1,389 search results for “nwo” in the Public website
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Manioc roots
Prehistory of Amazonia seen from the kitchen
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Unravelling proteins by touch
How can we develop a new microscope that can distinguish individual atoms in proteins?
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Formation of synthetic fuel: new insights!
Navarro Paredes
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Elucidating the catalytic properties of gold
How does CO adsorption on gold promote its own oxidation and the oxidation of other organic molecules?
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Graphene as biological sensor
How distance-dependent is graphene as biological sensor?
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Favourable developments for numbers
What is the relationship between probability experiments and cryptographic applications?
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Quest for new antibiotics
Gubbens
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Extreme phenomena in soft materials
What are the mechanics of soft materials (e.g. foam, sand)?
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Guiding blood vessels with laser light
How can lasers control the growth of new blood vessels?
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Chromatin dynamics in single genes
John van Noort
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Concrete arithmetic between geometry and number theory
Bruin
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Mathematics cluster STAR tenure track
Perform cutting-edge research in the area of the STAR mathematics cluster.
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Seeking the boundaries of quantum mechanics
Bouwmeester
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From molecules to planets: Exploring the chemical heritage of solar systems
Walsh
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Applying for research
The portfolio of eLaw includes research executed for the European Commission, NWO (the national research council in the Netherlands), the national government, local government agencies, large corporations, SMEs and NGOs.
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Spherical mosaics from different tiles
What are 'defects' and mechanical properties of mosaics of different shapes of tiles?
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The eel, a swimming paradox
Why is the swimming efficiency of the European eel higher than predicted?
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Why don't drugs make it to the market?
How can we extend the drug residence time to combat diseases more effectively?
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Unravelling the chlorine production reaction
How can we make the production of chlorine cheaper and more friendly for the environment?
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Towards a comprehensive and predictive theory of catalysis based on simple structure-activity relations
Can we tailor catalysts at the atomic scale by means of high-school chemistry and geometry rules?
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Applied String Theory: Explaining Quantum Matter with Black Holes
Schalm
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The densest matter in nature
What is neutron star matter?
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Gravitation, strings, and strongly interactive matter
What is the connection between materials with weak and strong gravitational interactions?
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Reversing cardiovascular diseases
How can the development of constrictions in the blood vessels be reversed?
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Making big data meaningful for a promising start
All children deserve a promising start. Most children are doing fine. But some need extra support, because of problems during pregnancy or because they grow up in disadvantaged circumstances, e.g. due to poverty, parental addictions or psychological problems.
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Microscale Analytical Tools
Enabling volume-restricted metabolomics using next-generation microscale analytical tools.
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SCALES project
How to strike a balance between the sometimes conflicting stakes of individual, public and private data-producers and data-processors?
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Exploring hidden villages in colonial and non-colonial landscapes
A project to explore the configuration of different types of settlement and its role in the evolution of landscape, both in pre-Roman times and in the so-called Colonial landscape. We used several techniques of field survey, pottery classification and other non-invasive approaches to the archaeological…
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Leiden Consortium on Individual Development (L-CID)
Why are not all children equally responsive to variations in the social environment?
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Hall of Fame 2021
In 2021 many of our students and staff won fantastic prizes and were awarded important research grants. This is our traditional review of these successes as the end of one year marks the beginning of another.
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Hall of Fame 2023
In 2023, many of our students and staff won great prizes and secured important research grants.
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Overview
The Division of Systems Pharmacology and Pharmacy (SPP) aims to develop precision medicine approaches to characterise and predict variation in treatment response and enhance translational drug development strategies.
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Hall of Fame 2020
In 2020, many of our staff and students have again won prestigious prizes and been awarded important research subsidies.
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Psychology
The Institute of Psychology is responsible for innovative and interdisciplinary research and education within psychology and related disciplines.
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Statistics when your models are wrong
Peter Grunwald
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Novel target engagement biomarkers for better drug candidates
Is is possible to better predict the validity of drug candidates?
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Revealing the origins of solar systems: examining the formation of proto-planetary disks and binary stars
What is the origin of solar systems?
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Novel chemical tools for target validation in neuroinflammation
In what way can new tools and techniques be used to develop drug candidates for the treatment of neurological disorders?
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From the First Galaxies to the Peak of the Star Formation History
How did galaxies form? How did galaxies evolve?
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Probing a new volume regime in metabolomics with capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry
Ramautar
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Counting points on surfaces
van Luijk
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Egyptian temple oaths in Ptolemaic Egypt. A comparative approach at the crossroads of law, ethnics and religion
Een onderzoek naar de formulering, structuur, rechtshistorische aard en sociale en religieuze achtergronden van Laat-Egyptische (demotische) tempeleden, aangevuld met 70 ongepubliceerde teksten.
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Symposium on Interdisciplinary Research
On 8 November 2021 YAL organized the successful symposium Interdisciplinary Research: Challenges and Opportunities.
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Putting life into Late Neolithic houses
Investigating domestic crafts and subsistence activities through experiments and material analysis
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Faster number theory, safer cryptography
Developing a method to simplify polynomials in complex curves
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Duality for Interacting Particle Systems
Duality, stochastic processes
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DnQ - Divide and Quantum
The Divide & Quantum (D&Q) project offers various solutions to harness the power of quantum computers in the near term, proposing entire pipelines, from theoretical research, via implementation to real-world case studies in a number of disciplines, to science communication with the broader society.…
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New research centre for studying planet and star formation
The ALMA Local Expertise Group (Allegro) is located in the Leiden Observatory (Sterrewacht). Professor Ewine van Dishoeck: ‘The Netherlands has played an important role in establishing ALMA. Thanks to this subsidy, we can now reap the scientific benefits.'
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Awards and Grants 2018
An overview of awards and prizes granted to our staff and students in 2018, as well as special appointments and royal distinctions.
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Dutch Research Council pilot programme funding for seven researchers
Seven researchers from Leiden University have made a successful application to the Open Competition SSH (Social Sciences and Humanities) XS, a Dutch Research Council pilot programme.