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Interview with Julia Assmann - acting representative of young scientists in the National Research Platform for Zoonoses Dear Julia, you were recently elected as Junior Scientist Zoonoses Representative at the Junior Scientist Zoonoses Meeting - first of all congratulations and thank you for your commitment! Thank you very much. Why don't you start by telling me a little bit about yourself: What do you study, where do you work, what are you researching? I studied Biochemistry and Molecular Life Sciences in Berlin and did my PhD at the Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics at the Free

In the context of the annual symposium organized by the National Research Platform for Zoonoses, scientists at various career stages meet in Berlin every autumn. The symposium is intended not only to promote interdisciplinary dialogue within the community, but also to facilitate active networking among young scientists and with "senior scientists". To support this, the Young Scientist Breakfast was again held in 2019 on the last morning of the International Symposium on Zoonoses Research. On the last day, twenty young scientists had the opportunity to ask questions of four established Senior

International Symposium on Zoonoses Research with a focus on "Neglected Tropical Diseases" (NTDs) brings together over 400 scientists from all over the world in Berlin Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are infectious diseases that occur mainly in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. According to the WHO, population groups primarily affected include those living in poverty, lacking access to adequate sanitation or living in close contact with animals. Globalisation and climate change are dramatically changing the potential danger posed by these often zoonotic diseases. In this

Part 1: the West Nile virus in human medicine The West Nile virus belongs to the flaviviruses and occurs in many different regions of the world. The virus is transmitted by different mosquito species. Areas with a high incidence of West Nile virus are mainly located in tropical and subtropical areas. However, now the first human cases of West Nile virus were reported in Germany. Prof. Dr. Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit investigates with his working group at the Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg different mosquito-transmitted viruses, called arboviruses. Since the West Nile

Teil 2: The West Nile Virus – also a threat to animal health The West Nile virus is a mosquito-transmitted zoonotic pathogen, which was first isolated in Africa in the 1930s. In recent decades, the virus has spread to many regions of the world. By now, it has also reached Germany. Since 2018 there have been the first confirmed cases of West Nile virus in Germany. In 2019 the first infections were confirmed in humans in Germany. In the first part of our interview series we spoke to Prof. Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit of the Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg, who answered