Promotor: Prof.dr. A. Doelman, Co-promotor: V. Rottschäfer

This dissertation focuses on developing new mathematical and statistical methods to properly represent time-varying covariates and model them within the context of time-to-event analysis.

Promotor: C.J. ten Cate, Co-promotor: H.W. Slabbekoorn

Promotores: Prof.dr. H. van Veen & Prof.dr. W. de Boer (Wageningen University)

This thesis discusses the physical and chemical processes than influence the composition of forming planets.

Bacteriophages, or phages for short, are the most abundant biological entity in nature. They shape bacterial communities and are a major driving force in bacterial evolution.

Promotor: J. Aarts

In this thesis integral points on affine del Pezzo surfaces are studied.

We have studied the impact of particle shape anisotropy, multivalent interactions and flexibility on systems of micron-sized colloidal particles.

Promotor: J.S. Kaastra Co-promotor: E. Constantini

A century ago, it was unclear whether the stars in the sky were clustered in groups, or widely spread in the universe.

The idea of citizens and public professionals collaborating to provide public services has widely spread in several countries around the globe. Co-production is often presented as the go-to solution for challenges like a legitimacy crisis of both the government and the market, and financial concerns.…

Majorana fermions in superconductors are the subgap quasiparticle excitations that are their own antiparticles.

Planets are formed in disks of gas and dust around young stars.

Promotor: Koen Kuijken Co-promotor: Henk Hoekstra

It has been a long-standing mystery how complex biological structures emerge from such seemingly uncoordinated building blocks as cells and tissues, in the presence of only minimal environmental guidance.

Supervisor: S.F. Portegies Zwart Co-Supervisor: A.G.A. Brown

Promotor: W. Jiskoot, Co-promotor: A. Hawe

This thesis focuses on the X-ray spectral analysis of merging galaxy clusters and the plasma code development for future high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy observations.

Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most prevalent cancer in males.

Promotoren: Prof.dr. G.R. de Snoo en Dr. R. Heijungs

Consequences for sediment stability and seston trapping

The subject of this thesis, ‘Approach to Markov Operators on Spaces of Measures by Means of Equicontinuity’, combines an analytical and probabilistic approach to Markov operators.

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are the most abundant class of organic compounds in space. The PAH field evolves from the constant interaction between experimentalists, theorists, modellers and observers. While laboratory research and quantum chemical calculations together set up the molecular…

This thesis describes biochemical investigations of glucocerebrosidase (GBA), the lysosomal β- glucosidase that is deficient in Gaucher disease (GD).

A plasma is an ionized gas with very low electrical resistivity. As such, magnetic field lines are 'frozen in' and move with the fluid. Magnetic field lines that are linked, knotted and tangled, cannot be undone by the fluid motions.

Promotor: G.R. de Snoo

When a star gets too close to a supermassive black hole, it is torn apart by strong tidal forces in a tidal disruption event (TDE).

The Sun and all the stars in the night sky reside in the Milky Way galaxy. In the at-rest reference frame of the Galaxy, typical stars travel with velocities of about 100-200 kilometres per second.

From surface science towards industrial practice using high-pressure scanning tunneling microscopy.

Almost all bacteria are enveloped by a cell wall that provides cellular protection.

Promotores: Prof.dr. B.R. Katzy, Prof.dr. K. Sailer (Munich University)

Within the field of astronomy, understanding how galaxies grow and evolve from the Big Bang to the present day is a challenging and complex question.

Promotores: Prof.dr. H Lenstra, Prof.dr. A Facchini (Padova University)

Promotores: J. Zaanen, A. Parnachev

Promotor: E. Gittenberger, Co-promotor: B.W. Hoeksema

The main aim of this thesis was to unravel the signaling and regulatory networks that drive tumor cell migration during breast cancer metastasis.

This thesis explores different avenues to develop insurmountable antagonists for CC Chemokine Receptors, such as CCR1, CCR2 and CCR5.

Promotor: Prof.dr. A.W. van der Vaart

Promotor: Prof.dr. K.H. Kuijken, Co-Promotor: H.Hoekstra

Microbial rhodopsins are photosensitive pigments implemented in the growth and adaptation of a large population of microorganisms.

Stellar feedback is a crucial ingredient in the evolution of galaxies.

Plant diversity is essential for us and our planet as it sustains the stability of our ecosystems, provides vital materials and food to us and supports many ecosystem services.

An Active Galactic Nucleus (AGN) is a highly luminous region at the center of a galaxy, powered by the accretion into a supermassive black hole and emitting energy from radio waves to gamma rays, often outshining the host galaxy.

Op 19 mei 2016 verdedigt Rosmarijn van Kleef haar proefschrift getiteld: Liability of football clubs for supporters’ misconduct. A study into the interaction between disciplinary regulations of sports organisations and civil law'.

Galaxies in the local Universe fall into two main categories of spirals and ellipticals. In this Thesis, we explore the structural evolution of galaxies into this bimodal distribution.

Promotor: A. Achúcarro, Co-Promotor: J.W. van Holten

Quantum computing is an emerging technology, which holds the potential to simulate complex quantum systems beyond the reach of classical numerical methods.Despite recent formidable advancements in quantum hardware, constructing a quantum computer capable of performing useful calculations remains challenging.In…

Scattering of light in the presence of nano-structured materials, i.e. with features in the order of the wavelength of the light or smaller, reveals details of how light interacts with matter at the nanoscale.