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: Prof.dr. M. Ubbink

Glucocorticoids (GCs) are widely prescribed as anti-inflammatory drugs due to their well-established immunosuppressive effects.

Synthetic hydrogels that mimic the natural extracellular matrix in the biophysical and biochemical cues it provides to cells are in high demand, however the cell phenotypes as they are observed in vivo in numerous cases have yet to be attained.

Op 23 februari 2022 verdedigde Cale Davis het proefschrift 'Prosecutorial Discretion in International Criminal Justice'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. C. Stahn en dr. J.C. Powderly.

Diverse types of exoplanets such as gas giants on close-in orbits (hot Jupiters) and young massive giants on wide orbits (super Jupiters), with no analogs in the Solar System, pose challenges but also opportunities to our understanding of planet formation and evolution.

A P300-based Brain Computer Interface character speller, also known as P300 speller, has been an important communication pathway, under extensive research, for people who lose motor ability, such as patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or spinal-cord injury because a P300 speller allows human-beings…

De Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen verwelkomt in 2015 23 nieuwe directeuren, 25 nieuwe leden en 4 nieuwe buitenlandse leden.

De Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen heeft vier Leidse hoogleraren benoemd tot lid. Petra Sijpesteijn, Vanessa Mak, Mariska Kret en Miranda van Eck zijn nieuw toegetreden tot de KHMW.

GLOBOX is a spatially differentiated multimedia fate, exposure and effect model. It is used for the calculation of spatially differentiated LCA characterisation factors on a global scale.

Lezing, Oort lecture

Zijne Veiligheid wordt Pieter van Vollenhoven ook wel genoemd. De rechtenalumnus van de Universiteit Leiden was dinsdag 4 juni terug bij zijn alma mater voor het symposium ‘Een kritische waakhond voor de veiligheid?’, ter gelegenheid van zijn tachtigste verjaardag. Met veel hoog bezoek en interessante…

Kunsten en wetenschap zijn wel eens als twee uitersten gezien. De een refereert aan emotie; de ander aan de ratio. Dat niets minder waar is, bewijst de Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA). In de ACPA worden de kennis en kunde van de Universiteit Leiden samengebracht met die van de Hogeschool…

Onderzoek in de kunsten bij de Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA)  

Een platform voor Practicum Musicae studenten om met elkaar samen te spelen, maar ook voor andere musici die zich willen aansluiten.

What is the effect of light at night on plant phenology and physiology, and how does this affect plant interactions with other species?

Na het ontvangen van je diploma van LUC, kun je als alumni overal ter wereld heen. Velen die je voor zijn gegaan hebben ervoor gekozen om een master als vervolgopleiding te doen. Sommigen beginnen meteen aan hun professionele carrière of volgen een PhD. Door de vele academische vakgebieden die op LUC…

Kunst en vrije tijd, Kunst en vrije tijd

Studievoorlichting

Studievoorlichting

A neurocognitive investigation of the development of social performance monitoring in youth growing up in stressful versus non-stressful environments

We have examined sequences from the ligand-binding domain of the nicotinic acetyl choline receptor (nAChR) in 148 vertebrate species. We are in interested in this receptor because the α-neurotoxins of many venomous snakes binds to this receptor in its location at the neuromuscular junction in all ve…

This study has been carried out in the community of Sukamiskin, a kelurahan (‘village’) in Bandung, the Capital of West Java Province, located in the Sunda Region of Indonesia.

The Sundanese people, the largest ethnic group in West Java, have been using traditional medicine for a long time. Known as ubar kampung, Sundanese indigenous knowledge, beliefs and practices of traditional medicine are based on local people’s knowledge and use of Medicinal, Aromatic, and Cosmetic (MAC)…

Promotores: W.T. de Groot, M. Tchuenté, Co-promotor: J.P. Cheylan

Hoe kunnen we op een interdisciplinaire wijze de classificatie van migranten en mensen met een beperking bestuderen en onderzoekers van deze velden samenbrengen om raakvlakken met elkaar te vinden?

Kunst en vrije tijd, Kunst en vrije tijd

Kunst en vrije tijd, Kunst en vrije tijd

Debat, Student Course Presentations

A large diversity of exoplanetary systems has been found, but it is still unclear what drives this diversity.

Cardiovascular disease is a major global burden and atherosclerosis is the main underlying pathological process.

Bacteria have the ability to alter their morphology in order to adapt to changing environments.

Promotor: P.J.J. Hooykaas, Co-Promotor: E.J. van der Zaal

The project Multimedia Research and Documentation of African Oral Genres: Connecting Diasporas and Local Audiences (Director: D.Merolla) focuses on multimedia as technology that allows scholars to share documentation and scientific knowledge with the cultural owners of the collected oral genres.

International trade has played a major role in defining the modern global economy. Trade, however, entangles the environmental pressures of economic sectors, giving the illusion of environmental improvements, while the opposite may be occurring.

The explosive radiation and diversification of the advanced snakes (superfamily Colubroidea) was associated with changes in all aspects of the shared venom system. Morphological changes included the partitioning of the mixed ancestral glands into two discrete glands devoted for production of venom ormucous…

Promotores: Wim Jiskoot; Ferry Ossendorp

The research described in this thesis centered on retaining exo-β-glucosidases implicated in health and disease, in particular the human inherited lysosomal storage disorder, Gaucher disease (GD).

Promotor: E.F. Smets, Co-promotor: J. Geml

While ecosystems have concrete benefits for human society, these benefits are typically overlooked in decision-making.

Tin electrodeposition applications have rapidly evolved in the past 25 years.

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

Promotor: T. Hankemeier, Co-Promotores: T. Reijmers, L. Coulier

An Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) is a highly luminous region at the center of a galaxy, powered by the accretion into a supermassive black hole and emitting energy from radio waves to gamma rays, often outshining the host galaxy.

This dissertation is about Bayesian learning from data. How can humans and computers learn from data?

Heart failure is a major health care problem with high mortality.

A New Technology-Based Firm (NTBF) is a significant enabler of job creation and a driver of the economy through stimulating innovation.

The redox-conversion reaction of metal-disulfide and metal-thiolate complexes are important, as they may shed light on electron-transfer reactions that often occur in Nature.

Promotor: E. Gittenberger, Co-promotores: L.P. van Ofwegen; B.W. Hoeksema