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New viruses, new challenges
Virus particles are tiny – 20 to 300 nanometres in diameter and thus about 1000 times smaller than a human cell. They consist of little more than their genetic material and a protective protein shell. They even save their own metabolism and use their host’s instead.…
A Biologist with Nano Vision
His post-doctoral work took Christian Sieben to Switzerland. With a scholarship and his own project in hand, he moved to the physics department of the EPFL in Lausanne. There, Sieben remained true to virus research, but also worked on projects with a technical focus:…
“The Corona vaccines were meant to protect against severe disease. And that is what they do”
The mRNA vaccines are currently considered the gold standard among Corona vaccines. Since the beginning of the year, a protein vaccine has been in use, which some people who were sceptical about mRNA technology have been waiting for. How does it work, and how should it…
Soil Bacteria - A Microbial Treasure Chest
In the summer of 2017, Dr Ronald Garcia and Dr Daniel Krug, microbiologist and chemist at the HIPS in Saarbrücken, respectively, discussed how the upcoming Open House Day could be enriched by a hands-on activity. The idea that finally emerged was actually quite simple:…
One Health - Triad of Environmental, Animal and Human Health
Infectious diseases have always posed a threat to human health. But perhaps never more than today? “That is a difficult question to answer. But there is a whole range of risk factors that favour infections with previously unknown pathogens and make them more likely to…
HIRI researchers develop a new machine learning approach
The genome or DNA of an organism incorporates the blueprint for proteins and orchestrates the production of new cells. Aiming to combat pathogens, cure genetic diseases or achieve other positive effects, molecular biological CRISPR technologies are being used to…
Mutations in the spike-protein of the Pirola variant of SARS-CoV-2 augment infection of lung cells
A team of researchers from the German Primate Center (DPZ, Göttingen), jointly with partners at Charité (Berlin), Hannover Medical School, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (Braunschweig) and Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg has now investigated…
Computer Science meets Pharmaceutical Research
Scientific experiments generally not only lead to new findings but also uncover new questions and unsolved problems. To be able to process these efficiently, both further experiments as well as computer-based tools are required. In addition to software tools, this also…
