Jacky Flipse is a Medical Molecular Microbiologist, working at the laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem, the Netherlands. He studied Molecular Sciences at Wageningen University, worked in the USA and Germany prior to doing his PhD at the University of Groningen. He did his residency at Maastricht University, culminating in registration as Medical Molecular Microbiologist in 2018. His interest are in the field of medical microbiology, molecular diagnostics, outbreak investigations and epidemiology. While he loves all aspects of medical microbiology, he still has a soft spot for viruses.