In this thesis, we developed new ways to use a technique called electroextraction (EE) to extract charged molecules from one liquid into another using an electric field.

Given the accelerating appearance of antimicrobial resistance, there is an urgent need for more fundamental research into novel antibiotic strategies. The work in this thesis helps to address this global problem by developing new antibiotic compounds, inspired by the antibacterial mechanisms of the…

We prove a p-adic version of the work by Gross and Zagier on the differences between singular moduli by proving a set of conjectures by Giampietro and Darmon, who investigated the factorisation of a rational invariant associated to a pair of CM-points on a genus zero Shimura curve, obtained as the ratio…

Grensverleggend geschiedenis leren.

Het LAK biedt verschillende schrijfcursussen aan. Maak kennis met de wereld van verhalen verzinnen. Leer de basisvaardigheden van fictie schrijven en leer als schrijver je eigen stem vinden en zet de eerste belangrijke stap van een idee naar een verhaal. Of maak kennis met poëtische technieken. De keuze…

An important part of the SCS specialisation is the internship period. Students will get the opportunity to get to know the field and to apply what they have learned during the courses.

Breeding for resistance becomes more and more important because we want to reduce the use of pesticides. A fast and cheap alternative can be to make use of morphological or chemical markers.

Leiden is een echte studentenstad. Meld je aan voor een studievereniging of studentenvereniging om van jouw studietijd een onvergetelijke tijd te maken!

De masteropleiding International Organisation wordt aangeboden door de Universiteit Leiden in Den Haag. Op deze pagina wordt uitgelegd waarom studenten voor deze opleiding en locatie kiezen.

In the Schouwburgstraat, LUGO is currently redesigning the back-garden in order to increase biodiversity and make it a more beautiful space. Throughout October 2023 until March 2024, we will be making changes to the garden with our team of volunteers.

De Universiteit Leiden heeft een schenking van ruim 2 miljoen euro ontvangen van Stichting Utopa voor de sectie Sociale, Economische en Organisatiepsychologie. Met deze schenking kan een Fonds Psychologie en Economisch Gedrag worden ingesteld voor onderzoek en onderwijs. Daarnaast komt er een kenniscentrum…

De Europese Commissie heeft dr. Joris Larik, universitair docent vergelijkend, EU en internationaal recht bij Leiden University College The Hague, benoemd tot een nieuwe groep van personen die geschikt zijn bevonden voor benoeming als arbiter in het kader van bilaterale handelsovereenkomsten van de…

De onderzoeksgroep Business, Technology & Public Policy van de afdeling Bedrijfswetenschappen van Universiteit leiden houdt zich bezig met het onderzoeken van de dynamische wisselwerking tussen ‘nieuwe’ technologieën en de verschillende belanghebbenden die hiermee interacteren, waaronder consumenten,…

The research profile ‘Asian Modernities and Traditions’ (AMT) aims to raise the strength and visibility of research, teaching and dissemination of Asian studies at Leiden University.

For questions and suggestions regarding the series, please contact prof. dr. Olaf van Vliet or dr. Max van Lent

Promotie

Een televisiecrew van Euronews kwam naar Leiden om Eugenio Cusumano te interviewen over zijn werk op het gebied van migranten reddingsoperaties in de Middellandse zee. Eugenio is expert op het gebied van international relations.

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,…

Growth hormone profiles are pulsatile and highly variable between individuals, limiting the implementation of mathemathical models to quantify an individual's secretion.

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.

Cognitieve psychologie is de studie van mentale functies, waaronder aandacht, geheugen, bewustzijn, emotie, taal en actiecontrole. Het doel is om de complexe relaties tussen brein, cognitie en gedrag te begrijpen.

Promotor: M. Danhof Co-promotor: O.E. Della Pasqua

Hoe leidt zelfredzaamheid tot een afname in samenwerking voor publieke goederen?

Promotor: Prof.dr. T. Hankemeier

The department of Industrial Ecology is dealing with research into the development of tools for decision making on sustainable production and consumption.

The aim of this thesis is to expedite and ensure the systematic accuracy of clearance scaling from adults to paediatric patients, with a special focus on drugs undergoing hepatic metabolism.

In this thesis we will explore the use of fuzzy systems theory for applications in bioinformatics.

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…

Op 18 december 2019 verdedigde Mikhail Antonov zijn proefschrift 'Formalism, Realism and Conservatism in Russian Law'. Het promotieonderzoek is begeleid door promotor prof.dr. W.B. Simons.

This thesis focuses on the social dimensions of crane and wetland conservation in rural landscapes in Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe.

EXIOBASE is a global, detailed Multi-regional Environmentally Extended Supply and Use / Input Output (MR EE SUT/IOT) database. It was developed by harmonizing and detailing SUT for a large number of countries, estimating emissions and resource extractions by industry, linking the country EE SUT via…

Donderdag 1 december 2016 is Francisco Sepulveda Ramirez gepromoveerd op zijn proefschrift 'Residence in Tax Treaties'. Zijn promotor was hoogleraar Belastingrecht Frank Engelen.

IIAS bevordert kritisch, humanistisch en collaboratief werk over, met, in en buiten Azië.

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.

Samenlevingen wereldwijd worden geconfronteerd met grote uitdagingen, die voortkomen uit onder meer klimaatverandering, technologische innovaties en politieke en economische crises. In de master Public Administration (MSc) pak je deze vraagstukken aan vanuit een multilevel governance-perspectief.

Kunst en vrije tijd, Kunst en vrije tijd

In this thesis, single-cell approaches were applied to characterize the impact of aging on the immunological B cell landscape in different models of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, with the goal to identify and study new B cell-associated biomarkers and therapeutic targets to halt atherosclerosis…

This thesis focuses on protoplanetary disks: flattened structures of gas and dust around young stars in which planets are expected to form and grow.

At the moment, over 350.000 chemicals are registered worldwide for production and use. Their application, however, may harm human health and the environment.

This thesis describes the use of a combined approach of computational and experimental techniques to gain novel insights to understand the glycosylation reaction and its reactive intermediates.

Promotores: T.H.W. Bäck, Y. Tan, Co-promotor: M.T.M. Emmerich

This thesis aims to enhance our understanding of galaxies by testing theoretical models of galaxy formation against observations, particularly in the cases of extreme systems which have been found to have an excess of baryonic mass in their central regions, in the form of either supermassive black holes…

Despite the fact that gold nanoparticles (GNPs) are one of the most studied nanoparticles, there is still a necessity for new approaches allowing for effective protective coating to enable wider use of GNPs in biomedical applications.

Anthropogenic noise negatively affects wildlife in a wide range of taxonomic groups.

Promotor: J.M. van Ruitenbeek, Co-Promotor: S.J. van der Molen

Obesity may alter how a person absorbs, distributes, metabolizes or excretes medication. This thesis describes how obesity affects drug levels in the blood for antimicrobial agents, such as ciprofloxacin and fluconazole.

As leading cause of death worldwide, cancer is responsible for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020 according to World Health Organization (WHO). Cisplatin and its derivatives are commonly used chemotherapy agents for current cancer treatment in the clinics.

Promotor: K.J. Batenburg, Co-promotor: A.W. van der Vaart, B. de Smit