voor studenten van de Faculteit Wiskunde en Natuurwetenschappen tijdens de jaarlijkse uitreikingsmiddag van de KHMW-Jong Talentprijzen. Op maandag 25 november ontvingen maar liefst negen eerstejaars een prijs voor beste studieresultaten in het eerste studiejaar. Daarnaast waren…

De Olympische medaille van Boudewijn Röell, een antieke skiff en foto’s van roemruchte rituelen. Asopos de Vliet - ook de roeiclub van prinses Beatrix - viert haar 55e jaar met een lustrumexpositie in de Oude UB. Te zien van 1 november t/m 26 januari.

For questions and suggestions regarding the series, please contact prof. dr. Olaf van Vliet or dr. Max van Lent

The basic program comprises a total of twelve courses organized by the Research School, that have been purpose-developed for training and support of PhD students and Research MA students who specialize in Medieval Studies (history, art history, and literary history, in particular).

Deze eenjarige Nederlandstalige masterspecialisatie onderzoekt Nederland en zijn mondiale en koloniale context, vanaf de middeleeuwen tot nu.

Van oorlogsmisdaden tot ontheemding. Historicus Gert Oostindie beschrijft in zijn nieuwe boek de dekolonisatieoorlog door de ogen van de Nederlandse militaire die in Indonesië vochten.

Dubbelspoor. De postuum verschenen herinneringen van professor Cees Fasseur (1938 - 2016).

Antibiotica, bacteriën en resistentie zijn zeer geschikte onderwerpen voor een profielwerkstuk. Hier vind je alvast een aantal handige links.

Was de progressieve koloniale bestuursambtenaar de voorloper van de post-koloniale ontwikkelingswerker?

Emoties en de psychosociale ontwikkeling van kinderen met en zonder Taal Ontwikkelingsstoornis

Kies Neerlandistiek aan de Universiteit Leiden:

Meer vertrouwen van burgers in overheid, rechtsstaat en democratie.

Vakdidactiek bedrijfseconomie, ondernemerschap en financiële zelfredzaamheid

Maar liefst twaalf studenten van de Universiteit Leiden hebben een Jong Talent Prijs ontvangen van de Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen in Haarlem, een record. Tijdens de feestelijke ceremonie op 25 november kregen vijf masterstudenten een Jong Talent Afstudeerprijs voor hun scriptie…

Metal-based prodrugs based on ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes have proven to be very suitable for application in both photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photo-activated chemotherapy (PACT).

The global agri-food system plays a critical role in food security and environmental issues.

Op 8 juli 2020 verdedigde Andres Sarmiento Lamus zijn proefschrift 'The Proliferation of Dissenting Opinions in International Law'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. L.J. van den Herik en prof.dr. Y.A.A.S. Radi (UCLouvain).

The coursework within the Science Communication and Society (SCS) specialisation prepares students for internships and a career in communication about science and health.

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

In this dissertation, matching, entropy, holes and expansions come together. The first chapter is an introduction to ergodic theory and dynamical systems.

This thesis aims to demonstrate how the achromatic nature and design flexibility of liquid-crystal optics can be used to improve high-contrast imaging instruments to facilitate detailed exoplanet characterization.

In surface science there is great effort to move from studying simple, flat model surfaces in vacuum to investigating more complex model catalysts in gas environments (in situ). This thesis gives three examples of such studies using microscopy and spectroscopy.

We have studied shape with a particular focus on the zebrafish model system. The shape is an essential appearance of the phenotype of a biological specimen and it can be used to read out a current state or response or to study gene expression.

Plant architecture has distinct forms in different plant species, but also within a species the finalarchitecture of a plant is determined by its gradual development and changes therein induced by environmental conditions during the plant’s life cycle.

This thesis attempts to interrogate post-1991-2015 political development in Ethiopia, focusing on the political discourses espoused by the government and opposition, using the discourse analysis method and securitization theory.

This dissertation presents a new perspective on the life, work and character of the Dutch physical chemist Jacobus Henricus van ’t Hoff, first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and one of the most important and colourful scientists in Dutch history. The image of Van ’t Hoff that emerges from…

Promotores: Prof.dr. P.C.W. Hogendoorn & Prof.dr. H.P. Spaink Co-promotor: Dr. B.E. Snaar-Jagalska

A single self-assembled semiconductor quantum dot in a high-finesse optical microcavity - the subject of this thesis - is an interesting quantum-mechanical system for future quantum applications. For instance, this system allows trapping of an extra electron and thus can serve as a spin quantum memory,…

Promotors: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo, Prof.dr. G.A. Persoon, Prof.dr.ir. H.H. de Iongh

Video games have emerged as one of the most interesting media of the turn of the century. The peculiar characteristic of video games is the biunivocal interaction between the computer and the human player.

In the Schouwburgstraat, LUGO is currently redesigning the back-garden in order to increase biodiversity and make it a more beautiful space. Throughout October 2023 until March 2024, we will be making changes to the garden with our team of volunteers.

Multi-objective evolutionary computation aims to find high quality (Pareto optimal) solutions that represent the trade-off between multiple objectives.

The clinical potential of applying synthetic lethality to cancer treatment is famously demonstrated by the BRCA1/PARP1 paradigm: a tumor specific defect in BRCA1 – a component of the DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair pathway homologous recombination (HR) – results in a remarkable sensitivity to PARP1…

The solar system was formed approximately 4.56 billion years ago. Despite the numerous theories that have been developed over the years, the formation and evolution of the solar system still remain unclear.

Promotor: F.J. van Lunteren, E. Jorin

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

This thesis investigates how galaxies form and what diversifies the evolutionary histories of galaxies.

In recent decades, climate change has led to more frequent and severe drought events, causing serious consequences such as increased forest mortality and significant crop yield losses. Understanding how drought affects plants, especially economically important herbaceous species, is crucial for predicting…

Op 11 juni 2020 verdedigde Sabine Witting haar proefschrift 'Child Sexual Abuse in the Digital Era: Rethinking Legal Frameworks and Transnational Law Enforcement Collaboration'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.mr. J.J. Sloth-Nielsen en prof.dr.mr. S. van der Hof.

The research described in this thesis has, using the zebrafish as a model system, shed new light on the intricate relationship between TB and DM2, in particular on the role of leptin, SHP-1 and glucocorticoids.

Promotor: Prof.dr. T. Schmidt, Co-Promotor: S.J.T. van Noort

In-use stocks of products can be considered as intermediaries between human needs and the physical world.

To this day, all cyclophellitol-based inhibitors and ABPs have been close analogues of their natural substrate counterparts. As a result, these probes showed high selectivity towards their target glycosidases.

CONSENT (Consumer sentiment regarding privacy on user generated content services in the digital economy) is a research project funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme. The question central to this research is whether recent changes to consumer and commercial practices developed…

The soil ecosystem consists of the largest reservoir of biodiversity on Earth.

Promotores: H.W. Lenstra, A. Lucchini

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

Microbial rhodopsins are photosensitive pigments implemented in the growth and adaptation of a large population of microorganisms.