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Dr. Julia Port and Dr. Marina Greweling-Pils

Interview

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

Teaser for the podcast episode with Kristin Metzdorf

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

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HZI in the media

from the University Hospital Würzburg (UKW), the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI), and University of Münster. The

12.01.2026

MSN.com

... des Universitätsklinikums Würzburg (UKW), des Helmholtz-Instituts für RNA-basierte Infektionsforschung (HIRI) und der Universität ...

12.01.2026

Biermann Medizin

... potential pandemics early on? Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for One Health are showing why ...

12.01.2026

Deutsche Welle

Entdeckung

Forschende am Helmholtz-Institut für RNA-basierte Infektionsforschung (HIRI), einem Standort des Braunschweiger Helmholtz- ...

09.01.2026

Bionity.COM

tools.” – Dr. Anya Sharma, Virologist at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research.

Looking Ahead: The Long-Term Implications of

08.01.2026

ARCHYDE

Beisel at Germany's Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research in Würzburg and Dirk Heinz at the Helmholtz Center for Infection

07.01.2026

News Medical

consisting of Hannover Medical School (MHH), the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, and the Leibniz Institute in

07.01.2026

Trading View

... haben nun die Studienautoren vom HIRI ‒ einem Standort des Braunschweiger Helmholtz-Zentrums für Infektionsforschung (HZI) in ...

02.01.2026

Biermann Medizin

... bis zur Medikamentenentwicklung", sagt Josef Penninger, wissenschaftlicher Geschäftsführer des HZI und Leiter der Abteilung Innovative ...

30.12.2025

Tagesschau

Erkrankungen. Eine Arbeitsgruppe des TWINCORE Helmholtz Zentrum für Infektionsforschung ( HZI ) und der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover ( ...

30.12.2025

Deutsches Ärzteblatt

Forschungsteam um Tobias Gulder, Abteilungsleiter am Helmholtz-Institut für Pharmazeutische Forschung Saarland (HIPS), ist es ...

29.12.2025

Biermann Medizin

... des Leibniz Lungenzentrums Borstel, des Helmholtz-Instituts für Pharmazeutische Forschung Saarland sowie weiterer wissenschaftlicher ...

29.12.2025

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