Author: OneHealthPact

Three Biology and Laboratorial Research students from Avans are working for the next six months on OHPACT-related projects under the supervision of teachers with OHPACT as their client in the minor bio-informatics. Within this part of the curriculum of the bachelor education, project based learning...

Podcast from the BBC – Interview with One Health PACT coordinator Marion Koopmans Avian flu has devastated poultry farms and wild bird populations around the world and now it’s spread to mammals such as mink and seals. Cases in humans have been rare but worryingly fatal in more than half...

Video made by Aljazeera The world is experiencing its largest recorded outbreak of bird flu. Populations of poultry and wild birds are becoming infected. Argentina and Uruguay have declared a state of ‘national sanitary emergency’ after detecting the virus in wild birds. Experts say...

Podcast from The Economist February 15th 2023, The Economist explored why the spread of the virus from birds to mammals could put humans at risk. Are we prepared for an influenza pandemic? Over the past 18 months, the largest-ever recorded avian influenza outbreak has decimated bird...

Wat voor muggen komen er in Nederland voor en welke virussen dragen zij met zich mee?One Health PACT onderzoeker PhD Sam Boerlijst onderzoekt de leefomgevingen van de huismug. Sam Boerlijst onderzoekt welke omstandigheden invloed hebben op de groei en overleving van muggen. Zo kijkt hij welke...

On Tuesday October 11th 2022 Marion Koopmans, scientific director of the PDPC, was interviewed by OP1 about raising the alert level for corona, the booster campaign in The Netherlands and protection of virus spread by boosters.  Watch here – minute 18.20 (Dutch) Source: OP1 Date: 10...

In 2022, Marion Koopmans, the scientific director and initiator of the PDPC, has been named Alumnus of the Year 2021 of Utrecht University. On Thursday, October 6 2022, from 5 p.m., Sicco de Knecht interviewed her. How did she experience her study time in Utrecht? Where does her fascination for...

Interview with Marion Koopmans What can YOU do to reduce the risk of a virus spreading? We need to start thinking about what we have learned from the pandemic. What is our contribution in the creation of these kinds of problems? Actueel Nieuws interviewed Marion Koopmans, professor in Virology...

During the experimental season of 2022 a masterclass focusing on research with mosquito alert data, was organized at the Living lab research station of Leiden University by PhD’s Ayat Abourashed and Sam Boerlijst and PI’s Santi Escartin, Frederique Bartumeus and Maarten Schrama. The masterclass...

Welke impact hebben de veranderingen in het klimaat op de muggen en vogels in Nederland en welke virussen dragen zij bij zich? One Health PACT Post-doc onderzoeker Martha Dellar werkt voor Leiden Universiteit & Deltares en ontwikkelde vier toekomstscenario’s voor hoe Nederland er in...

A podcast from the NRC with One Health PACT coordinator Prof. Marion Koopmans. “The last three years feel like a rollercoaster. Deploying everything you know and actually more than that. To be better prepared for new pandemics and disasters in the future, it is important to reflect on what...