830 search results for “soil barrier” in the Public website
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Riccardo Mancinelli
Science
r.mancinelli@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Chenguang Gao
Science
c.gao@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Pengxuan Xie
Science
p.xie@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Research lines
Current research at the Skin Barrier and Vaccination group.
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Even plants can have neighbour trouble
Restoring a natural plant environment on exhausted agricultural lands and in nature areas is difficult. We can speed this up by steering the soils towards the desired situation. This is what Martijn Bezemer, newly appointed Professor of Ecology of Plant-Microbe-Insect interactions at Leiden University’s…
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Effect of Nanoparticles on Microbial Catabolism and Community Structure using Biolog techniques
1. To what extent do metallic NPs added to soil extractions change the activity, abundance, or community composition of microbes? 2. How do the effects of metallic NPs on soil microbes differ from the effects of the ions shedding from corresponding NPs?
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Understanding the role of mycorrhizas in global carbon cycle processes
How the global distribution of vegetation stands dominated by arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal plants relate to principle aspects of belowground carbon accumulation processes?
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Development of formulation for treatment of Atopic Eczema
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Barrier Free Studying Lunch Meeting
Lecture
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Soil and Crop Management Options to Improve N Cycling on Dairy Farms on Peat Soil
PhD defence
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Natural Resources and Spatial Structure at Dzehkabtún, Mexico
This projects investigates spatial relations between soils and other resources and the urban layout of a classic Maya center in Campeche, Mexico.
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Impact of plant domestication on spermosphere and rhizosphere microbiome composition
Microbiome composition of the spermosphere and the rhizosphere of wild and modern bean accessions grown in an agricultural and a native soil from Colombia was characterized by metagenomics and cultivation-dependent approaches.
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Better insight into competition between microbes
It is mostly rainfall and soil acidity that determine which microbes survive in a particular habitat and which do not. This knowledge is important for maintaining biodiversity. Leiden environmentalists contributed to the research. Publication in Nature on 1 August.
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Human skin equivalents: understanding the lipid biosynthesis in the skin
There is considerable need for improved skin models to develop safe and efficient drugs for skin delivery as well as for cosmetic and chemical product testing on the skin.
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Systems dermatology of inflammatory diseases
Inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis and atopic dermatitis can severely impact both the physical and social aspect of a patient’s life. Aberrant inflammatory responses are thought to be a major causative factor in these disorders, but an abundance of different factors contribute to the development…
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Human epidermal lipid biosynthesis in health and disease
How are the epidermal lipid pathways involved in health and disease.
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Systems dermatology of immune-mediated dermatological diseases: cutaneous T-cell lymphoma
The complex pathophysiology of immuno-dermatological disorders is multifactorial, including environmental, skin microbiome, (epi)genetic and immune dysregulation conditions. This project primarily focuses on the orphan disease mycosis fungoides, a subtype of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma. The current pathophysiological…
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Peter van Bodegom
Science
p.m.van.bodegom@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7486
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Fungi of the greening Arctic: compositional and functional shifts in response to climatic changes
Promotor: E.F. Smets Co-promotor: J. Geml
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Volatile compounds from Actinobacteria as mediators of microbial interactions
Streptomyces are bacteria abundant in soil that participate in diverse and complex interactions. These bacteria are the main producers of the antibiotics we currently use in the clinic.
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Peeking into the future: Fungi in the greening Arctic
Promotor: E.F. Smets, Co-promotor: J. Geml
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The Ecology and Evolution of Microbial Warfare in Streptomyces
The soil-dwelling, filamentous bacteria of the genus Streptomyces are renowned for their production of useful secondary metabolites including antibiotics. The work described in this thesis provides new insights on the role and regulation of antibiotic production and resistance in these bacteria.
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Key publications
Key publications of the Skin Barrier and Vaccination group.
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Carbon atom reactivity with amorphous solid water: H2O-catalyzed formation of H2CO
We report new computational and experimental evidence of an efficient and astrochemically relevant formation route to formaldehyde (H2CO). This simplest carbonylic compound is central to the formation of complex organics in cold interstellar clouds and is generally regarded to be formed by the hydrogenation…
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Huygens
Niels Bohrweg 2, Leiden
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Microbial hitchhiking
How do nonmotile microbes leverage communal motility?
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Nano shapes micro : Impacts of metallic nanoparticles on microbial communities
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.
