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Influenza is much more than just a nasty cold – it is one of the most dangerous infectious diseases worldwide, claiming around half a million lives every year. What makes it particularly insidious is that flu viruses are contagious even before the first symptoms appear. Despite this threat, the diagnostic options available to date are far from ideal. They are often expensive, complicated to use and simply unavailable in many poorer regions of the world. A research team led by Professor Lorenz Meinel from the University of Würzburg in cooperation with researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research has developed the technology behind a new self-test for influenza, recently published in ACS Central Science.

02.10.2025

HZI Campus

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Five young scientists were honored in Innsbruck on Wednesday for their internationally outstanding work: The Life Sciences Research Awards Austria 2025 of the Austrian Society for Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology (ÖGMBT) went to Victoria Deneke (IMP Vienna), Rémi Hocq (TU Vienna) and Eugenia Pankevich (CeMM). The Life Sciences PhD Awards Austria 2025 went to Yannick Weyer (Medical University of Innsbruck) and Max Kellner (formerly IMBA, since 2025 Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI)).

25.09.2025

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Some of today’s most pressing health challenges include emerging pathogens, rising antibiotic resistance, and chronic infections. To address these issues, a new Helmholtz research building is being constructed in Würzburg to advance the development of novel RNA therapies and combat infectious diseases. The project is funded by the Free State of Bavaria with co-financing from the European Union. Today, in the presence of Bavaria's Deputy Minister-President Hubert Aiwanger and more than 200 guests, the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research celebrated the roofing ceremony.

24.09.2025

HIRI

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A research team led by scientists from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) has introduced a new way to fine-tune genetic material. Their study, published in Nature Biotechnology, describes an innovative technique in which chemical tags are attached directly to DNA, opening the door to new approaches in medicine, agriculture, and biotechnology.

18.09.2025

HIRI

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Antimicrobial resistance is still an underestimated problem. Resistant bacteria are by no means only found in hospitals, they also occur in the natural environment. Prof. Katharina Schaufler and her team from the Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH) in Greifswald – a site of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) – have detected antibiotic-resistant bacteria in surface water at various locations in the Greifswalder Bodden. The sampling sites also included a bathing area, and in some cases, the detected bacteria were even multidrug-resistant. However, these findings do not indicate an acute danger to residents and tourists. Nevertheless, according to Schaufler, the situation should be taken seriously and action should not be delayed until the situation worsens.

17.09.2025

HIOH

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Itaconate is a small molecule produced in our bodies to fight bacteria and modulate immune responses. However, how itaconate travels through the body is not well understood. To close this gap, an international team of scientists led by Thekla Cordes, Professor of Cell Metabolism at Technische Universität Braunschweig at the Braunschweig Centre for Systems Biology (BRICS) and Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), together with Prof Christian Metallo at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego (USA) and researchers from the University of California, San Diego (USA), uncovered how itaconate moves through space and time within the body to shape our immune responses. These findings open new avenues for potential treatments of inflammatory diseases. The study, published in Nature Metabolism, adds to the growing interest in itaconate and provides a novel perspective on its role in regulating metabolism.

16.09.2025

BRICS

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HZI in the media

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

... basierte Infektionsforschung (HIRI) in Würzburg nachweisen. Gemeinsam mit dem Braunschweiger Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung ...

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DeutschesGesundheitsPortal

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

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Trading View

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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

Das PTA Magazin

Dr. Rolf Müller, Managing Director of Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), were both named laureates of the

22.12.2025

Research Information

... ein Interview mit Josef Penninger geführt . Er ist wissenschaftlicher Geschäftsführer des Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung in ...

21.12.2025

T3N

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

17.12.2025

Verband Deutscher Biologen e.V.

Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten fehlen.

Josef Penninger, wissenschaftlicher Geschäftsführer des Helmholtz-Zentrums für Infektionsforschung (HZI)

16.12.2025

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