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Students and lecturers of the NOZGEKA Master program in Malawi
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An efficient global pandemic preparedness and response requires experts who are trained to perform epidemiological studies and infectious disease modelling. The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) leads the consortium NOZGEKA with the aim of establishing a Master of Science in Public Health with a focus on infectious disease epidemiology in Malawi. The University of Münster and Medical Center - University of Freiburg, and University of Livingstonia (UNILIA) and Mzuzu University (MZUNI) in Malawi are collaborators in the consortium.
17.06.2025
CiiM coordinator Jennifer Debarry presents the CiiM Founders's Award to Michael Manns
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The CiiM Founders' Award was given to Prof. Michael Manns at the fifth meeting of the CiiM Directorate. The award, made from a concrete core and larch wood from the future CiiM building, honors his outstanding commitment to the founding and establishment of the Centre for Individualised Infection Medicine (CiiM). The CiiM is a joint institution of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and Hannover Medical School (MHH).
16.06.2025
Portrait Prof. Claus-Michael Lehr
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Every year, the Controlled Release Society (CRS) honors outstanding individuals who have significantly advanced the field of drug delivery. This year, Prof. Claus-Michael Lehr has been awarded the CRS Distinguished Service Award for his long-standing commitment to the society and his influential contributions to pharmaceutical science.
12.06.2025
Three intestinal organoids (gray) with spreading Shigella infection (green)
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Thanks to lab-grown miniature intestines, researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in Würzburg in collaboration with Uppsala University in Sweden have successfully mapped how aggressive Shigella bacteria infect the human gut. The study, published today in the journal Nature Genetics, opens the door to using cultured human mini-organs to investigate a wide range of other serious infections.
12.06.2025
NMR
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New, resistance-breaking drugs are urgently needed to effectively treat infections with antibiotic-resistant germs in the future. Researchers from Saarbrücken and Vienna have now found a possible starting point for the development of such drugs in the natural product Saarvienin A. This novel molecule is capable of killing bacteria even if they are already resistant to clinically used antibiotics. The researchers published their findings in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition.
28.05.2025
HZI podcast "InFact" with Theresa Graalmann on the topic autoimmune diseases
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When our immune system chooses the wrong enemy and turns against our own body, autoimmune diseases can result. Dr. Dr. Theresa Graalmann is a physician and clinician scientist who heads the junior research group “Translational Immunology” at TWINCORE – Center for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research. In this episode of the HZI podcast InFact, she explains how rheumatism, lupus, and vascular inflammation develop and how doctors and scientists work together to incorporate patient data and state-of-the-art cell analyses directly into the development of new therapeutic approaches.
27.05.2025

HZI in the media

... gehört habt: Phagen. Spoiler: Was am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) passiert, rettet im Zweifel Leben – ...

05.02.2026
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Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland

Mattioli an: Am Helmholtz-Institut für RNA-basierte Infektionsforschung (HIRI), einem Standort des Braunschweiger Helmholtz-Zentrums für ...

04.02.2026
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Universitätsklinikum Würzburg

MWK) und der VolkswagenStiftung hat das Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) in Braunschweig das Großprojekt HUMAN ...

03.02.2026
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Regional Heute

Im Programm HUMAN am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung in Braunschweig entschlüsselt die nächste Generation Forschender das ...

03.02.2026
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VolkswagenStiftung

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Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH

03.02.2026
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LaborPraxis

der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover und des Helmholtz-Zentrums für Infektionsforschung wollen seltene rheumatische Erkrankungen des

02.02.2026
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Niedersächsisches Landesjustizportal

MWK) und der VolkswagenStiftung hat das Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) in Braunschweig das Großprojekt HUMAN ...

02.02.2026
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juraforum.de

... an anderen Forschungseinrichtungen gearbeitet, beispielsweise am Helmholtz-Institut für Pharmazeutische Forschung Saarland. Was sind die ...

02.02.2026
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Deutschlandfunk

waren mehrere Forschungseinrichtungen beteiligt, darunter das Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung . Die Ergebnisse erschienen im

02.02.2026
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Münchner Merkur

Medicine (CiiM), which is a joint institution of the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) and Hannover Medical School (MHH). Using

29.01.2026
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Medical Xpress

... stumpfen ab“, erklärt Marc Brönstrup vom Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung in Braunschweig. Neue Antibiotika sind dringend ...

27.01.2026
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Tvinfo.de

entered an exclusive research partnership with the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research’s HIPS institute to investigate how the skin

22.01.2026
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