Mycorrhizas are symbiotic associations between soil fungi and most plant species.

Promotor: M. Franx, Co-Promotor: I.F. Labbé

Promotores: Prof.dr. C.A.J. Knibbe, Prof.dr. M. Danhof, Prof.dr. K. Allegaert (Leuven)

Bacterial chemosensory arrays are protein assemblies that are the key structural and functional component for motile bacteria to sense their internal or environmental chemical signals.

Een lijst met wetenschappelijke publicaties samengesteld door het team van het TRIXY Expertisecentrum.

Promotor: Prof.dr. K.H. Kuijken, Co-Promotor: H.Hoekstra

Op 7 november 2018 verdedigde Catherine Harwood haar proefschrift 'Navigating Between Principle and Pragmatism: The Roles and Functions of Atrocity-Related United Nations Commissions of Inquiry in the International Legal Order'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof. dr. L.J. Van den…

In this thesis, deep learning is studied from a statistical perspective. Convergence rates for the worst case risk bounds of neural network estimators are obtained in the classification, density estimation and linear regression model.

A modern ship design process is subject to a wide variety of constraints such as safety constraints, regulations, and physical constraints.

Promotor: Prof.dr. D. Bouwmeester

Why do black holes emit thermal radiation? And how does a closed quantum system thermalize?

Disclaimer: Manuscripten die te maken hebben met het Resilience Center zijn alleen voor academische doeleinden en zijn niet bedoeld voor massaverspreiding of kopiëren. Raadpleeg de toepasselijke wetten voor eerlijk gebruik, inclusief de beperkingen van de houders van auteursrechten op publicaties.

In this thesis three different topics in number theory are studied.

In dit interdisciplinaire onderzoeksprogramma werken onderzoekers uit vijf verschillende disciplines met elkaar samen. Zij stellen zich hieronder (in het Engels) aan u voor.

Nanodiscs are small, disc-shaped structures designed to mimic biological cell membranes, composed of a lipid bilayer stabilized by scaffold proteins. Membrane proteins play crucial roles in essential processes such as nutrient and waste transport, molecular recognition, and cell signalling, making them…

Hoe kunnen praktijk en theorie elkaar versterken in de neurowetenschappen? Hoogleraar Birte Forstmann spreekt in haar oratie op 2 oktober over het bouwen van interdisciplinaire bruggen tussen cognitieve neurowetenschap en cognitieve modellen. Haar aanpak kan bijdragen aan hersenonderzoek met minder…

Promotor: J.A. Bouwstra Co-promotor: A. El Ghalbzouri

Continuous optimization is never easy: the exact solution is always a luxury demand and the theory of it is not always analytical and elegant.

Hoe meer we leren over een (neuro-)psychologische of lichamelijke aandoening en de hieraan gerelateerde gedragsfactoren, hoe beter we deze niet alleen kunnen signaleren, maar ook behandelen. Het is dus belangrijk dat recente inzichten over (neuro-)psychologische problemen en daaraan gerelateerde gedragsfactoren…

Hersenstimulatie en voedingssupplementen zoals tyrosine of tryptofaan lijken veelbelovende opties om de cognitieve prestaties te verbeteren. Dat constateert psycholoog Laura Steenbergen. Maar ze stelt ook dat er meer onderzoek nodig is. Promotie op 16 juni.

The lipids in the uppermost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum (SC), play an important role in the skin barrier function. The three main SC lipid classes are ceramides (CER), cholesterol and free fatty acids.

De Iraakse archeologische site Nimrud werd kort geleden terugveroverd op IS. Maar wat nu te doen met de beschadigde resten? Bleda Düring sprak erover in Trouw.

Metal-based prodrugs based on ruthenium(II) polypyridyl complexes have proven to be very suitable for application in both photodynamic therapy (PDT) and photo-activated chemotherapy (PACT).

De sectie Cognitieve Psychologie draagt bij aan de 3-jarige bacheloropleiding en verzorgt 2 masterspecialisaties.

This thesis describes the role of pollution, specifically neonicotinoid insecticides, as an actor of the ongoing biodiversity decline.

Optimally solving real-world expensive Black-Box Optimization (BBO) problems w.r.t. real-world constraints, such as wall-clock time and computational costs, is extremely difficult and tedious.

Promotor: Prof.dr. A.W. van der Vaart

Faciliteiten waar LIBC leden gebruik van kunnen maken (in het Engels):

Barrier function is the natural role of the skin. The lipid matrix present in the outermost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum is important for this function.

This thesis consists of two main parts. The first part (Chapters 2 and 3) deals with a class of Markov process called Quasi-Skipfree (QSF) processes.

Metal complexes and 2D materials like graphene were combined to produce structures that can function as sensors.

Promotor: A.P. IJzerman

The research described in this thesis combines the latest insights in lysosomal function with lysosome centred cell signalling.

This work describes several studies into the electroreduction of carbon dioxide (CO2RR), both regarding mechanistical aspects and catalyst stability considerations. Mechanistic insights into carbon-carbon bond formation on a silver catalyst are described in Ch 2, were we find an acetaldehyde-like surface…

This thesis aimed to investigate the impact of exposure dynamics, relative contributions of ENPs(particle) and ENPs(ion), and dosing regimens on the toxicity of ENPs varying in different physico-chemical properties, on the composition and functioning of soil microbial communities.

Aangezien jeuk en pijn zeer belastend kunnen zijn, vooral wanneer mensen chronisch aan (een van) deze symptomen lijden, is het belangrijk te weten door welke factoren deze gewaarwordingen worden beïnvloed. Het wordt steeds duidelijker dat psychologische factoren een belangrijke rol spelen bij het ervaren…

Sphingolipids are important membrane compounds with a variety of functions. In mammalian cells, different enzymes are involved in the metabolism of sphingolipids, but interruption of this metabolism process leads to different diseases.

The long-held desire - to link structure directly to function and to explain molecular mechanisms based on basic chemical or physical principles - is finally coming closer, satisfying not only our scientific curiosity but also offering new solutions to the many challenges in the field of health, energy…

Promotor: Prof.dr. J.A. Bouwstra, Co-promotor: A. El Ghalbzouri

It is a common technique in global optimization with expensive black-box functions to learn a surrogate-model of the response function from past evaluations and use it to decide on the location of future evaluations.

Promotor: W. T. F. den Hollander, F. H. J. Redig

Constraint multi-objective optimization with a limited budget for function evaluations is challenging. This thesis tackles this problem by proposing new optimization algorithms. These algorithms are applied on holistic ship design problems. This helps naval architects balance objectives like cost, efficiency,…

A common method to solve expensive function evaluation problem is using Bayesian Global Optimization, instead of Evolutionary Algorithms.