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What can we expect from vaccinations – and what not?
When the COVID-19 pandemic struck in 2020, vaccines against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which was spreading all around the world, were developed in record time. There was widespread anxiety – and the expectations of many people regarding the effect of the vaccines were just…
Structure of a central component of the human immune system revealed
An international team of researchers, including three research groups of Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) and Prof. Christian Sieben from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, has now visualized the 3D structure of the ASC speck…
Biodiversity of gut bacteria is associated with sexual behavior
The human body is colonized by a variety of different microorganisms such as bacteria, yeasts and fungi. All these microbial co-inhabitants - known as the microbiome or microbiota - are important for our health: For example, the microbiome in the gut supports digestion…
"The HZI could be much more self-assured in appearance and manner"
Mrs Tannapfel, how did you become aware of the HZI? Although I grew up in Lower Saxony and spent most of my legal internship in the Hannover/Hildesheim region, I did not become aware of the HZI until 2014, when the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research…
Vaccination with nanoparticles
To be able to vaccinate significantly more people throughout the world, it would be more useful to have vaccines that can be administered in the form of a nasal spray or a cream passing through the skin. They would not only be easier to use, but also have a crucial…
Developing novel strategies against tuberculosis and malaria
The more often antibiotics are used, the higher the probability that pathogens will become resistant to the active substances used. In the case of tuberculosis in particular, such antimicrobial resistance plays an enormously important role, as several active substances…
Margherita Pevere: Immune cells become biological art objects
This art project is part of the EU-funded ENLIGHT-TEN+ network (European Network Linking Informatics and Genomics of Helper T cells in Tissues), which is coordinated by Prof Jochen Hühn and educates 15 young scientists at the interface of immunology and big data…
Berit Lange appointed to the STIKO
A large number of infectious diseases can be prevented or their course significantly weakened by vaccinations. To provide the population with better guidance on which vaccinations are recommended at which time, STIKO is compiling a regularly updated vaccination…
New hope in the fight against RSV
Every year in the winter months, there are waves of infection with RSV. In healthy adults and adolescents, the infection is usually harmless. Not so with small children: Around 1% of them who are exposed to the pathogen for the first time become so seriously ill that…
"Just be creative"
In addition, Schmelz gives lectures for young biologists, biotechnologists and biochemists at the Technische Universität Braunschweig. It is important and satisfying to him to transfer knowledge to young people. He sees his work with bachelor and master students,…
