During an informal working visit to NIOO-KNAW on Wednesday 6 July, His Majesty the King was informed about how ecological knowledge can contribute to understanding and predicting outbreaks of zoonotic infectious diseases.
Every other year, the Paul Nijgh medal is presented to a number of fellow citizens in the Civic Hall of the City Hall. This year, on Monday 13 June, Mayor Aboutaleb presented the Paul Nijgh medals to six care professionals from various disciplines.
Mathis Funk from the Viroscience Department received a NOW-XS grant for his research about ‘Unveiling a new mechanism underlying the rapid evolution of Influenza viruses’. What is this research all about?
Are you going on holiday soon and would you like to contribute to scientific research on mosquito-borne infectious diseases (and are you over 18 years old)? Then participate in the One Health Travel study.
Episode #13 - Long-term strategy is set, but will it work?
The cabinet has set the long-term strategy for corona. Will it work? And will it prevent another lockdown? We ask regular guests Marion Koopmans and Diederik Gommers in this episode of Virus Facts. We also discuss a study of people who have had corona twice and a study about the risk of death in a combination of corona and flu.
