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Important Dates for Viruskenner 2025: Don’t Miss Them! The new school year has begun, and that means it’s time for the next edition of Viruskenner! This international program helps students explore the world of infectious diseases and viruses while learning to collaborate and deepen their scientific knowledge. The schedule [...]

Viruskenner Suriname 2024 is a fact. On January 25, Eric van Gorp, Hans kruining, Katrijn Daenen and Jan van Beek left Schiphol Airport with fully packed suitcases for Suriname to organize the Viruskenner kick off at the participating schools " Arthur Hoogendoorn" and " Nassy Brouwer College" in Paramaribo. Locally [...]

Hi Everyone, My name is Lydia and I'm one of the coaches! Currently, I work in the vaccines department of a pharmaceutical company. This summer, I graduated with a master's degree in Health Sciences, specializing in international public health. During this master I studied prevention, infectious diseases, and health in [...]

Russian soldiers in trenches felled by Hanta virus https://nos.nl/l/2502015#UPDATE-container-74200848

In our rapidly changing world, infectious diseases, old and new, have an undisputed  impact on our society. The rapid spread of infectious diseases is seen as a serious threat to the modern world. The majority of emerging infections are zoonotic, which means transmitted from animal hosts and/or vectors to human [...]

This year is the 15 anniversary edition of the Viruskenner project. Over all these years Viruskenner is and has been active in Indonesia, Senegal, Belgium, Italy and the Netherlands with more than 30.000 participants.   Raising awareness, responsibility and commitment to benefit your personal health, a healthy environment and a commitment [...]

Welcome TSM Mechelen! What a great way to start a new year: TSM Mechelen (first one from Belgium!) joins the Viruskenner 2022 - 2023 project! On January 17th, we - Viruskenners prof.dr. Eric van Gorp and David Valk - visited our “zuiderburen” (neighbors from the South) and were warmly welcomed [...]

Hi everyone! We wish you a very happy new year and the best wishes for 2023!  On the second day of 2023 we are glad to share a new blog with you of Jinske: My name is Jinske and I’m a student at the VU University in Amsterdam. I am [...]

Viruskenner next edition next generationA warm welcome to Belgium, Italy, Surinam and the Netherlands joining in the 16th edition of the international Viruskenner project with more than 1000 participating students. Next generationIn an every day changing world, we really need the next generation to create, innovate, stimulate, communicate and collaborate and [...]

Hi everyone, Listen Professor Eric van Gorp's podcast about Ebola now! Use the link: https://m.soundcloud.com/medicalinnovationcompany/medfacts-17-emerging-viruses-ebola-hemorragische-koorts/s-CzFlwK3ibkM?in=medicalinnovationcompany/sets/medfacts&si=b960485ac39448049c131907ebe0373f&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing    

The winners of Viruskenner 2022 of the KKC were honored by Science Makers yesterday! Are you curious what their day looked like? Check out the photos and the link below.

We also received the cheerful and colourful pictures of the winners from Paramaribo of the two participating schools: Hoogendoorn college & Nassy Brouwer. Winners be proud of yourselves and we hope you are happy with the prizes.

Recently we received the pictures of the winners from ITT Buonarotti!!Superiore!! We are very proud of you and you did a very good job. Saluti!!