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Winners 2020 Westerdijk and Kiem Awards

>> Due to the cancellation of the Scientific Spring Meeting the prizes could unfortunately not be awarded live. Below are the awardees for 2020.   Westerdijk Award Dani Heesterbeek Category Host...

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Coronavirus Diagnostiek

Het is fantastisch om te zien dat de motivatie vanuit verschillende researchlabs groot is om de medische microbiologische labs te ondersteunen bij de COVID-19 diagnostiek, toch is het van het...

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International Microorganism Day

International Microorganism Day Antoni van Leeuwenhoek was the first person in the history to see and describe single-celled organisms. He sent a letter to the Royal Society of London describing...

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Open Call for Congress Fellowship Applications "One Health Congress"

The 5th International One Health Congress offers early career scientists a unique opportunity to present their work and to meet with the international One Health community. Early career scientists...

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IUMS 2023 in the Netherlands

We are pleased to announce that the KNVM and NVMM, in collaboration with Kenes have won the bid to organize the IUMS 2023 meeting in the Netherlands. The meeting will take place in Amsterdam. More...

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Suggesties KNVM Scientific Spring Meeting 2018

Geachte KNVM-leden en besturen van de secties van de KNVM, Momenteel werken wij aan het programma van het wetenschappelijke voorjaarscongres van de KNVM & NVMM 2018, welke wordt gehouden op 27 en...

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Call for Nominations for the Carlos J. Finlay UNESCO Prize for Microbiology

We welcome candidates for the Carlos J. Finlay UNESCO Prize for Microbiology.  Funded by the Government of Cuba, this Prize aims to reward the efforts of an individual or institution, of a...

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Programme Scientific Spring Meeting

We are pleased to announce that the programme for the upcoming KNVM/NVMM Scientific Spring Meeting is now available via: http://springmeeting.knvm.org/. We hope to see you soon in Papendal!  

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Nominaties Eijkman Medaille 2017

De Eijkman Medaille wordt uitgereikt aan onderzoekers die zich bijzonder verdienstelijk hebben gemaakt op het gebied van Tropische Geneeskunde, dit in de ruimste zin des woords. Een toekenning kan...

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Premiere Microbe Fighters

Première van het docudrama Microbe Fighters van Heddy Honigmann. De film vertelt over de toenemende antibioticaresistentie. Hoe bestrijd je bacteriën als antibiotica niet meer werken en er een...

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