Friday, February 13, 2009
In 2009, the Erasmus MC and the Rotterdam natural history museum organise the scientific event ‘H5N1 – The revolution of a flu virus’ and an exhibition. Central theme is the race between science and avian flu viruses.
The target group consists of pupils in the higher classes of HAVO (higher general secondary education) and VWO (pre-university education). Prof. Ab Osterhaus - director VIRGO Consortium, working on behalf of the Erasmus MC in cooperation with RANJ (design studio Serious Games), created an online game ‘The Great Flu’, in which genomics technology plays a role. Purpose of the game is to combat a flu pandemic. The player is given a budget with which to deploy research teams and take crisis measures. The ultimate goal is to find an intervention strategy.
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www.thegreatflu.com
Read more about the audio CD 'It's just a flu'