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Habitat loss, climate change, and globalization create new transmission routes for pathogens. Therefore, the One Health approach considers humans, animals and nature together. Prof. Fabian Leendertz is founding director of the Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH) in Greifswald, which links health research, ecology, and prevention to better prepare for future pandemics. In this episode of the HZI podcast “InFact”, Leendertz explains how zoonoses, or diseases that jump from animals to humans, develop, and why protecting the environment is central to this process.

02.07.2025

HIOH

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A research project at the Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH), a site of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), has been awarded the Undine Award 2025 in the “Habitat” category. The prize was presented in Stuttgart. In the award-winning project, a research team led by Prof. Katharina Schaufler is investigating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the surface water of the Greifswald Bodden. Targeted science communication is also an important part of the project in order to raise public awareness of the issue. Schaufler heads the department “Epidemiology and Ecology of Antimicrobial Resistance” at the HIOH and receives prize money of 20,000 euros and an image film with the Undine Award.

19.06.2025

HIOH

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Researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) have contributed to a study by the Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) that has uncovered a new mechanism of neuron damage in the autoimmune disease multiple sclerosis (MS). Until now, it was unclear how inflammation in MS reduces protein degradation and leads to their harmful accumulation in neurons. A combination of new molecular biological, biochemical, and genetic methods enabled the international research team to identify a previously unknown mechanism of impaired protein degradation in inflamed neurons and its key regulator, the immunoproteasome.

18.06.2025

HZI Campus

Electron microscope image of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, illustrating the differences in the size of the bacterial cells.

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Despite being genetically identical, bacteria can vary considerably in shape and size. Whether these variations affect bacterial function has remained an open question. Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) and the Chair of Microbiology of the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) have now characterized the functional differences between various forms of the gut bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron. They demonstrated a link between cell type and metabolic function. These findings offer deeper insights into microbial gut diversity and pave the way for new possibilities in microbiome-based therapies. The study was recently published in the journal Cell Reports.

17.06.2025

HZI Campus

HIRI

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

HZI Campus

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

CiiM

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HZI in the media

... , Stellvertretende Teamleiterin der Klinischen Epidemiologie am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI), Braunschweig.

17.11.2025

Biermann Medizin

... und individueller Darmflora ab.

Forscher am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung arbeiten bereits an der nächsten Generation ...

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Ad Hoc News

Klett-Tammen, Abteilung Epidemiologie (EPID), Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (

HZI

), Braunschweig. Grundsätzlich sei auch die ...

13.11.2025

Deutsches Ärzteblatt

von Angios in Innsbruck & wissenschaftlicher Geschäftsführer Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung in Braunschweig/Deutschland), Klaus

13.11.2025

meinbezirk.at

... zu adressieren, suchen Forschende am HZI-Standort Helmholtz-Institut für Pharmazeutische Forschung Saarland (HIPS) im Rahmen ...

13.11.2025

Prophylaxe Journal

new antiviral medicines, says virologist Christian Sieben of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Germany.

Earlier in 2025, for

10.11.2025

The Press

Hochschule Hannover, die Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, das Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung in Braunschweig sowie die KI-

07.11.2025

Heise online

... , Leiter der Forschungsgruppe Mikrobielle Wirkstoffe am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, zu bedenken. Das erste ...

07.11.2025

Leipziger Volkszeitung (LVZ)

Quelle: Pressemitteilung

HZI-Helmholtz Zentrum für Infektionsforschung ...

04.11.2025

LaborPraxis

Forschende des Helmholtz-Zentrums für Infektionsforschung und der Universität Würzburg entwickeln derzeit einen Kaugummi, der Grippeviren

04.11.2025

Arbeitsmedizin-Sozialmedizin-Umweltmedizin

... Vakzinologie und angewandte Mikrobiologie am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung. Die M2-Membranproteinhemmer verhindern ...

02.11.2025

Augsburger Allgemeine

... etwas dran ist“, erklärt Biologe Marc Stadler vom Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung gegenüber der Barmer-Krankenkasse. „Es ...

30.10.2025

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