2,370 search results for “from water” in the Public website
-
Comparative biology of common and grey seals along the Dutch coast
What are the main factors associated with the stranding of the two seal species? What are the factors influencing the prevalence of disease in the two species? Which human-related factors influence the populations of the two seal species?
-
The road to drain or gain: Dutch private investment and economic development in late colonial and early independent Indonesia
On 20 September 2023 Mark van de Water successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
- Integration in Urban planning
-
Abiotic depletion in LCIA
Possible improvements for the assessment of abiotic depletion in LCA.
-
Ice and Gas in Protostellar Clouds and Planet-forming Disks
This thesis takes steps toward understanding the interaction between gas-phase and solid-state molecules in star- and planet-forming regions.
-
Functional xylem anatomy: intra and interspecific variation in stems of herbaceous and woody species
My PhD thesis investigates the ecological significance of resistance against drought-induced air bubble formation inside the water conduits of plants (embolism), and the plasticity and functional aspects of stem anatomical traits in woody and herbaceous species.
-
Programme structure
During the programme, you are continuously challenged to examine different perspectives in order to develop solutions needed to achieve a sustainable society.
-
Tools and data
Overview of CML software and data
-
On the representation of quantity: how our brains shape language
This project investigates properties of quantity expressions across languages from the perspective of how quantity is represented in the human brain.
-
Climate change poses threat to European electricity production
The vulnerability of the European electricity sector to changes in water resources is set to worsen by 2030 as a consequence of climate change. This conclusion is reached by researchers at Leiden University in an article published in Nature Energy this month.
-
Research
The chemical industry must continue to innovate for a more sustainable, healthier society. The reseachers from the Leiden Institute of Chemistry (LIC) contribute by applying their knowledge to themes such as sustainability, energy and health.
-
Dividing Worlds
Dividing Worlds: Tsunamis, Seawalls, and Ontological Politics in Northeast Japan
-
Astrochemistry and the Origin of Planetary Systems
Dishoeck
-
How insects conquered land
IBL-researchers revealed in a new study that insects are successful on land because their eggs became protected against desiccation. An extraembryonic membrane in the egg, the serosa, helped insects to make the transition from water to land.
-
Chemistry between stars and planets
In the large gas clouds between the stars, chemical reactions take place under extreme conditions, giving rise to both small molecules, such as water and common salt, as well as large complex molecules that can serve as the building blocks of life. This is known as astrochemistry and it is something…
-
Beyond the Greater Angkor Region
How did Angkor interact with regional urban centers? How did the settlement system impact the society's agricultural system and regional resilience?
-
Separating waste, and then...?
What happens to the different waste streams?
-
Tracing the evolution of protoplanetary disks
Promotores: Prof.dr. A.G.G.M. Tielens, Prof.dr. L.B.F.M. Waters (UvA), Prof.dr. C. Dominik (UvA)
-
Advisory Board
The Advisory Board is an external Advisory Council, to advice the Board of Directors of CML about general strategies, research and education activities and evaluation procedures (Dutch: visitatie).
-
Systems microscopy-based drug target discovery in pathogen-meidated inflammatory respons signalling
Establishing human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) CRISPR-Cas9-based fluorescent reporter cell lines for NF-kB signalling. We will use this to enable studying the dynamic activation and downstream signalling of Toll-like receptor and cytokine signalling in iPSC-derived differentiated cells in a…
-
Ruthenium- and cobalt-based artificial metalloenzymes for photocatalytic water oxidation in artificial photosynthesis
PhD defence
-
Who will pay for our energy transition?
The Dutch Development Bank's new SDG loan fund for green energy in the global south may not be as positive as it seems. Anthropology professor Marja Spierenburg raises concerns about its potential impact on local communities.
- Why study Science for Sustainable Science?
-
Two thesis awards for research on electrochemical reactions
Understanding the proces of electrochemical reactions is essential to improve the technology for the energy transition. Fuel cell cars, for example use hydrogen produced from the electrolysis of water. Mariana Monteiro did fundamental research on the process and won two prizes with her thesis.
-
Manufactured drought? An environmental history of water scarcity in Colonial Kenya, 1895-1952
Lecture, PCNI Research Seminar
-
Procurement
Leiden University purchases a wide range of goods and services every year. To a greater or lesser extent, they all have an environmental impact.
