UNIVERSITEIT LEIDEN

Forschungsprojekte

• Controlling Gene Expression with Synthetic Cell-Penetrating Transcription Factors The overarching goal of SynTra is the engineering of synthetic transcription factors (STFs) that can enter ce…
• The Social Dilemma of Self-Reliance To tackle global challenges like climate change or pandemics, large-scale cooperation is needed. Cooperation…
• Unravelling novel mechanisms of defense gene activation: a gateway to elevate disease resistance in plants Plant diseases are widespread and constitute a major threat to food production. Understanding the molecular m…
• Cryogenic on-chip Levitated Optomechanics for a Spin Entanglement witness to Quantum Gravity This proposal addresses one of the key challenges of modern physics: understanding the interface between quan…
• Pages of Prayer: The Ecosystem of Vernacular Prayer Books in the Late Medieval Low Countries, c. 1380-1550 Vernacular prayer books were by far the most commonly read book in the late medieval Low Countries. The mains…
• The Canonisation of the Quranic Reading Traditions The perfect preservation of the Quran back to the time of Muhammad, Islam’s founder, is a contentious topic.…
• Quantum Control of Gravity with Levitated Mechanics The main objective of QuCoM is to demonstrate the proof of concept (TRL 1) of a levitated acceleration sensor…
• Future Availability of Secondary Raw Materials The Future Availability of Secondary Raw Materials (FutuRaM) project seeks to (1) develop knowledge on the av…
• Resilient and sustainable critical raw materials REE supply chains for the e-mobility and renewable energy ecosystems and strategic sectors Rare Earths (RE) are crucial materials for Europe's successful green and digital transition, thus classified…
• Observational Cosmology Using Large Imaging Surveys The current standard model of cosmology successfully describes a variety of measurements, but its main ingred…
• Unraveling the regulatory networks in Streptomyces that switch on antibiotic production on demand As Nature's medicine makers, Streptomyces bacteria produce a plethora of natural products, which we harness f…
• Transforming European Work and Social Protection: A New Proactive Welfare State Fit for the Future World of Work For the last two decades, European countries have faced unprecedented structural changes due to digitalisatio…