Promotor: G.F.A. Kersten, W. Jiskoot, Co-promotor: B. Metz

This thesis utilises the exceptional sensitivity and resolution of LOFAR to explore the low-frequency Universe, while simultaneously advancing the telescope's capabilities to enable new scientific discovery.

Promotor: Prof.dr. E. Smets, M. Stech

This dissertation presents the results of the importance of creativity for ICT-students of Dutch universities of applied sciences (in Dutch: hogescholen), and the functioning of training courses that aim to promote creative abilities is highlighted.

Promotor: J. Aarts

Op 8 januari 2020 verdedigde Jelmer Brouwer zijn proefschrift 'Detection, detention, deportation'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotoren prof.dr. J.P. van der Leun en prof.dr. M.A.H. van der Woude.

Supervisor: P.J.J. Hooykaas

In the emerging field of small-molecule RNA targeting, there is a growing demand for new high-throughput screening methods.

In the last decades, activity-based protein profiling (ABPP) has emerged as a powerful chemical tool that may aid the ever-challenging drug discovery process.

De Leidse Sterrewacht gaat een nieuwe techniek gebruiken om te rekenen aan zwaartekrachtlenzen. Zij doen dit in het kader van onderzoek naar de vorming van melkwegstelsels. Alessandro Sonnenfeld van de Universiteit Tokyo haalde een Marie-Curie beurs binnen en komt het onderzoeksteam versterken.

Promotor: Huub J.M. de Groot, Co-promotor: Francesco Buda

Promotor: Prof.dr. M.A.G.J. Orrit

Promotor: Prof.dr. M. Ubbink

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.

This thesis attempts to interrogate post-1991-2015 political development in Ethiopia, focusing on the political discourses espoused by the government and opposition, using the discourse analysis method and securitization theory.

This dissertation presents a new perspective on the life, work and character of the Dutch physical chemist Jacobus Henricus van ’t Hoff, first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, and one of the most important and colourful scientists in Dutch history. The image of Van ’t Hoff that emerges from…

Op deze pagina vindt u de opnames van de online This Week's Discoveries vanaf 12 mei 2020 en een lijst sprekers vanaf oktober 2015.

Promotores: H.S. Overkleeft; G.A. van der Marel Co-Promotor: B.I. Florea

The solar system was formed approximately 4.56 billion years ago. Despite the numerous theories that have been developed over the years, the formation and evolution of the solar system still remain unclear.

The complexity of an intelligence problem determines to a great extent the certainty that can be provided by intelligence and security services.

The research described in this thesis has, using the zebrafish as a model system, shed new light on the intricate relationship between TB and DM2, in particular on the role of leptin, SHP-1 and glucocorticoids.

Promotores: Prof.dr. T.H.W. Bäck, Prof.dr. M.R.V. Chaudron, Co-Promotor: M.T.M. Emmerich

In this thesis, a system pharmacology approach, integrating metabolomics, pharmacology and chemical biology, was applied to understand and modulate the endocannabinoid system across different model systems (cells, zebrafish, mice and humans).

The soil ecosystem consists of the largest reservoir of biodiversity on Earth.

Promotor: E. Bouwman, Co-promotor: S. Bonnet

The present thesis focuses on the pharmacological concept of drug-target interaction, which dates back to the beginning of modern pharmacology.

Mechanical metamaterials are man-made materials which derive their unusual properties from their structure rather than their composition.

Soil is a home for an unbelievable diversity and abundance of microbial life that is essential for supporting life on our planet.

Promotor: Prof.dr. E. Bouwman, Co-promotor: S. Bonnet

Promotores: A.P. IJzerman, H.W.T. van Vlijmen

Tuberculosis is a major global health problem caused by the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex, claiming more than a million lives annually.

Promotores: Prof.dr. H.J.M. de Groot, Prof.dr. J. Matysik (Universitaet Leipzig)

The intradermal administration route is attractive for vaccine delivery, because of the highly populated antigen-presenting cells in the skin. However, the skin’s main physical barrier, the stratum corneum, prevents vaccines from entering the skin.

What are the pressing issues of our time, and how can different disciplines come together to address them? Studium Generale and Leiden University College (LUC) present the Global Challenges series: events that bring together researchers from LUC and experts from other disciplines to tackle a shared…

Postdocs, of beginnende onderzoekers, zijn van cruciaal belang voor de Universiteit Leiden. Ze dragen in hoge mate bij aan ons onderzoek. In 2019 waren er ongeveer 400 postdocs werkzaam aan onze faculteiten in Leiden en Den Haag; zij die werkzaam waren bij het LUMC zijn hierbij niet meegeteld.

De onderzoeksgroep Terrorism and Political Violence van de Universiteit Leiden bestudeert de oorzaken van radicalisering, de tactieken van extremistische groeperingen, en de effectiviteit van anti-terrorismebeleid. We onderzoeken ook de rol van media en de invloed van postkoloniale erfenissen in de…

The aims of the project are to: further clarify 'inhibition by safety'; explore and describe all possible sagety factors, with a special focus on the primary human safety source: social connectedness; reviewing prolonged stress responses without stressors.

Promotores: S.J. Edixhoven, P.Parent

A recent study on reintroduced tigers in Panna Tiger Reserve in India reveals that risks from tigers increased more because of human behaviour and people's livestock husbandry practices.

Promotor: Richard D. Gill

Op deze pagina vind je de opnames van de Tuesday Talks sinds april 2025. Ook de opnames van de voorloper van de Tuesday Talks, This Week’s Discoveries, zijn hier te vinden

Het Leiden Leadership Centre verbindt wetenschap en praktijk door evenementen over publiek leiderschap te organiseren – zoals Leiden Leadership Lunches, webinars, (internationale) conferenties en de Leiden Leadership Podcast.

To answer questions that look beyond individual entities, network science studies the interactions taking place in complex systems. These complex systems can often have temporal information on when an interaction occurs.

Het doel van het Scholars for Scholars Fund is om aan de Universiteit Leiden een duurzame ondersteuningsstructuur op te zetten voor onderzoekers die te maken hebben gehad met oorlog en onrust.

De Indonesische krant Pikiran Rakyat heeft een serie van zeven artikelen over Leiden geplaatst, getiteld 'Twee indrukwekkende weken in Leiden'. Aanleiding was het symposium The Role of Women in Sustainable Development in Indonesia, dat van 23 mei t/m 3 juni 2017 werd georganiseerd in Leiden.

De universiteiten van Leiden, Delft en Rotterdam en de universitaire medische centra van Leiden en Rotterdam gaan postdoc-plaatsen aanbieden aan negentig net gepromoveerden van overal ter wereld. Op 5 december werd hiertoe het startschot gegeven.

Research

De prof. A.E.J. Modderman Stichting is verbonden aan de Universiteit Leiden en beoogt bevordering van het onderzoek op het gebied van de strafrechtswetenschappen.