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‘Big data’ training network for T-cell researchers at the HZI
T cell precursors originate in the bone marrow and mature in the thymus. They then circulate through the bloodstream and secondary lymphoid tissues in search of foreign or altered proteins. Tissue-resident T cells are a subset of T lymphocytes that have left the…
New Chance for Better Pandemic Response
The research team from the TU Braunschweig and the HZI succeeded in generating the antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in vitro using antibody phage display technology. This was based on the existing HAL9/10 antibody gene library, and for the best-performing antibodies, the…
Scientists Call for Rapid Reduction in Coronavirus Cases in Europe
The group behind the article includes Viola Priesemann from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen, Melanie Brinkmann from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Brunswick, and Andreas Peichl from the ifo Institute. “A…
Molecular weapon with built-in delivery device
Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is a microbe that causes food poisoning and is considered a parent of Yersinia pestis , the causative agent of the plague. To cause disease, it uses a toxin named cytotoxic necrotizing factor (CNF) by its ability to cause necrosis when…
A precise measure of protective immunity
Around 71 million people worldwide are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV). One reason why no vaccine against the virus has been found to date is that there are numerous virus variants, some of which differ by more than 30 percent from each other. Scientists from…
Extensive data resource for microbiome research
Essentially, we are never alone – because they are always with us: billions of microorganisms – such as bacteria, viruses or fungi – inhabit our bodies. They live on our skin, in our mouths, noses or intestines – depending on the preferences of our tiny cohabitants and…
Christian Scherf becomes new Administrative Director of the HZI
"We warmly welcome Christian Scherf to the HZI. I have always held him in high esteem as a highly experienced science manager and am therefore very pleased that we have now been able to recruit him for this important position," says Prof Dirk Heinz, Scientific Director…
Building the cytoskeleton: Researchers establish mode of action of crucial signalling complexes
Cells in our body harbour a complex and frequently entangled network of filaments, which fulfils specific functions in maintaining or altering cell shapes during processes like embryonic development or migration of immune cells towards infectious agents. In addition,…
Fighting resistances: Concepts for new antibiotics
"Bacteria that are resistant to several drugs can become as great a threat as the current Corona pandemic if countermeasures are not taken in time," says Prof Rolf Müller, Director of the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland ( HIPS ), a site of the…
Claus-Michael Lehr selected as a Scout in the Henriette Herz Programme
Professor Lehr, you have been selected as a "scout" in the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Henriette Herz Programme - what does that mean? As a scout in the Henriette Herz Programme, I have the opportunity to nominate three young, PhDs from abroad for a one-year…
