Author: OneHealthPact
Wat voor muggen komen er in Nederland voor en welke virussen dragen zij met zich mee?One Health PACT onderzoeker PhD Rody Blom vangt zowel in de zomer als in de winter muggen. Dit doet hij om een beter idee te krijgen van de ecologie (de wetenschap die de relatie tussen organismen en hun milieu bestudeert)...
PRESS RELEASE | Annoyed by mosquitoes? Take a picture!
European scientists need the help of citizens in tracking mosquitoes. Therefore, download the Mosquito Alert App and share your pictures of mosquitoes, mosquito bites and mosquito breeding sites. The more photos are submitted, the better the scientists can identify mosquito species, map their locations...
Vacancy – PhD Climate change & Vector borne disease | Impact on mosquitoes
Job vacancies | The Pandemic Disaster & Preparedness Center in Rotterdam located Erasmus MC is looking for a phd student on climate change and vector borne diseases, impact on Mosquitoes
Job description
As a PhD student in this project, you will focus on past, present and future impacts...
Vacancy – PhD Climate change & Vector borne disease | The role of bird reservoirs
Job vacancies | The Pandemic Disaster & Preparedness Center in Rotterdam located Erasmus MC is looking for a phd student on climate change and vector borne diseases, the role of bird migration.
Job description
Are humans more likely to get mosquito transmitted diseases in the near future...
Questionnaire: Mosquitoes and Mosquito-borne viruses
After the positive cases of West Nile virus in the Netherlands, people had some interesting responses to the news. PhDs Ayat Abourashed and Pauline de Best became curious about people’s understanding and behaviour towards mosquito-borne virues.
Together, they have developed and validated...
Workshop: Creating scenario storylines
On Friday 15th July, Martha Dellar and Eline Boelee organised a scenarios workshop at Deltares, Delft. Participants came from a range of organisations, including representatives from academia, local government, the private sector and One Health PACT. During this workshop, the participants focused...
One Health Pact PhD Retreat 4 – 5 juli
The 4th and 5th of July the One Health Pact consortium visited the camping grounds, the Lievelinge, for a very nice retreat. The two days were full of discussing science, ongoing projects and potential new collaborations. A truly inspirational retreat where the interconnectivity of the PhD’s and...
Using artificial intelligence to predict West Nile virus outbreaks
Next month Martha Dellar from One Health PACT organizes a talk by Professor Joacim Rocklöv on using artificial intelligence to predict West Nile virus outbreaks. Rocklöv holds a Humboldt Professorship at Heidelberg University.
Date: Thursday July 14th, 3pmRegister now via Martha Dellar:&n...
Mosquito Alert Newsletter
One Health PACT partner
Below you can find the newsletter of the Mosquito Alert App, one of the Citizen Science Projects of One Health PACT.
The buzzing of a mosquito can be a love song
The buzzing of a mosquito in the middle of the night is one of the most irritating sounds out there. For...
PhD Position: Modelling coastal pathogens
Do you have a background in ecosystem modelling? Would you like to study the dynamics of coastal pathogens and find out how models can help to reduce human health risks by coastal pathogens due to climate change? Do you get energy from working in an international and multidisciplinary team in a European...
Neem deel aan het One Health Travel onderzoek
Ga je binnenkort op vakantie in Europa en ga je langer dan 7 dagen op vakantie? En zou je willen bijdragen aan wetenschappelijk onderzoek over muggen? Dan hebben we jou nodig!
Het Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum en Erasmus MC zoeken reizigers die...
Newsletter from the world’s largest mosquito surveillance network
Partner of One Health PACT
Once again we are approaching summer. Over the years, around this time I have always contributed considerably to feeding the mosquitoes. My efforts to crush them and avoid their bites pale in comparison to their successes, and it seems that the season is back: the...
De mug. Over steekmuggen en de verspreiding van ziekten
Leuk een nieuw boekje over muggen! Diverse van onze eigen One Health PACT onderzoekers hebben eraan meegewerkt.
Al eeuwenlang teisteren ziekten zoals malaria en gele koorts de mensheid. Maar pas eind negentiende eeuw werd duidelijk dat muggen daar een cruciale rol in spelen als verspreider...
One Health PACT / Avans – Three Lab-students
Three 3rd year Biology and Laboratorial Research students are till the summer working on OHPACT-related projects within Avans under the supervision of teachers with OHPACT as their client in the minor bio-informatics. Within this part of the curriculum of the bachelor education, project based learning...