The new “Helmholtz International Labs” programme will fund research projects covering new medicines for infections, the effects of environmental impacts on health, and unique insights into the structure of matter. These...
Trypanosoma brucei, which causes sleeping sickness, evades the immune system by repeatedly altering the structure of its surface coat. An international research team, including Dr Emmanuel Saliba from the Helmholtz...
The intestines can do more than just digest and absorb food. It has been known for a while that the intestines harbour a large part of the immune system and that intestinal bacteria are critically involved in the...
The initiative “Immunology & Inflammation” unifies efforts in immunological research within the Helmholtz Association. 23 working groups from five Helmholtz Centres are joining forces to address some of the most complex...
The hospital germ Pseudomonas aeruginosa can cause serious wound as well as lung and urinary tract infections, especially in weakened individuals. Pseudomonas manages time and again to survive attacks of the immune...
Necrotising fasciitis (NF) is the most severe form of tissue death caused by bacteria. The bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes is one of the main causes of this disease. The infections take a rapid course and are...
Infections continue to be amongst the main causes of death throughout the world. Individually customised prevention and therapies promise to open up new options for curing diseases. But what is the current status of the...
High-ranking visitors at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and the Hannover Medical School (MHH): Federal Minister of Research Anja Karliczek and Lower Saxony's Minister for Science and Culture Björn...
30 young scientists came together from 16 – 20 April 2018 at Bayer in Berlin for the ENLIGHT-TEN summer school on translational research and medicines development. The summer school introduced the participants to the...
