Gerrit Koen is an experienced technician at the OrganoVIR Labs Amsterdam UMC location AMC. He has been working at the Amsterdam UMC since 2002. He has experience in virology, serology, bacteriology and molecular technics. Within OrganoVIR Labs, his tasks includes culturing viruses in 2D cell lines, maintaining various cell lines for research, training and guiding students and PhDs, and teaching basic techniques of cell and virus culture. He enjoys collaborating with colleagues to set up new test and usually works on several innovative projects in the lab. Currently, he is developing and validating clinical tests for flaviviruses.