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.

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

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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.

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…

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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.

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…

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

Kunst en vrije tijd, Kunst en vrije tijd

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…

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

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?

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

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.

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

Promotores: Prof.dr. G.F.A Kersten, Prof dr. J.A. Bouwstra

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

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

A remarkable population of short period transiting rocky exoplanets with equilibrium temperatures on the order of 2,000 K has recently been discovered.

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

The deeper understanding of an organism's pathology is important for developing treatments. Over centuries of systematic research, clinical researchers have demonstrated that the more information they acquire about the cellular properties and their organisation in the tissue, the better they can understand…

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

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

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

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

This dissertation presents the synthesis and evaluation of antibody recognition for various capsular polysaccharide (CP) fragments of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus).

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

Promotor: Prof.dr. E.F. Smets, Co-Promotor: L.W. Chatrou

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…

Sepsis is a life-threatening condition caused by a dysregulated host response to infection, it is associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and with a high financial burden on global healthcare systems. Bacterial infections are the primary cause of sepsis, but the growing prevalence of antimicrobial…

Promotor: Prof.dr. T.H.W. Bäck

Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the world. One of its symptoms is the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta.

Three major cosmology-focused missions are planned for the next decade: the Euclid space telescope, the Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile, and the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.

Promotor: F. Arbab

Self-assembly is an abundant process in nature and is vital to many processes in living organisms.

This thesis applies data mining in commercial settings in the telecommunications industry.

Promotor: J.N. Kok, Co-promotor: C.M. Soares, A.J. Knobbe