2,348 search results for “rene werkt in role environmental” in the Public website
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The environmentally-regulated interplay between local three- dimensional chromatin architecture and gene expression
Nucleoid associated proteins maintain the architecture of the bacterial chromosome and regulate gene expression, hinting that their role as transcription factors may involve local three-dimensional chromosome re-modelling.
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Discovery of unknown translation of René Descartes’ 'L’homme' in Leiden Bibliotheca Thysiana
From time to time, manuscripts that have remained hidden for centuries turn up in library collections and archives. In the archives of the 17th-century Bibliotheca Thysiana at the Rapenburg in Leiden, kept in the Leiden University Library, Rotterdam researcher Erik-Jan Bos discovered a hitherto unknown…
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Jiaxin Zhang
Science
j.z.zhang@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Sjoerd Lopik in Mr. Online on environmental criminal law
Dutch online news platform Mr. Online interviewed external PhD student Sjoerd Lopik about the development of environmental criminal law in the Netherlands and about his experiences combining his job as a researcher with his work in the legal practice.
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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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Environmental and genetic drivers of wood and lignin formation in flowering plants
In this project, we will study the genetic and environmental drivers of woodiness and stem lignification at the level of plant‐to‐gene‐to‐molecule.
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Deconstructing stability. Modelling changing environmental conditions and man-land relations in the Pleistocene landscape of Twente (2850 - 12
The project Deconstructing Stability aims to improve reconstructions of late prehistoric landscapes and predictive models for the purpose of archaeological heritage management.
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Human skin equivalents for atopic dermatitis: investigating the role of filaggrin in the skin barrier
Promotor: Prof.dr. J.A. Bouwstra, Co-promotor: Dr. A. El Ghalbzouri
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Neonicotinoids in nature: The effects on aquatic invertebrates and their role in ecosystems
This thesis describes the role of pollution, specifically neonicotinoid insecticides, as an actor of the ongoing biodiversity decline.
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Ilse Kamerling
Faculteit Archeologie
i.m.kamerling@arch.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2394
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Gus Greenstein
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
g.h.greenstein@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9500
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Modelling the role of mycorrhizal associations in soil carbon cycling: insights from global analyses of mycorrhizal vegetation
In this PhD study, I aim to deepen our understanding of the influence of major mycorrhizal types, namely arbuscular mycorrhizae (AM) and ectomycorrhizae (EM), on the global soil carbon cycle and their potential distribution changes under future environmental shifts.
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Annual report CML 2016
In 2016, CML published over 90 papers, successfully crowdfunded the Living Lab project, celebrated a royal honour for associate professor Hans de Iongh and contributed to the Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas. CML awarded five PhDs and taught students from all over the world how to contribute to sustainability.…
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Annual report CML 2015
In 2015, CML published over 70 papers, contributed to the United Nations conference on climate change in Paris, won awards and advised the Dutch government on the safe use of pesticides. CML awarded 11 PhDs and taught students from all over the world how to contribute to sustainability. We wish you…
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Annual report CML 2017
In 2017, In 2017 we published over 70 papers, appointed two new professors, researched microplastic contamination in European beach sediment and modelled future energy demand. We awarded six PhDs and taught students from all over the world how to contribute to sustainability. We wish you a pleasant…
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The Role and Effectiveness of the G20
The Role and Effectiveness of the G20. In this article, published in The Changing Global Order part of the United Nations University Series on Regionalism book series, author Jaroslaw Kantorowicz discusses the evolution of the G20.
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The role of water in hydrogen electrocatalysis
Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-promotor: L. Juurlink
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The role of trust in economic decisions
What are the essential determinants of (dis)trust? And, what are the effects of being (dis)trusted?
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Novel role of the AT-HOOK MOTIF NUCLEAR LOCALIZED 15 gene in Arabidopsis meristem activity and longevity
Plant architecture has distinct forms in different plant species, but also within a species the finalarchitecture of a plant is determined by its gradual development and changes therein induced by environmental conditions during the plant’s life cycle.
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Annual report CML 2013 - 2014
In 2013-2014, CML published over 100 papers, contributed to various international sustainability debates, renovated our building and educated thousands of students from all over the world through our MOOC. These accomplishments and many more are highlighted in this booklet, CML wish you a pleasant…
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Role of integrin adhesions in cellular mechanotransduction
Promotor: B. vd Water, T. Schmidt, Co-Promotor: E.H.J. Danen
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Family of footprints gives more complete picture of environmental damage
The world abounds with different footprints that calculate human impact on the environment. Environmental specialist Kai Fang is the first person to have developed a family of footprints that allow better measurement of environmental damage and the depletion of natural sources. PhD defence on 24 Nov…
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Asmaa Khadim
Faculteit Rechtsgeleerdheid
a.n.khadim@law.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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The rebound effect through industrial ecology’s eyes : the case of transport eco-innovation
Promotor: Prof. dr. Arnold Tukker & Prof. dr. René Kemp (Maastricht University)
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The role of auxin in somatic embryogenesis
What is the role of auxin in the initiation and process of somatic embryogenesis?
