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One Health PACT Newsletter 2025

On Thursday, the 3rd of July, Tessa Nelemans will defend her thesis ‘Outsmarting the host: unraveling virus-host interactions and their impact on Usutu virus replication’ at Universiteit Leiden. Read more On Wednesday, the 14th of May, Pauline de Best defended...

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PhD Defence: Pauline de Best

Promotion time for One Health PACT PhD Pauline de Best! 🦟💧🐦‍⬛On Wednesday, the 14th of May, Pauline de Best, successfully defended her PhD thesis titled: ‘Knowledge to Practice, translation of scientific outputs to preparedness and response for...

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PhD Defence: Ayat Abourashed

On Wednesday, the 30th of April, Ayat Abourashed defended her PhD thesis titled: ‘Making Public Health Public: The Role of Surveys and Citizen Science in Mosquito-Borne Virus Prevention’ at Erasmus MC. You can now view the recording of Ayat’s defence via this link. One Health...

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PhD Defence: Sam Boerlijst

Promotion time for One Health PACT PhD Sam Boerlijst! 🦟💧🐦‍⬛On Tuesday, the 18th of March, Sam Boerlijst successfully defended his PhD thesis titled: ‘An Egg is Always an Adventure: anthropogenic impacts on Culex pipiens population dynamics’ at the Center for...

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PhD Defence: Eleanor Marshall

Promotion time for One Health PACT PhD Eleanor Marshall! 🦟💧🐦‍⬛On Thursday the 13th of February Eleanor Marshall, has successfully defended her PhD thesis titled: ‘Storming the Castle – Usutu virus vs. West Nile virus: insights into neuroinvasion’ at the...

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PhD Defence: Kiki Streng

Promotion time for One Health PACT PhD Kiki Streng! 🦟💧🐦‍⬛On Wednesday, the 17th of December 2024, Kiki Streng successfully defended her PhD thesis titled: ‘From research to preparedness: A study of zoonotic arboviruses in animals, the Netherlands’ at the...

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PhD Defence: Afonso Dimas Martins

Promotion time for One Health PACT PhD Afonso Dimas Martins! 🦟💧🐦‍⬛ On Tuesday, the 19th of November, Afonso Dimas Martins successfully defended his PhD thesis titled: ‘Disentangling the web – Using models to explore vector-borne disease dynamics in...

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PhD Defence: Charlotte Linthout

Promotion time for One Health PACT PhD Charlotte Linthout! 🦟💧🐦‍⬛ On Friday, the 4th of October 2024, Charlotte Linthout, defended her PhD thesis titled: ‘The role of native and invasive mosquito species in the spread of emerging arboviruses in the...

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PhD Defence: Rody Blom

Promotion time for One Health PACT PhD Rody Blom! 🦟💧🐦‍⬛ On Wednesday the 28th of August Rody Blom, one of our 26 PhD’s defended his PhD thesis titled: ‘Chasing Culex: The effects of landscape configuration and climate on Culex pipiens populations...

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PhD Defence Tessa Nelemans

On Thursday, the 3rd of July, Tessa Nelemans, part of the One Health PACT PhD’s, will defend her thesis ‘Outsmarting the host: unraveling virus-host interactions and their impact on Usutu virus replication’ at Universiteit Leiden. Practical detailsTime: 10.00 – The defence will...

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Prof. Koopmans International Member of the NAS

On Friday, April 25, during the 162nd Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), newly elected members and international members — including Professor Marion Koopmans — were formally introduced and signed the official Registry of Membership. NAS membership is a widely accepted...

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PhD Defence Pauline de Best

On Wednesday the 14th of May Pauline de Best, one of our 26 PhD’s will defend her PhD thesis titled:‘Knowledge to Practice, translation of scientific outputs to preparedness and response for mosquito-borne viruses‘ at Erasmus MC. Four key insights of the thesis of Pauline: ...

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PhD Defence Ayat Abourashed

On Wednesday the 30th of April Ayat Abourashed, one of our 26 PhD’s will defend her PhD thesis titled: ‘Making Public Health Public: The Role of Surveys and Citizen Science in Mosquito-Borne Virus Prevention’ at Erasmus MC. Practical detailsTime: 15:30 – The defence will start at...

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