Dr. Jaco J. Verweij Principle areas of interest: infectious diseases, intestinal parasites, soil transmitted helminths, Strongyloides, (molecular) diagnostics, epidemiology, coinfection, zoonotic infections, capacity building, technology transfer, teaching Jaco J. Verweij earned his PhD degree at Leiden University in the Netherlands on “Molecular tools in the diagnosis of intestinal parasitic infections”. For more than 20 years, he has worked in the department of Parasitology of the Leiden University Medical Center, on the development, validation and implementation of new diagnostic tools, molecular methods in particular. He has a passion for teaching and is a strong advocate for technology transfer and capacity building in the countries suffering the most from parasitic diseases. Since 2012, he holds a position as a medical molecular microbiologist and parasitologist in the Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology of the Elisabeth Hospital in Tilburg, the Netherlands. Dr. Jaco J. Verweij Microvida, Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology Elisabeth-Tweesteden Hospital Tilburg The Netherlands E-mail: j.verweij@etz.nl