Sander Koenraadt

I really love our campus and its atmosphere @WUR, but some places are still a thorn in the side. Today, I even observed live mosquito larvae in the water of this ‘pond’ underneath our auditorium (Omnia). More greenness will promote natural enemies. @KarenKloth as witness ;).

Teaching @WUR in September means tick hunting for the Basics of Infectious Diseases course. Nice start and tour @wildvanavolare wildlife rescue center (many ticks from hedgehogs!) and today monitoring verges of forest tracks for questing ticks.

@tessascupoftea presenting her interesting work on co-infections in #mosquitoes #DARN

How cool is that? My daughter asked me to help me out with her 4th grade secondary school #Biology test on the #Evolution chapter. Of course I can help with this excellent example of evolution and adaptation in the common house mosquito 🤣@OneHealthEJP @OneHealthPact @freekvonk

Today’s temperature: 7 degrees C. According to literature, the temperature at which nymphal ticks become active. And sure they did: 100+ nymphs and few adults were collected for Carlijn’s tick infection practice studies in half an hour!

Masterclass for Technasium students @OneHealthPact @CharlotteLinth @BlomRody

Interesting talk about #CitizenScience and schistosomiasis surveillance. Lots of parallels with our mosquito work. Good work from @HuyseTine, @NoeliaVaBh and team. #ICOPA2022

#ICOPA started Monday, but today is my start with a nice talk on #malaria eradication and the tools we need for that. Quoting Lars Hviid (and Ronald Reagan): there is no such thing as a free lunch.

Which shirt to choose for today’s #WorldMosquitoDay…? Of course, one is a non-biting species. Outreach and education are critical to tackle mosquito-borne diseases. #CitizenScience #Muggenradar

I’m reminded about work on this #Sunday #Fathersday 😬

Visiting the Mahuka field station of @icipe. Apparently, it is known here also as the WAU-lab (Wageningen Agricultural University), a name that is no longer in use since 1997. Anything more known about the history @WUR? I saw some old furniture labeled as WAU

Pushing for greener options for tick vector control. @JosephOundo_ is in charge of evaluating a biopesticide formulation in coastal Kenya. #biologicalcontrol

Back at the place where I started my scientific career: @icipe, Nairobi. Now here with @QuirineTB to work on ticks and tick-borne pathogens in cattle. Now off to the coast!

Kerst. Keuzestress. Fijne Kerst allemaal.

It’s the most buzzing time of the year again 😀 @Cindysartnl

As part of Trans National Access training of @infravec2, we taught colleagues of TiHo and TropIQ on the ecology and behavior of disease vectors as investigated in our lab, including BSL3 procedures. @tessascupoftea @CharlotteLinth

Today is #WorldMosquitoDay. Don’t let them bite you, though the below text (that I have on my desk) suggests that things could have been much worse 😂 (“Mosquitoes -You should be happy that elephants don’t bite”).