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Weekly Corona update worldwide 30 March – 5 April
Our weekly update of the Corona news wordwide 30 March - 5 April 2020 Animals: Seven big cats at New York City’s Bronx zoo showed respiratory symptoms, and one of the tigers tested positive for COVID-19. While the zoo has been closed off to the public since March 16, [...]
Viruskenner masterclass in Rotterdam!
Yesterday was the Viruskenner masterclass in Rotterdam. Viruskenner participants could enrol themselves to join the mini-colleges of Viruskenner coaches. Here they got to know how it is to work in health care, how to investigate, how long it takes to develop a vaccine and they attended an interview with [...]
Interview Coronavirus with Dutch news channel NOS
'Most important difference from the flu is: there is no vaccine against the Corona virus' This morning Viruskenner coach Eric van Gorp was guest of radio and Dutch news channel NOS about the Corona virus in short. Click here for the interview with the NOS!
Eric van Gorp about the Corona virus @ radio
Viruskenner founder Eric van Gorp guest at BNR Nieuws radio, to answer questions about the corona virus.
Blog founder professor Eric van Gorp
Knowledge as Antivirus Knowledge as antivirus, the subtitle of the Viruskenner project is not just a phrase. The current coronavirus outbreak underlines that knowledge how to prevent infection is the cornerstone of prevention. In the Viruskenner program students learn about how to implement hygiene measures. It’s about knowledge, awareness and [...]
Kick-off Dutch primary school De Triangel!
We kicked-off together with primary school De Triangel. All pupils in groups 8 will dive into the world of viruses and infectious diseases in the upcoming period. What a great group and we are so impressed by how much the pupils already know! Now with the Corona virus, the kick-off [...]
Blog coach George!
Hi! I would like to introduce myself. I am George Sips, doctor, and I am now in the final year of the specialization training as a microbiologist at Erasmus MC in Rotterdam. A physician-microbiologist is involved in the prevention, detection and treatment of infectious diseases. Infectious diseases can be caused [...]
Blog coach Ayat!
Hey there! I’m Ayat Abourashed, and I will be joining Viruskenner and the citizen science project as an OHPACT PhD candidate. I have always thought as myself as a teacher: I taught university-level Biology for two years and then moved to Indonesia to teach English for a year. In Indonesia, [...]
Blog intern Lisanne!
Let me introduce myself: my name is Lisanne Preusting and I am a new intern at Viruskenner. This internship is the last part of my Master's degree in Biomedical Sciences at the University of Amsterdam. I've always been very interested in infectious diseases. I believe it's fascinating to learn about [...]
What is a bacteriophage and how do we research it?
What is a bacteriophage and how do we research it? Michèle and Felisita (Erasmus MC Rotterdam) wrote a blog for Viruskenner! Researching bacteriophages at the Erasmus MC Many of us know that bacteria can cause diseases in humans, but do you know that bacteria can get sick too? Just like [...]
Update Wuhan Coronavirus
The Wuhan virus is in the daily news and the spread is still continuing. Various countries, including the Netherlands, give people the opportunity to be evacuated. Read the full article of The Guardian here.
Kick-offs in Suriname!
This week where the kick-offs of Viruskenner in Suriname! High schools Arthur Alex Hoogendoorn and the Nassy Brouwer College and primary school Prinses Amalia have made a flying start. And how! Viruskenner coaches gave masterclasses and explained the participants everything about the project. In the upcoming period, all schools [...]
New mysterious virus active in and outside China
The BBC wrote this week about this new virus: A tourist in Thailand has become the first person outside China diagnosed with a new, pneumonia-like virus that has already infected dozens of people. The woman was quarantined after landing in Bangkok from Wuhan, eastern China, where the outbreak began in [...]
Kick-off in Italy!
Today the Viruskenner kick-off took place in Italy! A large room was filled with students from the Istituto Tecnico Tecnologico Buonarroti in Trento. They learned the ins and outs about viruses and how to protect yourself and others. Over the next two months they will work in teams on [...]
Questions during the project?
The Viruskenner website At the Viruskenner website you can find news, blogs, information about previous editions and the Learning materials with specific information about viruses and transmission routes. In addition, there is a forum for high school students. Viruskenner coaches are there for you to answer questions about viruses and [...]