Climate change is a challenge for both current and future generations. New biological resources have to be developed in order to meet the demand for energy as well as the demand for food.

Promotor: A. Achúcarro, Co-Promotor: J.W. van Holten

This thesis presents the systematics, epidermal defense, and bioprospecting of wild orchids.

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.

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…

Promotor: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo

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

In this thesis, mathematical modeling and simulation was applied as a tool to inform quantitative decision making in oncology drug discovery and development.

Aan het LUCL pogen onderzoekers om de taaldiversiteit van de inheemse bevolking van Amerika te begrijpen, te bestuderen en te behouden.

Discovery and development of Central Nervous System (CNS) drugs is hampered by high attrition rates.

Multicopper oxidase, laccase, can efficiently reduce oxygen to water and are mostly used in the enzymatic biofuel cells.

Artificial intelligence algorithms govern in subtle, yet fundamental ways, the way we live and are transforming our societies. The promise of efficient, low‐cost or ‘neutral’ solutions harnessing the potential of big data has led public bodies to adopt algorithmic systems in the provision of public…

Mechanical metamaterials are man-made materials which derive their unusual properties from their structure rather than their composition.

The glycosylation reaction is a pivotal reaction in creating new and complex oligosaccharides.

Less than 1 in 10 drug candidates that enter phase 1 clinical trials actually gets approved for human use.

To gain more insight into the evolutionary development of orchid flowers and fruits, the orchid species Erycina pusilla was studied. The evolutionary origin of the median petaloid sepal, the callus on the labellum, and the stelidia was studied.

Understanding how nature captures and transfers solar energy is essential both for elucidating biological photosynthesis and for guiding the design of artificial light-harvesting systems.

This thesis was embedded in the APELAFICO project and focussed on investigating effects of sound from North Sea offshore wind farms on pelagic fish and harbour porpoise.

Topstukken uit de Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden

Lees hoe je je aanmeldt voor de MSc International Organisation aan Universiteit Leiden – inclusief stappen via Studielink, documenten indienen en vervolgstappen.

How did colonial law work to turn people into property? This project argues that colonial ideas about households and domestic authority were critical to legal processes of enslavement in the early modern Dutch empire. Using colonial court records from Dutch Brazil, Suriname, and the Moluccas, the project…

The studies in this thesis are focused on the physical effects in the flat band materials. The results contain the discovery of strong enhancement of RKKY spin-spin interactions with specific geometric arrangement and dynamical generation of excitonic order parameter with high magnitude.

This thesis consists of two subjects, that are both a consequence of radiation pressure.

Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-Promotor: L.B.F. Juurlink

Promotores: Prof.dr. D. Bouwmeester, Prof.dr. A. Fiore (TU Eindhoven)

Promotor: P. Stevenhagen, Co-promotor: R.M. van Luijk

Terugblik over de laatste 40 jaar op de belangrijkste veranderingen in de zorg en onderzoek, waar transparantie, verantwoording en richtlijn centraal zijn komen te staan. Aan de hand van de ziekte van Huntington en het cerebrovasculaire accident worden belangrijke veranderingen in de zorg en het onderzoek…

This thesis investigates the structural evolution and assembly of galaxies since the first few billions years after the big bang.

How are new drugs developed? This question is central to the Minor Modern Drug Discovery (MDD), which covers the entire trajectory from disease to drug molecule and vice versa. The various research groups involved offer a complementary and interdisciplinary perspective by connecting the diverse subjects…

Gamic Learning in East Asian Studies - Wat kunnen spellen ons vertellen over de manier waarop mensen leren?

Ontdek de cursus Communicating in Legal English van de Leiden Law Academy en verbeter uw juridisch Engelse vaardigheden. Lees hier meer!

Indigenous Latin American artifacts have attracted the interest of Europeans since the earliest moment of contact between Europeans and the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. The ERC-funded BECACO project uses an innovative multidisciplinary framework to investigate the provenance of ethnographic and…

Studievoorlichting

In January 2021, eLaw joined the Computers Privacy and Data Protection (CPDP) Conference that is about privacy and data protection. The group on Law and Digital Technologies at Leiden University put together a panel that combined perspectives on Art, Society, & Technology.

Programma directeur van het bachelorprogramma Security Studies Daan Weggemans trapte vanmiddag het eerste webinar voor studiekiezers af. In Kaltura Live had hij een internationaal publiek van zo’n 60 geïnteresseerden.

Hieronder vindt u enkele van de wetenschappelijke werken die zijn gepubliceerd in het kader van het programma Conflictoplossende Instituties.

How can data analytics be used as a research method in the field of legal research? This question was addressed during the Research Lab Legal Data Science on 23 September, 2016.

The 2019 Model ICAO took place from 21-24 May at the ICAO headquarters in Montreal.

Lezing, SMILE Talks

Lezing

Inmiddels werken we al ruim 9 weken vanuit huis. Hoe vergaat het de medewerkers van het Instituut Geschiedenis? Marlou Schrover, Joost Augusteijn en Edurne de Wilde vertellen hun ervaring.

Waarschijnlijk zijn in de vorige eeuw kinderen geadopteerd uit Zuid-Korea, zonder dat hun biologische ouders daar toestemming voor hebben gegeven. Het land start daarom een onderzoek. Hoogleraar Remco Breuker duidt de situatie voor de NOS.

Kunst en vrije tijd, Kunst en vrije tijd

At the faculty of Governance and Global Affairs we are proud to celebrate social entrepreneurship, which is why we decided to introduce you to an amazing project by two of our students: Kimberly Schoenmaker and Caroline Flohr. Ambitious, driven and incredibly conscious of the corporate responsibility…

The first biennial symposium Environmental History in the Medieval and Early Modern Low Countries is scheduled for October 25 and 26, 2024. This event aims to facilitate the exchange of recent research, ongoing projects, and key discussions within the realm of environmental history among scholars from…

Lezing, Lecture and Press conference

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