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Novel agent inhibits communication between bacteria and renders them harmless
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are on the advance throughout the world. This makes it even more important to develop medications to control these microorganisms. Scientists at Saar-University and at the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)…
Some like it hotter
Legionella pneumophila, a bacterial pathogen known to dwell in warm water systems proliferates at temperatures between 50 and 60°C. This was shown by scientists of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany, in a study just published in…
Michael P. Manns First Clinical Director of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig appointed its first Clinical Director in early October 2015. Prof Michael P. Manns from the Hannover Medical School (MHH) will take over this newly created position, in which he will coordinate and…
Recognising structures means understanding structures
Bacteria use adhesive molecules on their cellular surface to colonise a Host . The same type of molecule is also involved in the formation of highly resistant bacterial colonies, called biofilms. Since biofilms are difficult to control, they are often the basis of…
Immunologists for the 21st century
The new Marie Curie training network for immunologists called ENLIGHT-TEN (European Network Linking Informatics and Genomics of Helper T cells) commenced on October 9 with a kickoff meeting of 20 experts from seven European countries. The aim of the network is to…
Decisive factor discovered in sarcoidosis patients
Approximately 32,000 to 40,000 people in Germany are suffering from sarcoidosis. This disease usually manifests in the form of nodular tissue changes and mainly affects the lungs. There are two forms of the disease, acute and chronic sarcoidosis, but the cause has not…
The microbiome of dental pockets plays a central role in periodontitis
Periodontitis is one of the most common infectious diseases in the world. Approximately ten percent of all humans are affected by the disease and this number rises to fifty percent in the elderly. Periodontitis is triggered by a Biofilm in the dental pockets that…
Fungicides from soil
Yeasts, such as Candida albicans, can cause obstinate skin diseases and are a serious health risk for patients with a compromised immune system. Scientists from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig and the Helmholtz Institute for…
How the power plants of the cell get shaped
Mitochondria are the power plants of cells. They control the production of energy and initiate various central cellular processes. If they become non-functional, this can cause or favour a number of diseases. These diseases are mainly of a neurological or muscular type,…
Milestone for the CSSB
Today, the Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) celebrates its topping out ceremony on the DESY Campus in Hamburg-Bahrenfeld. Hamburg’s Scientific Senator, Katharina Fegebank, Dr. Karl Eugen Huthmacher from the German federal government, Schleswig-Holstein’s…
