Author: OneHealthPact
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...
One Health PACT at ‘een Vandaag’
On January 17th, Wageningen University and Erasmus MC had a visit from a camera crew from the Dutch tv show ‘een Vandaag’ for an interview about our One Health PACT research.
Charlotte Linthout got the opportunity to explain what she is trying to research during her PhD, and...
The mosquito as prey
One of Sam’s recent experiments in collaboration with Ravon, a conservation organization, took place in the Hortus, a botanic garden in Leiden. During this experiment, Sam looked into different species of amphibia to assess how much mosquitoes they eat. This experiment can, hopefully,...
Update 16 students of Avans University of Applied sciences
Last half year, 16 students of Avans University of Applied sciences participated in the One Health PACT project and collaborated with a diversity of collaborators (ErasmusMC, LUMC and UU). Different research questions were addressed and a lot of learning goals were achieved! Here are some of the...
One Health PACT / Avans – Lab-student: Amy Overheijden
Sixteen 3rd year Biology and Laboratorial Research students are working on OHPACT-related projects within Avans under the supervision of teachers with OHPACT as their client. Within this part of the curriculum of the bachelor education, project based learning is essential. Together with University...