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Poster Curiosity is Infectious
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The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) has a lot to offer its doctoral candidates: Together with renowned partner institutions, the center has developed high-quality doctoral programs that impart in-depth expertise in innovative future disciplines and train the specialists of tomorrow. In addition to a first-class scientific education at one of the leading health research institutions, young scientists at HZI have the opportunity to expand their interdisciplinary knowledge and gain valuable additional skills in areas such as management and soft skills.
30.04.2025
Portrait Rolf Müller
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Every two years, the MDPI Sustainability Foundation presents the Tu Youyou Award for outstanding achievements in the fields of natural product and medicinal chemistry. This year, Rolf Müller is one of two researchers to receive the award for his work on developing new antibiotics based on microbial natural products. The prize was established in 2016 in honor of Chinese Nobel Prize winner Tu Youyou and comes with a total prize money of 100,000 Swiss francs.
30.04.2025
Electron microscope image of Fusobacteria.
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Fusobacteria, which are part of the oral microbiome, are suspected of playing a role in cancer progression. Scientists at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) are working on innovative strategies to inhibit the spread of these bacteria. Antisense molecules, which could serve as programmable, targeted antibiotics, show great promise. In a recent study, a research team led by Jörg Vogel identified a compound that effectively halts the growth of five Fusobacterium species. The findings were published today in the journal mBio.
29.04.2025
Dr. Arnaud Carpentier and Frauke Lange in the lab
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Hepatitis D virus (HDV) infects the liver and causes severe inflammation. According to WHO estimates, 12 million people worldwide are infected with HDV. Currently, there are only a few treatment options. A team of researchers from TWINCORE, the Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research in Hannover, has developed a stem cell-based infection model for HDV and has used it to discover a possible target for an attack on the virus. They are now publishing their results in the scientific journal JHEP Reports. The TWINCORE is a joint institution of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School (MHH).
25.04.2025
Dr. Julia Port and Dr. Marina Greweling-Pils
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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
Teaser for the podcast episode with Kristin Metzdorf
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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 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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