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Playing a role – but which one?
How public service motivation and professionalism affect decision-making in dilemma situations. Individuals who work in the public sector see themselves confronted with conflicting values, contradictory demands, and the need to serve an at times difficult to define ‘public interest’.
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Bird behaviour and environmental health in the context of anthropogenic threats to wildlife and nature in China
We study the link between the acoustic, behavioral and physiological health of birds and prominent pollution factors. We aim to explore causation through experimental studies on detrimental factors like traffic noise, particulate matter and chemical toxins. Our primary target is scientific progress…
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Jan Willem Erisman reinforces Leiden’s environmental research as new professor of Environmental sustainability
How can we best deal with the current problems caused by the human impact on the nitrogen cycle? How do we make the transition to a sustainable society? As of 1 September, nitrogen expert Jan Willem Erisman will be working on these questions at Leiden University: he will exchange the Louis Bolk Institute…
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SFA of PVC in Sweden
In this study the flows of PVC and its additives through the Swedish Society were followed from the cradle to the grave (from production to waste treatment).
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Bullying in India; the teachers’ role
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Jason Rudall publishes book on responsibility for environmental damage
Jason Rudall, Assistant Professor of Public International Law at the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, has published a monograph entitled 'Responsibility for Environmental Damage'.
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Data Centres for Natural Recources and Products
Creating information portals for support of European environmental policy.
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The role of the interleukin 12 family in atherosclerosis
Promotor: Prof.dr. J. Kuiper, Co-promotor: Saskia C.A. de Jager
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The Role of Historical Narratives in Extremist Propaganda
In this paper for Defence Strategic Communications, Alastair Reed and Jennifer Dowling seek to show the importance of historical narratives to propaganda by identifying and exploring five ways in which such narratives are exploited to reinforce the extremists' 'competitive system of meaning'.
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Managerial Networking and School Performance
How and under what conditions Dutch primary school principals' managerial networking activities affect the performance of their school
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The role of autophagy during carbon starvation in Aspergillus niger
Autopaghy is an intracellular degradation system which targets cytosolic components to lytic compartments for degradation and recycling of the building blocks of the cell.
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The Role of Modern International Commissions of Inquiry
On 5 September 2017, Alessandro Tonutti defended his PhD dissertation
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The role of the tumor suppressor Lkb1 in energy homeostasis
The work in this thesis describes the fundamental role of Lkb1 as a conductor of metabolism-related processes in zebrafish larvae.
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Collective violence offenders and offending. The role of individual characteristics
On 29 September 2020, Tom van Ham defended his thesis 'Collective violence offenders and offending. The role of individual characteristics'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. A.A.J. Blokland, Prof. O.M.J. Adang (RUG) and Prof. Th.A.H. Doreleijers (VUMC).
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Hai Lin
Science
h.x.lin@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 7460
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Johannes Müller
Faculty of Humanities
j.m.muller@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2193
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Kat Stewart
Science
k.a.stewart@cml.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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Ann Marie Wilson
Faculty Governance and Global Affairs
a.m.wilson@luc.leidenuniv.nl | +31 70 800 9355
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Role of pupil-synchronisation in trust
Here I propose to study the relationship between autonomic pupil-synchronisation and trust, at the behavioural and neural level, and examine a targeted set of possible contextual moderators.
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New dataset helps to understand environmental impact of offshore windfarms
While offshore wind farms generate clean and green energy, scientists are becoming increasingly aware of the harmful impact they may have on marine life. To get a better overview of these impacts and to find the best locations for future wind farms, environmental scientist Yali Si and her colleagues…
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Transcription and the role of memory in contemporary music
What is the role of memory in contemporary music?
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Role of leukocytes in metastasis formation in a zebrafish
How do macrophages and neutrophils contribute to metastatic onset?
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“Leiden linguists play a key role in linguistics”
From 2 to 5 September 2015, Leiden served as the stage for one of the world’s largest linguistics conferences: the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE) 2015 Annual Meeting. Marianne Mithun, a professor at University of California, Santa Barbara and outgoing president of the SLE, is not surprised that…
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Bargaining in intrastate conflicts: The shifting role of ceasefires
It is widely known that conflict parties engage in ceasefires for a variety of reasons, but how do these reasons relate to the military and political aspirations of conflict party leaders?