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EMBO membership for Emmanuelle Charpentier
The CRISPR-Cas9 genome engineering system has significantly improved the genetic tool box in laboratories around the globe. Now, one of the key pioneers of this technology, Professor Emmanuelle Charpentier, has been elected as a new member of the European Molecular…
Snapshot of a hepatitis C virus attack
About 160 million people are infected with the hepatitis C virus. New drugs against the virus are available, but these are very expensive, so the search for new - more cost-effective - strategies against the hepatitis C virus must be continued. The most insidious part…
Milupa Science Award for TWINCORE researchers
Eike Steinmann and Stephanie Pfänder of the Institute for Experimental Virology of TWINCORE recently received the 10,000 Euro "Nutricia Science Award". The milupa award annually honors innovative works that contribute to the knowledge of breastfeeding. Die beiden…
Bionorica Phytoneering Award 2015 for Eike Steinmann and Anggakusuma
On the 24th of August, Eike Steinmann and Anggakusuma from the Institute of Experimental Virology received the 10.000 € endowed “Bionorica Phytoneering Award 2015”. The award given biannually by the Society for Medicinal Plant and Natural Product Research (GA) and…
Custom-made medicine against bacteria and viruses
To find custom-made therapies for each infection patient: This is the long-term goal of the "Centre for Individualised Infection Medicine" (CIIM), which is to commence operations on 03 December. The CIIM is a joint facility of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research…
The many faces of the bacterial defense system
Even bacteria have a kind of “immune system” they use to defend themselves against unwanted intruders – in their case, viruses. Scientists at the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany, were now able to show that this defense system is…
Highly prestigious award for leading infection researcher
Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier is one of this year's recipients of the 5 million Euro Humboldt Professorship, one of Germany's most highly coveted research awards. The French microbiologist conducts research at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and teaches…
Scientists from 13 countries aim at making drinking water safer
Access to clean drinking water is a human right. Making water usage in the EU safer, is the aim of "Aquavalens", a project supported with 9 million Euro from the European Commission. The project is led by the University of East Anglia (UK), activities in the field of…
American biochemist received this year's Inhoffen Medal
How do bacteria cope when exposed to toxic mercury, how are they able to outlast antibiotics, and how can they be killed using so-called "suicide inhibitors"? These are but a few of the many research topics US biochemist Christopher Walsh has devoted his career as a…
Blockade of pathogen's metabolism
In the search for new antibiotics, researchers are taking an unusual approach: They are developing peptides, short chains of protein building blocks that effectively inhibit a key enzyme of bacterial metabolism. Now, scientists at the Helmholtz Institute for…