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

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

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

Streptomyces are filamentous bacteria that produce more than two-thirds of known antibiotics.

Promotor: Promotor: W.Th.F. den Hollander, Co-promotor: V. Sidoravicius.

The electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is an essential half-reaction for the utilization of hydrogen as a sustainable fuel, via the conversion of hydrogen to electrons and protons facilitated by the ORR. In the most common fuel cells, the ORR is requires high loadings of non-abundant platinum…

Tracing the evolution of the molecular gas content in galaxies is critical for a complete understanding of galaxy formation and evolution, as it provides the direct fuel for star formation. Studies of high-redshift (z>1) molecular gas reservoirs, most commonly traced by carbon monoxide (CO), have seen…

Marine sponges are important members of reef ecosystems, as they play ecological roles that are essential for the health of the reef.

Optical projection tomography (OPT) is a tomographic 3D imaging technique used for specimens in the millimetre scale.

In this thesis, we have studied the potential of the zebrafish larval model in studying the ECS, as a complementary model to the existing rodent models.

There are many interpretations of quantum mechanics, and ultimately experiments are needed to verify or falsify these interpretations.

Promotor: Prof.dr. B. van de Water

Promotor: Prof.dr. T.H.W. Bäck

Promotor: B.van de Water, Co-promotor: L.S.Price

Promotor: J. van der Greef, T. Hankemeier; Co-promotor: H.A. van Wietmarschen

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…

Streptomyces present a valuable platform for natural product discovery. Lugdunomycin is a novel angucycline-derived polyketide from Streptomyces sp QL37, with unprecedented skeleton and antimicrobial activity.

The Standard Model (SM) of particle physics fails to explain several observed phenomena and is incomplete. In order to resolve this problem, one may extend the SM by adding new particles.

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.

In multi/many-core System-on-Chips (SoCs), the performance is almost linearly scaling with the number of processing elements.

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

Promotores: Wim Jiskoot; Ferry Ossendorp

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…

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.

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

Promotor: F. Arbab

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

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

An interdisciplinary collection of the best international scholarship on Muslim youth.

Thermodynamics is one of the founding scientific pillars that has helped us better understand heat engines, biology, ecosystems, and even black holes. While it fundamentally describes large systems by examining the bulk behavior of their constituents, it is anchored in the statistical equivalence of…

This thesis describes the development of improved formulations and alternative delivery strategies for polio vaccination.

Promotors: W. Jiskoot; G.J. Witkamp, Co-promotor: M.R. Nejadnik

In my research, I used a comparative wood anatomical approach to address wood evolution of the (largely) tropical flowering plant families Apocynaceae and Sapotaceae.

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…

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

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

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

Studying the impact of urbanisation on the respiratory health of past Dutch populations (1200-1850 CE).

De Koninklijke Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen (KHMW) heeft Leids natuurkunde-promovenda Anne Meeussen de Shell Afstudeerprijs voor Natuurkunde uitgereikt, met het bijbehorende prijzengeld van 5.000 euro.

uman skin equivalents (HSEs) are in vitro 3D-skin models that mimic many aspects of the native human skin (NHS) and can be a valuable tool.

Het collegeaanbod op het gebied van de kunsten (voornamelijk beeldende kunst en muziek) en van cultuur in de breedste zin.

Koningin Máxima opende woensdag 4 september onder grote belangstelling het gerenoveerde tropische kassencomplex in de Hortus botanicus Leiden.

Promotor: P.M. Brakefield

Van onderwijs tot een verrijkende ervaring

Kom 16 december genieten van een uniek gratis concert. Met optredens van studenten van de Universiteit Leiden, die naast hun studie ook het talenttraject Practicum Musicae aan het Koninklijk Conservatorium in Den Haag volgen. Verschillende ensembles, kwartetten en duo’s en een gloednieuw orkest trakteren…

In de dreigingsmonitor bewaken en beveiligen 2022-2023 heeft het onderzoeksproject de dreigingsontwikkeling thematisch onderzocht.

This thesis focuses on the application of lipid-based nanomedicine in drug delivery, including small molecular antitumor drugs and biomacromolecules including mRNA, and evaluates their biological performance.