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Antibacterial IgM is better at activating the complement system than IgG and the mechanism by which this occurs is different between these two types of antibodies. In addition, IgM can provide broader protection against different bacteria than IgG via a newly identified cross-reactivity mechanism.
On 20 February 2025, Aram Swinkels successfully defended his PhD from Utrecht University.
NCOH Student Travel Grant
The NCOH awards a number of travel grants to PhD students of NCOH Partners selected to present their abstract at an international One Health-related academic conference.
Beginning of this year the Executive Board was eagerly preparing a new application for the National Growth Fund, aimed at increasing the national preparedness for infectious disease outbreaks. These efforts were combined with Pandemic & Disaster Preparedness Centre (PDPC) and a joint application was submitted.
Lidwien Smit has been serving as Professor of One Health and Environmental Epidemiology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Utrecht University since 1 November 2021. She is also a member of the NCOH Executive Board. Read more about her domain of expertise, the challenges she faces, her role in NCOH and why One Health research is fascinating.
The first jab was given: 1800 day-old chicks received a vaccination against highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu. Never before have chickens in the Netherlands been vaccinated against bird flu in a field trial.
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