| Prof. Frank T Hufert | Medizinische Hochschule Brandenburg, Senftenberg, Germany My first postdoc in Frank`s lab at the University of Freiburg set me on the course of rapid diagnostics development. We have developed and published research continously since then. | 40 joint publications |
| Dr. Amadou Alpha Sall | Institut Pasteur de Dakar, Senegal A collaboration of 20 years into developing new diagnostic tools for moblie use in Africa, characterising viruses and studying their molecular epidemiology together with his team of enthusiastic scientists. Dr. Ousmane Faye Dr. Oumar Faye Dr. Mawlouth Diallo Dr. Gamou Fall Dr. Mosusa Moise Diagne Dr. Martin Faye Dr. Cheil Tidiane Diagne Dr. Cheik Fall Dr. Cheik Loucoubar Dr. Idrissa Dieng | 37 joint publications |
| Dr. Ahmed Abd El-Wahed | Institut für Tierhygiene und Öffentliches Veterinärwesen, Leipzig, Germany Starting as a PhD in my lab at the University of Göttingen Ahmed came up with the suitcase lab idea after a joint deployment to Senegal`s Kedougou area. As an independent researcher he is driving his own mobile diagnostics development especially for Africa but also in Bangladesh. | 24 joint publications |
| Prof. Ali Mirazimi | Karolinska Institute Stockholm, Sweden A supporter and collaborator on all my haemorrhagic fever viruses activities for many years and in many joint EU-projects. | 9 joint publications |
| Prof. Gerhard Dobler | Institut für Mikrobiologie der Bundeswehr, München, Germany One of Germany`s top arbovirologists, certainly the most enthusiastic who was very happy when we finally solved the Tripec and Kemerovo virus riddle. | 8 joint publications |
| Prof. Matthias Niedrig | Robert Koch Insttitut, Berlin, Germany For a long time the colleauge to go to for reference materials, very supportive and a great lead of the historic ENIVD network and very well connected in the arbovirus scene in Europe. | 11 joint publications |
| Prof. Martin Pfeffer | Institut für Tierhygiene und Öffentliches Veterinärwesen, Leipzig, Germany Another arbovirus enthusiast who can´t take his hands off ticks, a very competent and supportive colleauge. | 5 joint publications |
| Prof. Paolo MdA Zanotto | University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Great virologist with a very good understanding of the evolution of viruses in their particular settings. Great discussions and plans all the time. | 6 joint publications |
| Prof. Márcio Roberto Teixeira Nunes | Instituto Evadro Chagas, Belem, Brazil Arbovirologist at the centre of Brazilian`s treasure trove of arboviruses in Belem. Easy going and very competent, a collaborator for many years. | 5 joint publications |
| Prof. Simon MacKenzie | Institute of Aquaculture, Stirling, Scotland A very competent immunologists with an evolutionary view on the development of the immune sytem. Great to collaborate with. | 2 joint publications |
| Dr. Michaël Bekaert | Institute of Aquaculture, Stirling, Scotland A bioinformatician and biologist, who actually understands what I am looking for and always has a solution. | 8 joint publications |
| IMTEK | Institute for Microsystems Technology, Freiburg, Germany A fruitful collaboration on the engineering side of point of care systems with various teams since 2005 | 11 joint publications |