“Yellow fever has been detected in a Dutch patient. The patient has been in Suriname and had contracted the illness there. That is remarkable because yellow fever has not been established in Suriname for 45 years.” Reported the RIVM, the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, a week after my arrival in Suriname. Continue Reading…
Een paar weken geleden werd een van mijn oma’s 87 jaar, feest! Dit werd goed gevierd met drankjes en gebakjes in het voormalige restaurant van mijn oom en tante, de Pieterman in Volendam. Daar kwam ik ook mijn nicht Marleen tegen en die had iets heel gaafs meegenomen, namelijk haar zelf geschreven boek met ijs-recepten! Continue Reading…
People who know me a bit longer than today will all know that I’m studying biology. My specialisation is animal adaptation and behaviour, and my focus lies on mosquitoes. But why mosquitoes?
It all started with a report on malaria in high school. My friend Margot and I were discussing a lot of different subjects. It had to be something that would be interesting for us both: Margot as a future doctor and me as a future biologist. I don’t remember how we came to the idea of writing about malaria, but it’s very likely it had something to do with our planned volunteering trip to Livingstone, Zambia, after our graduation. Continue Reading…