News overview
Articles
SIMBLE project partners meet in Grenoble
The third, annual consortium meeting of the EDCTP SIMBLE project took place from 13 till 15 November 2023.
A delegation from Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, France and Canada travelled to Grenoble in France to discuss the projectās progress in person. The other partners and work package leaders gave an update online. The programme included a tour of the facilities of Commissariat Ć l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives (CEA), the French partner, where the development and fabrication of the lensfree microscope was explained and demonstrated. In addition, a two-day hybrid meeting in the mountains was held to discuss the progress and future plans of the SIMBLE consortium.
Simplified Blood Culture System (SIMBLE)
With the SIMBLE project, we want to introduce better adapted diagnostics in Sub-Saharan Africa.
News
More stories
-
- ArticlesFrom preparedness to practice: bringing evidence closer to reality
With the Fresh Off The Journal series, we bring you our monthly research highlights.Read more -
- ArticlesEOS Pipet Award: Isabel Brosius investigated the mpox virus during the outbreak
At the start of a major outbreak of a new mpox variant in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, infectious disease specialist Isabel Brosius (ITM) decided to travel to the region immediately.Read more -
- ArticlesProfessor Bouke de Jong receives the 2026 Gardner Middlebrook Award from the European Society of Mycobacteriology
The award celebrates her exceptional career and contributions to the field of mycobacteriology.Read more -
- ArticlesFour ITM researchers awarded postdoctoral fellowships by the Research Foundation of Flanders
The four researchers will carry out vital work on viral spillover, leprosy transmission, mpox, and onchocerciasis-associated epilepsyRead more -
- ArticlesHow community-based behavioural interventions in rural Burkina Faso and DRC improved antibiotic use
Helping to turn the tide on drug-resistant infectionsRead more -
- ArticlesTwo Horizon Europe projects awarded to ITM
Researching community health worker-led cardiovascular risk factor management and infectious diseases with epidemic potentialRead more -
- ArticlesProfessors Peter Piot and Jean-Jacques Muyembe awarded the 2026 Virchow Prize for their pioneering work on Ebola
The award celebrates five decades of pioneering work on Ebola and other epidemic threats.Read more -
- ArticlesSeven new insights into diagnosis, prevention and disease control
With the Fresh Off The Journal series, we bring you our monthly research highlights.Read more -
- ArticlesNew Ebola outbreak highlights a painful lesson: preparedness comes too late
World View in Nature by Professor of Virology Kevin AriƫnRead more -
- ArticlesA new partnership transforms the lifelong learning landscape in Flanders
Nova Academy evolves into a partnership of ten higher education institutions and will strengthen the lifelong learning mindset in Flanders.Read more