Biopolymer sequencing with graphene edge-based tunnel junctions has the potential to overcome current limitations with the third generation of sequencing based on biological nanopores.

Op 17 november 2020 verdedigde Shuai Guo zijn proefschrift 'Recognition of Foreign Bank Resolution Actions'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. R.D. Vriesendorp en prof.dr. M. Haentjens.

The main goal of this thesis is to achieve advanced control of binding properties in bis-pyrrolic and macrocyclic pyrrolic receptors by light.

Ramesh Ganohariti onderzoekt de juridische identiteit in drie post-Sovjet aspirant-lidstaten en schetst in dit artikel vier veelvoorkomende scenario's.

Op 9 april promoveert Manolis Fragkiadakis. Het Leiden University Centre for Linguistics feliciteert Manolis!

Op 16 december promoveert Yachan Liang. Het Leiden University Centre for Linguistics feliciteert Yachan!

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.

8 november jl. heeft Marike Knoef een award gewonnen op de 34ste Award Ceremony van de World Cultural Council (WCC).

Software development is a complex process. It is important that software products become stable and maintainable assets.

Today, knowledge is the most crucial element to stimulate organizational competitiveness and economic development.

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.N. Kok, Co-promotor: F.J. Verbeek

Atherosclerosis is the most prominent underlying pathology of cardiovascular disease and an important cause of major adverse cardiovascular events.

Natural history collections provide invaluable sources for researchers with different disciplinary backgrounds, aspiring to study the geographical distribution of flora and fauna across the globe as well as other evolutionary processes.

Human vocal communication and music perception represent advanced cognitive skills, seemingly innate and universal. These faculties encompass a range of perceptual and cognitive abilities. Cross-species research sheds light on the origins of musicality by investigating whether these traits are shared…

This thesis investigates Open-world Continual Learning (OWCL), a learning paradigm designed for intelligent systems operating in non-stationary environments with persistent exposure to unknown data.

Promotor: H.J.M. de Groot

The research of the Applied Mathematics cluster is concerned with such diverse topics as dynamical systems, representation theory, differential equations and pattern recognition.

The inverse electron demand Diels-Alder (IEDDA) pyridazine elimination emerged in 2013 as a new bioorthogonal reaction and constitutes a prime example of what is now known as dissociative bioorthogonal chemistry. The research described in this Thesis aims to develop synthetic strategies which enable…

Op 10 november 2021 verdedigde Carmel van Niekerk-Jacobs het proefschrift 'Realising the right to reproduce with assistance in South Africa'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. J.J. Sloth-Nielsen en prof.dr. T. Liefaard.

Promotores: Prof.dr. E.A.L. Biessen, Prof.dr. T.J.C. van Berkel

Freshwater and brackish water ecosystems are arguably the most vulnerable ecosystems on earth, due to concentrated human developments in and around them. The Pontocaspian (PC) region located at the border of Europe and Asia contains a variety of brackish water ecosystems and unique inhabitants, known…

Promotor: Prof.dr. W.J.G.M. Peijnenburg

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

This dissertation explores new chemical strategies for the synthesis of self-adjuvanting peptide conjugates and immunomodulatory ligands aimed at targeted activation of the immune system.

The ongoing increase in antimicrobial resistance combined with the low discovery of novel antibiotics is a serious threat to our health care.

Promotor: J.N. Kok, Co-Promotor: A.J. Knobbe

Mining time series is a machine learning subfield that focuses on a particular data structure, where variables are measured over (short or long) periods of time.

Promotor: H.P. Spaink, A.H. Meijer Co-promotor: R. Marin-Juez

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

Autophagy is a fundamental degradative process, maintaining cellular homeostasis and functions in host defense against intracellular pathogens, including mycobacteria and Salmonella.

One of the main challenges in the development of an effective anti-cancer vaccine is the generation of an adequate and directed cellular immune response.

Promotor: Prof.dr. P.C. van Welzen

In dit project bundelen onderzoekers en docenten van LUCAS, het ICLON en de UBL de krachten om expertise en ervaring op het gebied van machine learning en AI als open leermateriaal voor het middelbaar onderwijs te publiceren.

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Glycoconjugate vaccines are composed of microbial poly- or oligosaccharides covalently linked to a carrier protein.

This thesis seeks to investigate how cancer-associated mutations affect the pharmacological properties of selected GPCRs—primarily A2AAR and 5-HT2CR—through a combination of ligand binding assays, signaling readouts, kinetic profiling, and cellular functional assays.

Andere COI-publicaties zijn te vinden op Leiden Law Blog, de Leiden Law Methods Portal en in het drop-down-menu hieronder.

Hoe kunnen we scholen helpen stress en angst in de klas te herkennen en te voorkomen en samen met scholen leerlingen snel de juiste ondersteuning bieden? Op weg naar een structurele samenwerking tussen Leidse scholen en LUBEC Kenniscentrum Angst en Stress bij jeugd.

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Els Kindt geeft op uitnodiging van de biometric community een keynote lecture 'Speaker recognition and language processing in IoT environments: key messages for industry and researchers' op Odyssey 2018.

New PhD opportunity at University of Amsterdam in 'Intercultural Contact and Identity Formation in Premodern Frontier Zones'. Deadline for application: 15 April 2025

Met een aantal lezingen van topwetenschappers en een feestelijk uitgedoste Pieterskerk stond de Universiteit Leiden op 7 en 8 november even in het teken van de jaarlijkse prijsuitreiking van de World Cultural Council (WCC).

Het gebeurt de afgelopen weken steeds vaker: grote groepen Moldaviërs die naar Nederland komen in de hoop hier asiel te krijgen. Daarmee zijn Moldaviërs op dit moment na Syriërs, de grootste groep asielzoekers in Nederland. Het is onduidelijk waar deze plotselinge toestroom door wordt veroorzaakt.

De Universiteit Leiden organiseert dit jaar de 34ste Award Ceremony van de World Cultural Council (WCC).