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Master student (m/f/d)
The HZI, Dynamics of Respiratory Infections group (DINF), Group leader: Prof. Dr. med. Hortense Slevogt is looking for a motivated master student from 01.06.2024 with later starting dates possible.
Junior Research / Technology / Clinician-Scientist Group Leaders (m/f/d)
The HZI, is offering positions for Junior Research / Technology / Clinician-Scientist Group Leaders (m/f/d) in the field of infection research (with W1-professorship and tenure options).
Human in vitro lung models for testing inhaled drugs
The lung is a highly complex organ made up of over 50 different cell types. In the alveoli, a single layer of cells forms the barrier through which the exchange of oxygen and CO2 between the lungs and the bloodstream takes place. This barrier, also known as the…
A new addition to the CRISPR toolbox: Teaching the gene scissors to detect RNA
Bacteria have developed special defense mechanisms to protect themselves against viruses, which by no means infect only humans. As part of these so-called CRISPR-Cas systems, a CRISPR ribonucleic acid (crRNA), which serves as a “guide RNA,” recognizes regions of a…
Antibiotics of the future?
The collection of myxobacteria at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) has proven time and again to be a real treasure trove. The soil bacteria, which were initially regarded as not cultivable, have been grown and researched on a large scale since the 1970s…
Dirk Heinz: "The great strengths of the HZI are its solidarity and team spirit"
Professor Heinz, how do you remember the beginning of the pandemic? I remember the last major face-to-face meeting in mid-March 2020 in Berlin very well: a kick-off meeting for the foundation of our new Helmholtz Institute in Greifswald. Even then, everything revolved…