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Prof Johanna Wanka visits the HZI
On 12 September the Federal Minister for Education and Research, Prof Johanna Wanka, visited the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI). During her stay scientists from the centre presented the main research areas the HZI and its partners work in. Furthermore,…
The population’s health takes centre stage
For the first time, students have the opportunity to earn a doctorate in the field of Epidemiology at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI). Practical epidemiological field research accompanied by theoretical training – this is the offer awaiting future…
Additional space for drug research in Saarbrücken, Germany
Infection research meets pharmacy: At the Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), based in Saarbrücken, approximately 150 scientists are committed to the search for new drugs. Their goal is to contribute to the development of new drugs and…
Helmholtz Association honours Pascale Cossart
How do pathogenic bacteria intrude the human body? How do they interact with cells of the immune system and in what way do they adapt to their host? The French microbiologist Prof Pascale Cossart studies the answers to these questions. She is a leading scientist in her…
Overactive immune response blocks itself
As part of the innate immune system natural killer cells (NK cells) play an important role in immune responses. For a long time they have been known as the first line of defense in the fight against infectious diseases. Therefore, researchers assumed that the body needs…
45 million euros for InfectControl2020
The collaborative project “InfectControl2020” – initated by the The Leibniz-Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology- Hans-Knöll-Institute - will be funded with 45 million Euros by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). The money will…
Third international HIPS Symposium at the Saar University:
On Thursday, 18 July 2013, the campus of Saarland University will once again serve as the venue for renowned researchers and junior scientists from various areas of pharmaceutical research. They are assembling for the third international symposium of the Helmholtz…
Laying of the foundation stone for the CSSB
On the site of the Deutschen Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY in Hamburg a unique centre for infection research will be built: the Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB). The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig is one of nine institutions…
Bacteria engage in a hazardous hide-and-seek
Tonsillitis, scarlet fever or life-threatening infections such as necrotising fasciitis – skin and tissue necrosis of dramatic extent - are caused by the bacterium, Streptococcus pyogenes. This pathogen manages to penetrate into the wall lining of blood vessels. This…
Herpesviruses undercover
Pathogens entering our body only remain unnoticed for a short period. Within minutes our immune cells detect the invader and trigger an immune response. However, some viruses have developed strategies to avoid detection and elimination by our immune system. Researchers…