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Vidi grant awarded to Nadia Soudzilovskaia (CML)
On 11 May 2016 a prestigious NWO Vidi grant (NWO's Innovation Research Incentives scheme) has been awarded to Nadia Soudzilovskaia for her research proposal entitled “Do mycorrhizal fungi mediate soil carbon fate?”, aimed to understand mycorrhizal impact on soil carbon sequestration.
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New antibiotics
Pathogenic bacteria are increasingly resistant to today’s antibiotics. Professor Gilles van Wezel seeks new forms of antibiotics in good bacteria that live in the soil.
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TERRA: TERraced landscape of RAmosch, Switzerland
This project investigates the well-preserved agricultural terraces of the Inn valley and the evolution of resource use in the inner Alps.
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Morphogenesis and heterogeneity in liquid-grown streptomyces cultures
The filamentous bacteria Streptomyces are widespread inhabitants of terrestrial soils.
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Development of life cycle assessment for residue-based bioenergy
Promotores: Prof.dr.G.R. de Snoo and Dr. R. Heijungs
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Best presentation award for Andreea Nadaban at European congress
A starring role for PhD candidate Andreea Nadaban during the annual meeting of the European Epidermal Barrier Research Network. With her talk about the arrangement of lipid molecules in the upper layer of our skin, she won the award for Best Oral Presentation.
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Difference in microbiota between organic and conventional dairy farms
Bacteria and fungi on organic dairy farms are significantly different from those on conventional farms. That was discovered by postdoc researcher Sofia Gomes and her supervisors Nadia Soudzilovskaia and Peter van Bodegom in collaboration with the Louis Bolk Institute and Naturalis Biodiversity Centre.…
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Hybrid zone dynamics in amphibians
Hybrid zones occur where two species meet and produce offspring (hybrids). Typically, hybrids show a considerable reduction in fitness. In this thesis two hybrid zones are treated.
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Non-take-up of social support and the implications for social policies
This dissertation takes an important step in understanding the phenomenon of non-take-up of social support and what it means for contemporary social policies.
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Phase behavior of skin lipid mixtures: the effect of cholesterol on lipid organization
The lipid matrix in the stratum corneum (SC), the upper layer of the skin, plays a critical role in the skin barrier. The matrix consists of ceramides (CERs), cholesterol (CHOL) and free fatty acids (FFAs).
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Lipid mediated colloidal interactions
The lipid membrane is a basic structural component of all living cells. Embedded in this nanometer-thin barrier, membrane proteins shape the membrane and at the same time respond to the shape of the membrane.
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Organising public sector AI adoption: Navigating between separation and integration
In this article, Friso Selten and Bram Klievink explore how public organisations strategically manage the adoption of AI.
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Highly Accurate Simulations and Benchmarking of Molecule-Surface Reactions
Heterogeneous catalyzed processes are highly significant to the chemical industry. Dissociative chemisorption (DC) of molecules on surfaces is always considered as a step with a high degree of rate control for heterogeneous catalysis.
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Oort
Niels Bohrweg 2, Leiden
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OSCoffee: Open Science in Criminology - barriers and opportunities
Lecture
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MicroGRICE: Greenhouse Gas Reduction in RICE: MICRO-biome climate smart applications
Can we use indigenous microbial rice communities to reduce methane production in agricultural settings?
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Modelling the role of mycorrhizal associations in soil carbon cycling
PhD defence
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Soil Organic Amendments for Climate-Smart Agriculture
PhD defence
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Access to Justice in Libya (A2JiL)
This 48-month project is to contribute to a solid, accessible, domestically owned knowledge base for people-centred interventions aimed at strengthening access to justice in Libya (A2JiL), and to disseminate such knowledge among stakeholders, enhancing awareness and the capabilities required to provide…
- OSCoffee: Open Science in Criminology - barriers and opportunities
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Food
The research within the Food research programme at CML focuses on a transition towards sustainable food production and consumption systems. We investigate from a very small to a very large scale, at a local, national or international level. We do so by researching for example molecular tools, food systems,…
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Unspinning chromatin: molecular mechanisms of chromatin remodeling
How do you fit two meters of DNA in a tiny compartment and at the same time are able to access the right parts of it at the right times?
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The Emergence of Democratic Firms in the Platform Economy: Drivers, Obstacles, and the Path Ahead
On 15 February 2022, Morshed Mannan defended the thesis 'The Emergence of Democratic Firms in the Platform Economy: Drivers, Obstacles, and the Path Ahead'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. I.S. Wuisman and Prof. J.A.A. Adriaanse.