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Dr. Julia Port and Dr. Marina Greweling-Pils
Interview
“The animal model must be suitable for the research question“
Scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) are studying important mechanisms for the development of infectious diseases and how they can be treated or prevented. Some of the research questions can only be answered with the help of animal experiments. Dr. Julia Port, head of the junior research group “Laboratory of Transmission Immunology”, and Dr. Marina Greweling-Pils, head of the research group “Core Facility of Comparative Medicine” and Animal Welfare Officer at the HZI, explain in an interview to mark the World Day for Laboratory Animals 2025 why not all animal experiments can be replaced and why choosing the right animal model is crucial for reliable scientific results.
23.04.2025
HZI Campus
Tile for the podcast InFact on the topic of organoids
News
HZI Podcast: Mini organs, big impact: How organoids are revolutionizing infection research
Organoids are a pioneering tool in biomedical research. These tiny, organ-like cell structures are grown from stem cells and open up completely new possibilities for studying infectious diseases in human tissue. In this episode of the HZI podcast InFact, Dr Kristin Metzdorf, Deputy Head of the Department “Innovative Organoid Research” at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), explains why these “mini-organs” are ideal for studying the interplay of the host with viruses or bacteria.
23.04.2025
HZI Campus
Samples on dry ice.
News
Helmholtz Launches Task Force to Strengthen Prevention Research
The Helmholtz Association is pooling its commitment to prevention research with the launch of the Helmholtz Health Prevention Task Force. In a strategy paper published in Nature Medicine, the expert committee outlines initial concepts for more effectively integrating prevention into medical practice.
22.04.2025
HZI Campus
HIOH
Felix Deschner in the lab
News
Chlorotonil: Game-Changer in the Fight Against Multidrug-Resistant Pathogens
The development and spread of antibiotic resistance represents one of the greatest threats to global health. To overcome these resistances, drugs with novel mode of action are urgently needed. Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) have now uncovered the mode of action of a promising class of natural products – the chlorotonils. These molecules simultaneously target the bacterial cell membrane and the bacteria’s ability to produce proteins, enabling them to break through resistance. The team published its findings in the journal Cell Chemical Biology.
15.04.2025
HIPS
HZI Campus
Future Day
News
Future Day at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research 2025
Today, around 60 schoolchildren from grades 5 to 9 visited the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig to gain an insight into the work of a modern research institution. They were able to immerse themselves in the fascinating world of science in a total of eight different departments.
03.04.2025
HZI Campus
TWINCORE
Group image
News
Kick-off of INFRALINK
On March 17 and 18, 2025, the kick-off meeting of the INFRALINK network took place at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig. Six partner institutions will establish a network to facilitate infection research between the public health service and research institutions. The project is being funded by the Volkswagen Foundation with 500,000 euros.
02.04.2025
HZI Campus

HZI in the media

Schwere Krankheiten: Millionen für die Virenforschung

... Brinkmann (Archivbild): Die Virologin forscht am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung in Braunschweig. (Quelle: teutopress/ ...

11.07.2025
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t-online.de
Die Vielfalt von Pflanzen und Pilzen für neue Medikamente nutzen

... des HZI, der Technischen Universität Braunschweig und des Fördervereins des HZI.

 

Promotionspreise des HZI

 

Der ...

11.07.2025
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Regional Heute
Die Heilkraft von Äpfeln: Wie aus Apfelresten medizinische Wirkstoffe werden

... lassen. Ein weiterer Partner ist das Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) in Braunschweig. Finanziert wird das ...

07.07.2025
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MDR
Magdeburg-News: Auswirkungen von Influenza-A-Virus-Infektionen auf Lungenzellen

... Pneumologie an der UMMD sowie dem Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) in Braunschweig. Gefährliche Folgeinfektion mit ...

06.07.2025
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Magdeburger News
Gefährliche E. coli verdrängen statt vernichten

... von der Abteilung Mikrobielle Immunregulation am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) in einer Pressemitteilung des ...

04.07.2025
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Pharmazeutische Zeitung
Revolutionary Strategy to Combat Superbugs: Gut Microbe Showdown!

In a groundbreaking new study, researchers from the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) and Hannover Medical School (MHH) have

04.07.2025
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Maldankon
Food competition among gut microbes offers new strategy to remove drug-resistant E. coli

removed from the gut?

 

Researchers from the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI), in collaboration with researchers from Hannover

03.07.2025
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Phys.org
Wie Shigellen Darmgewebe infizieren

Würzburg – Eine Arbeitsgruppe des Würzburger Helmholtz-Instituts für RNA-basierte Infektionsforschung (HIRI) sowie aus Schweden und ...

03.07.2025
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Deutsches Ärzteblatt
When bacteria remember: P. aeruginosa may use epigenetic memory for enhanced infection success

An international research team led by the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) has discovered a new strategy used by the human

02.07.2025
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MSN.com

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