Marco Herbst

10 Jun

Bart Knols talks Malaria at TEDx Maastricht

24 Jul

Help us choose a new logo ….

We’ve just run a competition to find a new logo.

Below are some of the best entries … can you help us decide?

09 Jul

Lynn Brudon’s WW2 Malaria Posters

The cartoons were produced by Lynn Brudon in 1945 to warn US soldiers about the dangers of Malaria.

The series was made public by the National Museum of Health and Medicine on their Flickr channel ( here, here and here )

Why bother to send out invitations.

G.I. bed time story.

”Sure it makes a difference”.

Sloppy Joe, now retired.

The 4 freedoms from malaria.

”Don’t be a damn fool”, why hang out your old caboose for bayonet practice.

”The Champ”

You can help Mikado bit his nails.

Some things are hard to understand.

A man on his back can’t fight.

-Atabrine- commando of the blood stream.

Joe fears none.

29 Jun

Interview with Sam McConkey

This is an interview with Sam McConkey, an advisor to the European Vaccine Initiative where he talks about the issues behind developing a malaria vaccine and the promise it holds.

Or here:

21 Feb

This is Ann – Digitally remastered, reprinted and for sale.

We had enough trouble getting hold of a copy of this book, so we took the step to get it scanned and remastered and reprinted – and it looks beautiful.

You can buy it through eBay or visit the Malaria Museum Shop.

The booklet is paperback 43 pages, each one is illustrated, printed on 100g/m² paper with 200g/m² cover, staple bound like the original.

The only addition is on the back page where we have added a barcode and some details about the reprint.

No credit is given in the book to the author, Theodore Geisel (Dr. Seuss), though his style is easy to recognise.

This Is Ann – She’s dying to meet you. Dr. Seuss. Malaria.

18 Dec

The post genomic era of malaria research

In 2002 the genome sequence of Plasmodium falciparum, the parasite causing the most severe type of human malaria, was completed. Thus began the post genomic era of Malaria research and a wealth of new observations of the basic biology of malaria parasites that are leading to new approaches to fighting the disease.

With thanks to Don Powell and Matt Berriman from the Sanger Institute, we now have a 3m * 1m beautiful printout of the genome map as part of the collection and the opening exhibit to an explanation of some of the research that this information has enabled.

06 Dec

Dr. Seuss, This is Ann – a long time coming …

Finally ! 2 years and a couple of favours later, the Malaria Museum is now the proud owner of Dr. Seuss’ “This is Ann”.

After a tip-off from Chris in Rio de Janiero that the book existed and a photo copy of a photo copy to take home I began the hunt to get hold of a copy.

It hasn’t been easy on the Museum budget, but finally, with the further help of Lenore in the USA and Daniel in Ireland we have managed to get a great condition copy.

Thank you to those involved.

Check it out:

02 Jun

Night with a Mosquito (Cartoon)

This is Christoph Niemann’s interpretation of a night with a mosquito.

More of his work at http://christophniemann.com