2,149 search results for “wetenschap in de media” in the Public website
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Patient to plastic surgeon: ‘I want to look like my selfie.’
An image has great powers of persuasion. It is said that ‘a picture is worth more than a thousand words’. But these days, images can easily be manipulated with severe consequences. ‘Perhaps it’s time to reconsider the value we attach to images’, says Elize de Mul, whose PhD thesis deals with ‘digital…
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Five questions on event 'Leadership in the digital transition'
Minister Alexandra van Huffelen will attend the 'Leadership in the digital transition' event at Campus Wijnhaven organised by Alex Ingrams on 16 February. Five questions to Ingrams about the event.
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Students International Studies receive their diploma
More than 300 students received their Bachelor’s Diploma of International Studies on 31 August 2018.
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Green Office chasing green ideas
‘A university is a slow-moving institution, which is in many ways a good thing,' commented student Josephine Rook at the opening of the Leiden University Green Office on 27 September in the Hortus botanicus. ‘Sustainability is not about following the latest trends, but about making structural improv…
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The forgotten history of Dutch slavery in Guyana
When we think of the history of Dutch slavery, the areas that spring to mind are primarily the Antilles and Suriname. However, until the end of the eighteenth century there were also Dutch plantation colonies in neighbouring Guyana. Bram Hoonhout’s book ‘Borderless Empire’ describes this forgotten h…
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Willem van der Does sheds new light on the at times pitch-black history of psychiatry
Piercing through the skull with an ice pick, administering electric shocks without an anaesthetic, or applying leeches to the uterus: these may seem like medieval methods of torture, but they are in fact therapies used in medicine. Willem van der Does writes about all of them in his new book. ‘Physicians…
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How Dutch Brazil was lost
The Amsterdam media played a major role in the rise and fall of Dutch Brazil, the colony held briefly by the Dutch West India Company in the 17th century. This is the conclusion reached by Professor of Maritime History Michiel van Groesen in his book ‘Amsterdam’s Atlantic’.
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Percutaneous mitral valve plasty in secondary mitral regurgitation
PhD defence
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Tumor-specific targets for imaging in vulvar cancer
PhD defence
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Tautological differential forms on moduli spaces of curves
PhD defence
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Gabriel Paiuk – Sound Theory (The Clouds)
Arts and culture, Concert
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Imaging of the cardiorenal syndrome and visceral fat
PhD defence
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Complex networks in perspective
Conference
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Is thyroid status a common denominator of age-related disease?
PhD defence
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Museum Talk: Art amid the Ruins
Lecture
- Seminar 3: Emotionality and Late Medieval Self-Transformative Processes
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Karina Caputi on the early universe
Lecture, Kaiser Lente Lezing
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Nienke van der Marel on astrochemistry
Lecture, Kaiser Lente Lezing
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Middle Eastern Culture Market 2022
Arts and culture, LUCIS Middle Eastern Culture Market
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Middle East Culture Market 2023
Arts and culture, LUCIS Middle East Culture Market
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Library comes up with creative solutions
UBL, Leiden University Libraries, is doing all it can to continue to offer its services. Even now the motto is, ‘work from home’. Who is doing want and how are things going?
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Medical Delta professor Andrew Webb: ‘In The Netherlands, people are much more open to cooperation’
Commercial MRI systems cost millions of euros to purchase and require highly trained technicians to operate. Prof. Andrew Webb works on accessible MRI techniques that offer new opportunities in both developed and developing countries. Webb is a professor at the Radiology Department of the LUMC and,…
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National Museum of Antiquities: 200-year partnership with Leiden University
From Caspar Reuvens to the royal grave in Oss, and from ancient images in the Hortus to a table from Naturalis. The National Museum of Antiquities is 200 years old, and throughout this whole period there have been close contacts between museum and university. Curator Annemarieke Willemsen explains this…
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On the road with museum lover Jelte Liemburg
Alumnus Jelte Liemburg, aged 29, aims to visit every single one of the 500 museums in the Netherlands that take part in the national museum pass scheme.
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COVID Radar is a good predictor of increasing infections
The COVID Radar app is citizen science at its best. More than 200,000 users in the Netherlands are answering questions about their health and behaviour to help predict the development of the pandemic. Niels Chavannes, Professor of General Practice at Leiden University Medical Center, explains how the…
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Dies natalis 2021
University ceremony
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The Gulag Legacy - Memory of Stalinism in Today's Russia
Lecture
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Synthetic peptides as tools in chemical immunology
PhD defence
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Contact effects in intonation: Spanish and Quichua in Argentina
Lecture
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Cardiac CT for diagnosis and prognosis of coronary artery disease
PhD defence
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Capillary Electrophoresis-Mass Spectrometry based Metabolomics Approaches for Volume-restricted Applications
PhD defence
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Wrongful moderation: regulation of internet intermediary service provider liability and freedom of expression
PhD defence
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Shaping innate immune responses: mechanisms that control type I interferon production
PhD defence
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Maxim Osipov - Public Interview By Michel Krielaars
Lecture
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Mechano-transduction mediated by integrin-based adhesion complexes
PhD defence
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Forum Antiquum Lectures Spring 2023: The Revisionist Muse: Recent retellings of Greco-Roman myths from a female perspective
Lecture
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Novel Applications of Objective Measures in Cochlear Implants
PhD defence
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Digging in Documents - Using Text Mining to Access the Hidden Knowledge in Dutch Archaeological Excavation Reports
PhD defence
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A closer look at stimulation thresholds and spread of excitation in cochlear implants, recording aspects and clinical implications
PhD defence
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Phakic intraocular lens implantation: A life-long patient journey
PhD defence
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Advanced diagnostic tools in congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension
PhD defence
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MRI for planning and characterization of uveal melanoma patients treated with proton beam therapy
PhD defence
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Regulating Relations: Controlling Sex and Marriage in the Early Modern Dutch Empire
PhD defence
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Publications
This is a list of scientific publications by students and staff of the Media Technology MSc programme.
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Exploiting the Empires of Others: Vici grant for Cátia Antunes
Having mostly ignored the gains Dutch traders, investors and firms attained from serving the French, English and Iberian empires, debate in the Netherlands now demands a re-evaluation of Dutch colonial responsibilities. By recovering knowledge of these gains, this project will measure the wealth obtained…
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Functional Islets and Where to Find Them
PhD defence
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Treating Meningioma: does the patient benefit?
PhD defence
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Digital Thesauri as Semantic Treasure Troves
PhD defence
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The battle against antimicrobial resistant bacterial infections - next stage development of antimicrobial peptides
PhD defence
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Targets for Improving Patient Outcomes after Major Gastrointestinal Cancer Surgery: The value of peri-operative care
PhD defence