Last week, the Budget Committee of the Lower House of the German Parliament (Bundestag) decided to provide 40 million euros in funding for the establishment of a possible new Helmholtz Institute in Greifswald, spread...
CRISPR-Cas-based gene editing has been used for a large variety of applications. The system requires guide RNAs, whose sequence specifically determines the site where DNA or RNA modification occurs. Scientists at the...
Mikroben und ihr Vorkommen stehen im Fokus der Veranstaltungsreihe „KrankheitsErregend“ des HZI. In diesem Jahr findet die Reihe in Kooperation mit dem Haus der Wissenschaft Braunschweig statt und setzt sich aus zwei...
Mark Brönstrup, head of the research group "Chemical Biology", and Till Strowig, head of the research group "Microbial Immune Regulation", talk about the current antibiotics research and how it is related to microbial...
This year's HIPS symposium on 27 and 28 June focused on the fight against antibiotic-resistant pathogens. On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the HIPS, the expert audience had two days to inform and exchange...
A year after its 10th birthday, numerous changes are on the agenda at TWINCORE. Ulrich Kalinke, Scientific Director of the Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, speaks to us about clinician...
The CRISPR-Cas system is in the spotlight for its ability to precisely modify the DNA of human cells. The system is derived from bacteria that use it to protect themselves from invading viruses. Prof. Peter Fineran...
The accumulation of hazardous waste during manufacturing of complex pharmaceuticals is a serious environmental concern. Typically, it takes several synthetic steps and requires flammable, organic solvents to produce...
Mammalian cells have highly specialized defence programs to protect themselves from invading pathogens. To do this, the cells change the expression of their genes; previously inactive genes are switched on or active...
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