Dissertations

T.P. Ahuis (Neurobiology): Improving preclinical neuroscience re­search - How translatability and replicability can speed up drug development (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. M.J.H. Kas, Prof. R.S. Etienne; copromotor: Dr J. Nicholson (Boehringer Ingelheim, Germany)

H.C. Charan-Dixon (MarBio): Salt marsh as a habitat for fish in the Wadden Sea (thesis)


Promotor: Prof. B.D.H.K. Eriksson; copromotor: Dr I.Y.M. Tulp (WUR)

H.Y.J. Chik (BPE): The evolutionary and ecological drivers of senescence in two wild passerine systems (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. H.L Dugdale, Prof. S.C. Griffith (Macquerie University), Dr J. Schroeder (Imperial College London)

B. Dye (MarBio): The heat is on - Yet various factors influence fish performance (thesis)

Promotor: Prof. B.D.H.K. Eriksson; copromotor: Dr A. van Leeuwen (NIOZ)

Y.H. Gerritsma (BPE): From adversity to personality - The effect of early-life adversity on zebra finch behaviour (thesis)


Promotor: Prof. S. Verhulst; copromotor: Dr S.F. de Boer

J.R.L. Gismann (TRÊS/EGDB/ConsEco): The eco-evo-devo of stickleback personalities (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. F.J. Weissing, Prof. A.G.G. Groothuis; copromotor: Dr M. Nicolaus

I.A. Khan (GREEN): Cold stress effects on morpho-physiological traits in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) genotypes at early developmental stages (thesis)

Promotor: Prof. J.T.M. Elzenga; copromotor: Dr H. van Veen

D. Kong (NeuBio): Dietary polyunsaturated fatty acids on pregnancy and lactation in female mice (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. G. van Dijk, Prof. S.F.A. El Aidy (GBB); copromotor: dr L. Schipper (Nutricia Research)

E.M. Lansu (ConsEco): Squeezed sands - Human footprints in coastal lands (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. T. van der Heide, Prof. M.G. Rietkerk (UU); copromotor: Dr V. Reijers (UU)

X. Liu (GREEN): Key ecophysiological adaptations of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) to saline environments - Paving the way for salinity-smart crop development (thesis)

Promotor: Prof. J.T.M. Elzenga; copromotor: Dr K.J. Tiedge

E. Pais Pellizzer (GREEN): Microbial bioremediation of petroleum hydrocarbons in soil microcosms (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. J. Falcão Salles, Prof. L. Durães Sette (São Paulo State University); copromotor: Dr L. Cabral (São Paulo State University)

V. Pegoretti (Neurobiology): Promises and challenges of selectively targeting TNF receptors in multiple sclerosis (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. U.L.M. Eisel, Prof. J.D. Laman (UMCG); copromotor: Dr W. Baron (UMCG)

A. Sarma (Neurobiology): My one true friend, sleep - The impact of social interactions on sleep, and consequences of sleep loss for memory (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. R. Havekes, Prof. J.C. Billeter

M. Suarez Menendez (MarBio): Wild μ - Mutation rate estimates, challenges and applications (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. P.J. Palsboll, Prof. B.D.H.K. Eriksson, Prof. R.S. Etienne

M. Tangili (BPE/MarBio): From nest to eternal rest - Molecular mechanisms underlying life-history variation in avian species (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. S. Verhulst, Prof. P.J. Palsbøll, Prof. H.L. Dugdale

C. van de Ven (ConsEco): A dancing tidal landscape - How habitat forming species affect their establishment through plant-environment interactions (thesis)

Promotor: Prof. T. van der Heide; copromotor: Dr V. Reijers (UU)

T. Zhao (GREEN): Harnessing plant-microbiome interactions in the context of sustainable agriculture (thesis)

Promotores: Prof. J.T.M. Elzenga, Prof. J. Falcao Salles; copromotor: Dr S.N. Vink

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