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Microbial safety
High-throughput qPCR

Ever-faster, 'high-throughput qPCR' methods are becoming available for the simultaneous detection and identification of large quantities of genes. This study looks at how a number of promising methods compare with the qPCR methods already being used by…

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Health
Biological activity
Bridging the gap: next-generation characterisation of AOC

A small proportion of the organic carbon in drinking water is broken down by micro-organisms into compounds such as carboxylic acids. This can lead to regrowth problems. Given…

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Dewi Huijers
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Dewi Huijers

Dewi Huijers is an analyst at the Microbiology Laboratory. In the projects Dewi works on, she researches the microbiological condition of various types of water for the presence of (pathogenic)…

030-6069659

dewi.huijers@kwrwater.nl

06-54294530

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Audrey Biesmans
Technician
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Audrey Biesmans

Technician

Audrey Biesmans began working as a chemical analyst in the Laboratory for Materials Research and Chemical Analysis (LMC) in April 2021. She works primarily with liquid chromatography coupled with mass…

030-6069615

audrey.biesmans@kwrwater.nl

06-46916047

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Goffe Elsinga BSc
Senior technician
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Goffe Elsinga BSc

Senior technician

Goffe Elsinga has worked as an HBO technician in the microbiology laboratory since October 2012. During this period he has been mainly active in projects involving molecular biological techniques. Among…

030-6069674

goffe.elsinga@kwrwater.nl

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Pascal Kooij BSc
Senior technician
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Pascal Kooij BSc

Senior technician

Over the past years, Pascal Kooij worked as an HLO analyst at the Materials Research and Chemical Analysis Laboratory (LMC). He mainly focuses on organic analyses. For this, he developed…

030-6069730

Pascal.Kooij@kwrwater.nl

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Claudia Kooijman
Technician
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Claudia Kooijman

Technician

Claudia Kooijman is active as a chemical analyst in the Laboratory for Materials Research and Chemical Analysis (LMC). She works mostly in the application of ICP-MS for metal analysis, but…

030-6069572

claudia.kooijman@kwrwater.nl

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Nanda Huijbens-Berg
Laboratory coordinator
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Nanda Huijbens-Berg

Laboratory coordinator

Nanda Huijbens-Berg is the coordinator of the Laboratory for Materials Research and Chemical Analysis (LMC). She is the first contact person for activities conducted in the laboratory. These activities consist…

030-6069517

Nanda.Huijbens@kwrwater.nl

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ETV supports market introduction of new environmental technologies

10 November 2022 — Within the European ETV programme to help the market introduction of innovative environmental technologies, KWR provides services as…

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Award for KWR presentation on the use of machine learning to classify microplastics

18 July 2022 — KWR has developed a new approach to the challenge of identifying microplastics. The presentation of the approach by…

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News

WHO approves 23 household water treatment systems

08 August 2019 — Household water treatment systems are important for public health in a number of countries, where the quality of…

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Blog

Staying tuned with incidents involving hazardous components

02 July 2018 — An annually recurring conference on incidents involving hazardous components, organised by the Dutch fire brigade, the National public…

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Water Sector

Second Willem Koerselman Award for Emke and De Voogt

11 April 2017 — Erik Emke and Pim de Voogt have won the 2016 Willem Koerselman Award for the article, ‘Spatial differences…

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Water Sector

Successful meeting of KWR proficiency test participants

14 November 2016 — On 8 November 2016, KWR received the participants in its proficiency tests. The attendance was high: more than…

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Water Sector

Annual Report 2015: ‘The circular economy as social contract’

21 June 2016 — You’ll find our Annual Report 2015 on our website. With all the facts and figures, an overview of…

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