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At this place we provide an overview of the various PhD Theses produced within SILS. A link to the full text of the thesis is provided. SILS Theses before 2016 are available via dare.uva.nl.
Giorgia Tosoni

New neurons, old questions

Cellular and molecular insights into the neurogenesis debate in Alzheimer’s disease

 

 

19 June 2025

 


Supervisors: P.J. LucassenI. Huitinga; E. Salta; C.P. Fitzsimons
Research Group: Brain Plasticity Group
Uva DARE: This thesis online

Ping Zhan

Epidemiology of dermatomycoses

History, recent development and future perspectives

 

 

11 June 2025

 


Supervisors: S. BrulG.S. de HoogS.B.J. Menken
Uva DARE: This thesis online

Luyuan Nong

Amplification of a chromosomal beta-lactamase gene during amoxicillin resistance development in E. coli

 

 

2 June 2025

 


Supervisors: B. ter KuileS. BrulM.J. Jonker
Research Group: Molecular Biology & Microbial Food Safety
Uva DARE: This thesis online

Thomas Aalders

Shaping susceptibility

The role of SIX8 and TOPLESS in Fusarium wilt disease

 

 

23 May 2025

 

 

Supervisors: F.L.W. TakkenH.A. van den Burg
Research Group: Molecular Plant Pathology
Uva DARE: This thesis online

Hanne van der Heijden

Wired for pain, shaped by the mind

Interactions between pain and psychopathology in pediatric and adult patient populations

 

7 May 2025

 


Supervisors: H.W.H.G. Kessels; J. Upadhyay
Research Group: Cellular and Circuit Neuroscience
Uva DARE: This thesis online

Amber Penning

Small RNA, big impact

Profiling the therapeutic potential of microRNA-132 in Alzheimer's disease

 

22 April 2025

 


Supervisors: I. Huitinga; P.J. Lucassen; E. Salta; C.P. Fitzsimons
Research Group: Brain Plasticity Group
Uva DARE: This thesis online

Nanne Taks

Tissue-specific interactions between Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris and its host plant

 

04 April 2025

 

 


Supervisors: H.A. van den BurgJ.S. Pfeilmeier
Research Group: Molecular Plant Pathology
Uva DARE: This thesis online

Matthias Brucklacher

Representation learning with generative neural networks

A biological perspective

 

 

3 April 2025

 


Supervisors:C.M.A. PennartzS.M. BohteJ.F. Mejias
Research Group: Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
Uva DARE: This thesis online

Taichi Chen

Bacillus subtilis as a cell factory for bio-based production processes

 

 

05 March 2025

 

 


Supervisors: J. HugenholtzS. Brul
Research Group: Molecular Biology & Microbial Food Safety
Uva DARE: This thesis online

Hui Sheng

Phosphate and salinity differentially affect root skewing and circumnutation

 

20 February 2025

 

 


Supervisors: T. MunnikH.J. Bouwmeester
Research Group: Plant Cell Biology, Plant Hormone Biology
Uva DARE: This thesis online

Margarita Šimkovicová

The xylem warriors

Unveiling the role of pathogenesis-related proteins in tomato resistance to Fusarium wilt

17 February 2025

 

 


Supervisors: F.L.W. TakkenM. Rep
Research Group: Molecular Plant Pathology
Uva DARE: This thesis online

Franka van der Linden

Lifetime changes

Development of genetically encoded biosensors for quantitative imaging

12 February 2025

 

 


Supervisors: T.W.J. GadellaJ. Goedhart
Research Group: Molecular Cytology
Uva DARE: This thesis online

Lisa Teichmann

From stress to survival

Antibiotic adaptation in E. coli

 

31 January 2025

 

 


Supervisors: B.H. ter KuileS. Brul
Research Group: Molecular Biology & Microbial Food Safety
Uva DARE: This thesis online

Misha Paauw

Colonization of the leaf vasculature by Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris

 

29 January 2025

 

 


Supervisors: H.A. van den BurgJ.S. Pfeilmeier
Research Group: Molecular Plant Pathology
Uva DARE: This thesis online

Jorine Geertsema

Early nutritional strategies to modulate the early-life stress- and Alzheimer's disease-induced changes in the brain

Focus on microglia

 

28 January 2025

 


Supervisors: A.Korosi; P.J. Lucassen
Research Group: Brain Plasticity Group
Uva DARE: This thesis online

Thijs Ruikes

Neural dynamics and coding in the cortico-hippocampal hierarchy during multisensory and mnemonic processing

 

24 January 2025

 


Supervisors: C.M.A. PennartzC.A. Bosman Vittini
Research Group: Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
Uva DARE: This thesis online

Chris Jungerius

Learning what matters

How to pay attention in a volatile world

21 January 2025

 


Supervisors: C.M.A. PennartzC.A. Bosman Vittini
Research Group: Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience
Uva DARE: This thesis online

 

Elias Brandorff

Quadruplex structures in mobile DNA

Next-level regulation of transposable elements in the human genome

17 January 2025

 

 


Supervisors: F.M.J. JacobsM.P. Smidt
Research Group: Molecular Neuroscience
Uva DARE: This thesis online