-
Evaluating Asian aquaculture using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Are there significant differences among the environmental impacts resulting form the production of Asian aquaculture commodities and what are the main causes for these?
-
Van Marum Colloquium: Polymeric heterogeneous water oxidation catalysts with molecular metal sites
Lecture
-
Van Marum Colloquium - Probing the surface chemistry of water and carbon dioxide with qPlus-STM/AFM
Lecture
-
Water’s Way: Female Agency and the Artful Legacy of Chinese Imperial Women
Lecture, IIAS/Rijksmuseum Annual Lecture
-
Mapping pre-industrial sanitation infrastructure in the town of Haarlem
The central research question focuses on identifying shifts in the urban social network in terms of private, semi-public and public space by means of mapping the spatial distributions of wells and cesspits in the town of Haarlem in the course of the pre-industrial period (1200-1800). Shifts may be indicative…
- Planning and Innovation
-
Two temperate Earth-mass planet candidates around Teegarden’s Star
Leiden University has participated in an international study carried out by the CARMENES consortium, which has discovered two small, terrestrial planets around Teegarden’s Star. The planets have masses similar to Earth and their temperatures could be mild enough to sustain liquid water on their surf…
-
High-throughput screening for developmental and reproductive toxicity
Can chemical safety assessment be improved with zebrafish embryo-based reporter assays?
-
Research
Research at the Catalysis and Surface Chemistry group is comprised of the following research themes:
-
À la découverte de la Hollande dans les années 1760-1770
À La Découverte de la Hollande dans les années 1760-1770 : Pierre Famin, Emmanuel de Croÿ-Solre, François-César Le Tellier, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Gabriel-François Coyer. Textes réunis et présentés par Madeleine van Strien-Chardonneau, Paris, Société française d’étude du dix-huitième siècle,…
-
Cell Systems and Drug Safety
The research within the Division of Cell Systems and Drug Safety, headed by Prof. Bob van de Water, is focused on novel therapeutic modalities and novel concepts in early drug discovery, in order to develop more effective and safer therapeutic strategies. We generate advanced cell and computational…
-
Whale poop reveals plastics problem: three million microplastics per day
Whales in the vicinity of the city of Auckland, New Zealand consume large amounts of microplastics every day. A team of international researchers reached this conclusion after carefully examining whale poop. The team included Thijs Bosker, Associate Professor in Environmental Sciences at Leiden University…
-
Biotransformation of plant metabolites in microorganisms
- How to deconvolute metabolic mixture of precursors and products by biontransformation? - How to optimize the reaction conditions to produce bioactive compounds in biotransformation? - What is the effect of co-treating fungi or bacteria for biotransformations?
-
The Middenbeemster Excavation 2011
In the summer of 2011, from June 14th until August 5th, the Laboratory for Human Osteoarchaeology conducted an excavation on the former cemetery of Middenbeemster in cooperation with archaeological company Hollandia. The cemetery, which is located next to the church of Middenbeemster can be dated between…
-
Institute of Environmental Sciences
Natural resources are becoming increasingly scarce. If we want to maintain our current standard of living, we will need inventive solutions. The researchers at the Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML) share their thoughts on how to achieve a fully circular economy in which as little use as possible…
-
Effects of human pressures on aquatic invertebrate
What are interactive effects of human pressures on aquatic communities?
-
Osteosarcoma: searching for new treatment options
Promotores: B. van de Water; P. Hogendoorn; J. Bovée Co-Promotor: E.H.J. Danen
-
Sustainable buildings
During the development of the Humanities Campus, many aspects of sustainability are combined. For example:
-
Patterns in natural systems
Promotor: A. Doelman, Co-promotores: P.J.A. van Heijster; A. Zagaris
- Urban agriculture and Food
-
Surface-structure dependencies in catalytic reactions
Promotor: M.T.M. Koper, Co-Promotor: L.B.F. Juurlink
-
Identification of novel targets in prostate cancer progression
Promotor: Prof.dr. B. van de Water, Co-promotor: E.H.J. Danen
-
People
The Cell Observatory is run by several people some of which have multiple roles. To identify whom to contact for what issue please refer to the list below
-
Faculty of Science says goodbye to Dean Geert de Snoo
During the farewell reception on 29 August, the Faculty of Science will say goodbye to Dean Geert de Snoo. On 1 November 2019, he will continue his career as Director of the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW). Colleagues talk about his significance for ecology, about his contribution as a…