#wakeuptocorona

In the Netherlands, there are only a handful of laboratories that conduct safe research into the coronavirus. Thanks to thousands of donors of #wakeuptocorona, the LUMC was able to set up a second lab to study the coronavirus. The crowdfunding campaign enabled researchers in the university medical center to quickly scale up their research - in an (inter)national context - into virus inhibitors, medicines and candidate vaccines.

Crowdfunding continues, also with a view to the longer term and the risk of a second corona wave. Molecular virologist Eric Snijder in the Volkskrant:

"It is extremely important to have virus inhibitors ready, fully developed and tested and ready to use to nip the next epidemic in the bud. A new outbreak could be caused by the next coronavirus or a dozen other virus families that are believed to have similar risks of transmission from the animal world."

Together against the virus
The #wakeuptocorona action continues to enable (even) more research. For a short-term solution, but also to prevent a recurrence of the corona crisis. Because although normal life seems to be slowly getting going again, we remain bound by corona measures to protect us against a second wave. As long as there is no vaccine or other medical solution, the one and a half meter society remains the "new normal".

The crowdfunding campaign #wakeuptcorona is an initiative of the Leiden University Fund in collaboration with the Bontius Foundation of the LUMC. The name #wakeuptocorona has its origins in the social media challenge in support of the action.

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On this website, it is easy to donate using iDeal, your credit card or a one-off direct debit using the blue donation button. Since many of our alumni and suppoters live outside the Netherlands, we've also assembled all information you might need on our Leiden University Fund website about other ways of giving (by bank transfer) and tax benefits.

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LUMC Center for Infectious Diseases
Leiden researchers began research into infectious diseases such as Ebola and SARS 25 years ago. With the knowledge that it has acquired, the LUMC has become the research and knowledge centre in the Netherlands in the field of infectious diseases.The LUMC is located at the Leiden Bio Science Park, where we collaborate with various international companies such as Janssen Pharmaceutica as well as with start-ups, and use is made of our test facilities. Internationally, our researchers work with various European partners.

Current research
Researchers from the LUMC are fighting the battle against coronavirus on multiple fronts. Below are the research projects that #wakeuptocorona donors have contributed to.

First of all, there is the research by Professor Eric Snijder and his team into virus inhibitors. With your support, a second Bio Safety Level 3 laboratory could be set up where the team can continue, accelerate and expand their research in a safe environment.

Led by Dr Marjolein Kikkert, the PREVENT nCoV-19 project is researching candidate vaccines. On this project, the vaccines are being tested in the lab and clinic for safety and effectiveness. The research is being carried out in collaboration with Leiden pharmaceutical company Janssen.

Dutch paediatricians are collecting data on children who are hospitalised having contracted the virus. This is under the leadership of the LUMC’s Willem-Alexander Children’s Hospital. They want to find out more about the manifestation, progression and treatment of COVID-19 in children. This will help us protect children, and the adults around them, and will provide valuable input for policymakers.

Finally, the researchers of the BEAT-COVID project are also very happy with the contribution from the crowdfunding campaign. This ambitious project, in which more than fifteen departments from the LUMC work together to better understand COVID-19, is unique in every respect. Doctors and researchers started a large study side in which improvement of care for the patient with Covid-19 is central. With this research they hope to be able to answer questions about the role of the immune system and factors that can predict the course of the disease in order to arrive at an individualized treatment of patients.

Name
The name of the virus is: severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The WHO has named the disease that causes SARS-CoV-2 COVID-19. This was based on research in which Leiden played an important role.

Does your company, fund or foundation want to help fight coronaviruses? Feel free to contact our relationship manager Ambika Lucassen at 071 526 57 49 about giving opportunities or read more about scientific research in the fight against coronavirus at Bontius Foundation | LUMC Research Foundation.

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