Author: OneHealthPact

On Wednesday the 28th of August Rody Blom, one of our 26 PhD’s will defend his PhD thesis titled: ‘Chasing Culex: The effects of landscape configuration and climate on Culex pipiens populations throughout the seasons’. Walk in: 13:30Location: Omnia (Building 105, Hoge...

In November last year Gorben Pijlman was appointed professor Arbovirology & Medical Biotechnology at Wageningen University.  In the new upcoming academic year he will give his inaugural lecture entitled “Infections in facts”. Date: Friday 20...

This publication is part of the project ‘Preparing for vector-borne virus outbreaks in a changing world: a One Health Approach’ (NWA.1160.1S.210) which is (partly) financed by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Authors: Pauline A. de Best, Ayat Abourashed, Laura Doornekamp, Eric C. M. van...

On Friday June 21 we had an inspiring and highly interactive gathering of our PhD students and Principal Investigators at Universiteit Utrecht for a day dedicated to synthesizing knowledge from our past four years of One Health scientific research.Our focus was on integrating insights from...

On Friday, June 14, the finale of the Mosquito Alert Citizen Science project of One Health PACT and Technasium took place. This project is organized by Prof. Eric van Gorp (Viroscience / One Health PACT) and Wilco Zwennis (Technasium), among others. Starting in March 2024, the students from...

Professor of Virology Prof. Marion Koopmans has been elected an international member of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). This is an American independent, non-profit association of approximately 2,600 American and 537 international leading scientists, including approximately 190 Nobel...

NCOH Annual Scientific Meeting 2024: Microbiology, food, and our changing climate: Consequences, challenges and solutions. Join the NCOH Annual Scientific Meeting to get up to speed with the latest developments and meet fellow NCOH colleagues on 30 May. This year the meeting is hosted by...

Delighted to share that two incredible key note speakers are confirmed:  Prof. Dr. Marion Koopmans, Erasmus MC.  Prof. Marion Koopmans is director of the Department of Viroscience at Erasmus Medical Centre in The Netherlands, the WHO collaborating centre for Emerging Infectious...

It’s almost time for a new DYVS seminar Wednesday 17 April at 16:00! We would like to introduce you to the two speakers and their research: Eleanor Marshall (Erasmus MC) will be talking about Usutu virus vs West Nile virus: insights into neurovirulence and neuroinvasion. “My...