Atherosclerosis is a progressive disease resulting in the formation of an arterial plaque. Despite lipid lowering, recurrent cardiovascular events remain a risk. While atherosclerosis is primarily lipid-driven, the immune system plays a critical role in the pathophysiology.

Promotor: E.F. Smets, Co-promotor: T.R. van Andel

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

The investigation into the bidirectional communication between the gut and its host is a rapidly growing area of research, attracting considerable attention for its potential to provide crucial insights into health and disease.

Promotors: C.A.J. Knibbe, Anthonius de Boer, Co-promotor: M.M.J. van der Vorst

We strive to address the challenge of constructing a modeling language to write software which can take advantage of recent hardware developments (multicore, cloud) without compromising in its abstraction levels.

Promotor: A.P. IJzerman

Promotor: Prof.dr. P.G.L Klinkhamer, Co-promotor: K. Vrieling

Promotor: C.J. ten Cate, Co-promotor: H.W. Slabbekoorn

Promotor: Prof.dr. T.H.W. Bäck

Due to their central physiological roles in living organisms, retaining beta-glycosidases have been the subject of tremendous research efforts to examine their structure/function relation using numerous biophysical and biochemical approaches.

When observing star-forming galaxies, we are not only seeing stellar light, but we also see how this interacts with galactic gas and dust. This thesis contains studies of the stellar, nebular and dust properties of low mass star-forming galaxies.

Promotor: Prof.dr. S. Portegies Zwart

This thesis studied in depth the energy use and CO2 emissions of the industrial sector in China.

Biological cells, the basic building blocks of all life forms, are surrounded by a lipid membrane. More than half of the membrane is occupied by membrane proteins, which can regulate the cell functionality through specific arrangements.

Visualizing the internal structure is a crucial step in acquiring knowledge about the origin, state, and composition of cultural heritage artifacts. Among the most powerful techniques for exposing the interior of cultural heritage objects is computed tomography (CT), a technique that computationally…

Empirical Legal Studies in Leiden focust op het bouwen van een interdisciplinaire gemeenschap van rechtsgeleerden en sociale wetenschappers die samen juridische vraagstukken onderzoeken op het snijpunt van recht en gedrag, waarbij diverse soorten methoden worden gebruikt.

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

In human cells, a meter-long DNA is condensed inside a micrometer-sized cell nucleus. Simultaneously, the genetic code must remain accessible for its replication and transcription to functional proteins.

Promotores: Prof.dr. G.F.A. Kersten, W. Jiskoot, Co-promotor: J-P. Amorij

Promotores: Prof.dr. B.R. Katzy, Prof.dr. K. Sailer (Munich University)

Op 16 december 2021 verdedigde Lisanne van Houten het proefschrift 'Flexing the Slot Regime'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door prof.dr. P. Mendes de Leon en prof. L. Pierallini (Luiss University Of Rome).

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.

Pulsars were first discovered in 1967 and since then the population has grown and expanded over several wavelengths.

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

Low-carbon (LE) technologies have a significant potential to reduce the total carbon emissions in China.

We consider the propagation of electrical signals through nerve fibres.

Promotor: H.J.A. Röttgering, Co-promotor: M. Haverkorn

To limit the effects of climate change, global average temperature since pre-industrial measurements are to be kept well below 2 °C preferably even at 1.5 °C.

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

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

The studies presented in the work show the potential of the integrative use of biophysical data in defining the structural basis of protein interactions.

For centuries astronomers studied the Universe by collecting light. Nowadays, we are living in times of great technological advancements, which allow us to explore our Universe in a new way - though gravitational wave radiation.

Op donderdag 25 en vrijdag 26 oktober 2018 organiseerde het Europa Instituut een conferentie in het kader van ‘Interaction between Legal Systems (ILS): Policing the High Seas’ en in samenwerking met vier belangengroepen van de European Society of International Law.

Op 29 oktober 2020 organiseerde het Europa-Institut Zürich een conferentie met als titel

Ook in Nederland is er veel aandacht voor de verkiezingen in de VS. Waar komt die fascinatie vandaan? En hebben wij een goed beeld van wat daar gebeurt? Promovendus Bram Eenink legt uit.

Subproject of the ERC project 'Challenging the Liberal World Order from Within: The Invisible History of the United Nations and the Global South'.

The high velocity tail of the total velocity distribution of stars provides essential insight into fundamental properties of the Galaxy.

Assessing the risks of engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) solely on the basis of experimental assays is time-consuming, resource intensive, and constrained by ethical considerations (such as the principles of the 3Rs of animal testing). The adoption of computational toxicology in this field is a high p…

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In belangrijke zaken voor het Hof van Justitie van de Europese Unie (EHJ) in Luxemburg worden de arresten voorafgegaan door een conclusie van een advocaat-generaal. Deze adviezen zijn niet bindend voor het Hof, maar zijn in de praktijk zeer invloedrijk

De december 2022 editie van the Common Market Law Review, Vol. 59 No. 6, is nu online toegankelijk.

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

This thesis aims to demonstrate how the achromatic nature and design flexibility of liquid-crystal optics can be used to improve high-contrast imaging instruments to facilitate detailed exoplanet characterization.