TropIQ organised a science workshop at the IMC Weekend School. This is a supplementary school on Sundays for children (aged 10-14) from underprivileged neighbourhoods. Through a three-year course, professionals (volunteers) introduce students to a wide range of topics, including journalism, medicine, law, philosophy, the arts, astronomy and entrepreneurship. The goals of the program are to…

Robert Sauerwein, CSO of TropIQ, receives a royal decoration for his pioneering work in malaria vaccinology and drug discovery. He receives the distinction of Knight in the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands.

Dr. van Nuland is an experienced biochemist with a PhD from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He is an expert in industrial biotechnology and previously worked on metabolic engineering of microorganisms at the interface of public-private research.

Mr. Seijger is an undergraduate student at the Saxion University of Applied Sciences in Enschede. He will be doing an internship contributing to projects involving malaria transmission. He will stay with us until July 2019.

Dr. Vlot has earned his PhD in molecular microbiology at Wageningen University. He specialises in the molecular mechanism of the CRISPR-Cas gene editing system and will apply his skills to our malaria drug discovery program.

Ms. Grol is an undergraduate student at the Avans University of Applied Sciences in Breda. She will be doing an internship contributing to our dengue project. She will stay with us untill May 2019.

As a reaction to TropIQs latest study preventing transmission of tropical diseases, published in PNAS in July this year, the Dutch television program EenVandaag (NPO1) presented an item on the company and it’s newest scientific results. Watch the episode here! (item at 13:43)

The scientific journal Science report on TropIQ’s finding that dog’s flea and tick medication could prevent the spread of vector borne diseases like malaria and Zika. Click here to get more information about the publication. Screen Shot 2018-07-12 at 11.51.13

Time Magazine has reported on TropIQ’s finding that veterinary drugs have the potential to protect humans from malaria, Zika, and other diseases transmitted by blood feeding insects. Read the full article here.Click here to get more information about the publication.Screen Shot 2018-07-12 at 14.18.20

Our research shows that, given to humans, insect killing veterinarian drugs can greatly reduce