Een baan dankzij COVID. Niet veel mensen kunnen dat zeggen; promovendus Vera Arntzen wel. Zij bracht de afgelopen vier jaar twee belangrijke infectie-eigenschappen van SARS-CoV-2 in kaart. Dankzij haar onderzoek is het nu voor experts mogelijk goed geïnformeerde beslissingen te nemen over bijvoorbeeld…

Om de weg te vinden letten sommige mensen op de omgeving, anderen onthouden waar ze links of rechts af moeten slaan. Mensen met Niet Aangeboren Hersenletsel (NAH) rapporteren navigatieproblemen. Om opnieuw te leren navigeren heeft neurowetenschapper Milan van der Kuil als revalidatietherapie een serious…

Anderhalve hectare polder, een grote hoeveelheid water en een groep nieuwsgierige onderzoekers onder leiding van ecoloog Maarten Schrama. Dit zijn de benodigdheden voor het beantwoorden van de vraag: hoe beïnvloeden waterbergingen de natuur, de dieren en onze gezondheid?

Waar moet je tien bomen planten, zodat zo veel mogelijk stedelingen er plezier van hebben? Als een slim algoritme weet hoe mensen zich door de stad bewegen én waar nu al bomen staan, kan het de optimale oplossing berekenen. Datawetenschapper Mitra Baratchi maakt het mogelijk. Haar studenten bestuderen…

Wat kun je doen tegen pesten? Hoe motiveer je jongeren? Op het symposium van NeurolabNL lanceerde een multidisciplinair onderzoeksteam een interactief boek voor docenten en jeugdhulpverleners. Het digitale boek biedt de nieuwste inzichten en veel handige tools en adviezen. Kinderombudsvrouw Margrite…

Een studie Psychologie, een loopbaan die begon in de commerciële sector, en nu een rol waarin ze voor haar gevoel het verschil kan maken. Voor alumnus Marisse van Os (34) komt het samen in haar huidige werk bij een innovatieve GGZ-instelling.

Wie zich goed voelt, is ook mentaal flexibeler en veerkrachtig. In een nieuw onderzoek laat een internationaal team van neurowetenschappers zien dat natuurlijke hersenopioïden die vrijkomen na beloningen de aandacht verbreden. Dat biedt nieuwe inzichten in stress, cognitie en welzijn.

Chemotherapie, maar dan zonder de haaruitval of vreselijke vermoeidheid. Het kan, als het giftige medicijn alleen actief wordt waar het met licht is ‘aangezet’. Matthijs Hakkennes bracht het dichterbij en promoveerde cum laude. ‘Ik kreeg veel bedankmailtjes uit China en Bangladesh.’

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.

Promotor: T.J. Aartsma, Co-promotor: R.N. Frese

Promotores: Prof.dr. J. Zaanen, Prof.dr. K.E. Schalm

Bacteria often experience external challenges, such as changes in environmental conditions or attacks by bacteriophages.

Actinobacteria are Gram-positive bacteria that have a complex multicellular life cycle and are well known for their ability to produce a wide range of bioactive natural products (NPs).

The development process of any software has become extremely important not just in the IT industry, but in almost every business or domain of research.

Before the large scale use of renewable energy sources can be implemented in our society, the storage of electrical energy needs to be tackled. Storage the energy as hydrogen via the reduction of protons is a good option.

In this thesis, the discovery and optimization is described of chemical tools to study the N-acylethanolamine (NAE) biosynthetic pathway.

In analogy to mathematical proofs, the goal of a proof system is for a prover to convince a verifier of the correctness of a claim.