Today Viruskenner kicked off at primary school ‘De Triangel’ in the Netherlands! The participants got SOA-classes and all the ins and outs about viruses and transmission routes. A special note: ‘De Triangel’ was the very first school that participated in…
Viruskenner is very proud of Viruskenner coach Rory de Vries! He was awarded the Dutch Beijerinck prize for virology:
“The Beijerinck prize promotes virology-oriented science. This prize is given out in commemoration of Martinus Willem Beijerinck, the “father of virology”,…
A flying start for Viruskenner at primary and secondary schools in Suriname this week! During the kick-off the participants got all the ins and outs about the project, viruses and transmission routes and existing communication tools. Now they are going…
Still thrilled by the live masterclass in Erasmus Medical Centre last week on 17 January in Rotterdam! During the masterclass Dutch participants from high schools get classes from young doctors and researchers about their study, viruses, transmission routes, but also…
Viruskenner @ ITT Buonarroti Pozzo
Viruskenner has kicked off its first Italian edition at ITT Buonarroti Pozzo in Trento! It was a great welcome with the involved teachers and good questions from the participants.
What happens during a live Viruskenner…
The Viruskenner website
At the Viruskenner website you can find news, blogs, information about previous editions and the Learning tools with specific information about viruses and transmission routes. In addition, there is a forum for high school students. Viruskenner…
Natural measles infection whips-out your immunological memory
A four-fold increase in number of measles cases was reported in Europe in 2017 and was largely due to people refusing to be vaccinated (https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k795). Measles symptoms include runny nose, cough, high fever,…
Viruskenner goes to Italy!
In the previous editions Viruskenner has been active in four countries: Surinam, Indonesia, Senegal and The Netherlands. This year Istituto Tecnico Tecnologico Buonarroti-Pozzo in Trento, Italy will also join the project. We are very much looking…
A new year, a new edition
Knowledge as an antidote
This year around 1500 students in Suriname, Indonesia, Italy and the Netherlands will participate in and join the Viruskenner community.
November 13, 2018 was the kick off of the Dutch…
Today is World Polio Day
According to World Health Organization:
‘Thanks to two safe, effective vaccines, cases of polio have fallen by 99% since the 1980s.
Find out why both vaccines have a role to play to end polio for…
HIV Next Gen 2018 is a WRAP!
Looking back on a super exciting 3 day event, with great speakers, theatre and above all beautiful, inspiring participants from all corners of the world! Thank you all!
HIV Next Gen is related…
SEE YOU THERE 🎗️
YEAH!
Tomorrow we will kick off: HIV Next Gen!
Looking forward to an exciting 3 day event in Hotel Casa Amsterdam with inspring talks of beautiful change makers, cool activities in Amsterdam and meeting everyone…
A very special, inspirational, fun occasion
Are you between the ages of 15-21 and passionate about contributing to the global fight to end HIV/AIDS?
Join HIV Next Generation, a FREE workshop designed for the next generation of leaders in…
This month, at April 16, the Viruskenner final day at high school SMA 16 in Surabaya was organised by the international Viruskenner team. Around 300 Indonesian students learned how viruses spread and may lead to infection and disease, shared knowledge…
A true virus-fighter thinks outside the box
When you start a new job you always meet new people, that is where I met Samantha Grimley, a Postdoctoral researcher at the Peter Doherty Institute in Melbourne. Samantha studies the HIV,…
Olympic officials are scrambling to contain an outbreak of the norovirus that has sickened dozens of security guards days ahead of the official kickoff of the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Games.
Around 1,200 security staff members have been kept in their…
Viruskenner kicked off at primary and secondary schools in Suriname! After the kick-off of the 64 schools in The Netherlands and the start this week at SMA Negeri in Indonesia, it was time for the start of Viruskenner in Suriname.…
Kick-off Viruskenner
Viruskenner Indonesia kicked off this week at SMA Negeri 16 in Surabaya! 300 enthusiastic students, their teachers, doctors of RSUD Dr. Soetomo and 3 Viruskenner coaches from Erasmus Medical Centre Rotterdam, The Netherlands where there!
Viruskenner in the…
Why Viruskenner?
Infectious diseases, old and new, can suddenly appear and cause an outbreak (epidemic or
pandemic). Important examples are Ebola, Chikungunya, Zika and Yellow fever virus.
Unfortunately, we do not yet have treatment for most new virus infections and…
Hi virus-fighters!
My name is Carolien van de Sandt, a researcher from the Viroscience department of the ErasmusMC and a Planet Virus coach for the last couple of years. This year I will start a new adventure in Melbourne (Australia)…
Yesterday was the day all students of SMA16 and the Viruskenner-Team looked so much forward to: the day that the Kick-Off of Viruskenner 2017 finally took place in Surabaya, Indonesia with all classes from X-MIA- classes. But not only the…
Are you wondering what the Viruskenner team of the Viroscience department in the Erasmus Medical Center does more, except organising Viruskenner? The Erasmus Magazine had an interview with Professor van Gorp. Read his story here!…
May 23rd, the Final Day of Viruskenner 2016 in Surabaya, Indonesia, took place. This second year of the Viruskenner project at SMAN (high school) 16 was another success, with loads of information about the viruses and some outstanding movies.
In…
Today, the 23rd of March, Viruskenner 2016 started in Indonesia! With an interesting program including speakers from Dr Soetomo Hospital in Surabaya as well as from the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam we introduced the current 10th grade students from…
Yesterday the Viruskenner team arrived in Indonesia! Today they visited the high school, SMAN 16, to prepare the kick-off later this week. Wesley and Laura visited all 10th grade science classes to introduce the students in the project. This year…
It has been a while ago, but these movies are really worth seeing! The students from SMAN 16 in Surabaya created these movies. On the 30th of July they presented them to the jury, their peer students and some Dutchies…
It was a beautiful day! Today, the 30th of July, the final day of Viruskenner 2015 in Indonesia took place. 350 students from the tenth grade of senior high school 16 in Surabaya worked for 3 months on the project.…
After 9 weeks of hard work, last wednesday was decided which groups were the Viruskenners 2015! Six schools have competed with each other from the beginning to the end and the best group per school presented their prevention tool for…
The photos where already published, when we were still busy editing the movie… But now it is online too! Check this movie of the kick off of the Viruskenner project 2015 at SMA Negeri 16 in Surabaya, Indonesia. Enjoy!…
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced a public health grand round about chikungunya and dengue, two viruses that are spread by the tiger mosquito. This mosquito is also able to transmit other viruses, that are not involved in…
