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Dr. Chantal Bader in the lab.
Interview
Jump start for young female scientists
Dr. Chantal Bader is the first candidate of the Young AcademiXX program at Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), a site of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in cooperation with...
18.07.2024
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News
On the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions to combat pathogens
In the years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the effectiveness of government-ordered measures to contain the pandemic, such as regular testing and the wearing of medical masks, was repeatedly called into question. Through a...
18.07.2024
Lina Herhaus (top left), Martin Jahn (top right), Milan Gerovac (bottom left) and Natalia Torow (bottom right) are MICROSTAR junior research group leaders at HZI.
News
Four new junior research groups at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
At the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, four young scientists will start their work in late summer and fall 2024 to investigate resilience mechanisms of microbes and humans. As part of the...
17.07.2024
Scientist at Podcast recording.
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HZI Podcast: Our Microbiome
The huge community of microorganisms in our gut keeps us healthy. And when things go wrong, we get sick. And not just a little: Disorders of our microbiome could be the trigger for morbid obesity, diabetes, inflammatory...
16.07.2024
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News
A new addition to the CRISPR toolbox: Teaching the gene scissors to detect RNA
CRISPR-Cas systems, defense systems in bacteria, have become a plentiful source of technologies for molecular diagnostics. Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in Würzburg have...
16.07.2024
Dr Nicole Schneider-Daum in the laboratory.
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Human in vitro lung models for testing inhaled drugs
The lungs have a very complex structure, which makes it difficult to simulate them in the laboratory using human cell line models. As a result, researchers still rely on animal testing in preclinical studies to develop...
15.07.2024

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Prof Dr Fabian Leendertz

Prof Dr Fabian Leendertz Research Group Leader +49 3834-3916-101 E-Mail Fabian Leendertz studied veterinary medicine at the University of Budapest and the Freie Universität (FU) Berlin. In 2005, he became a doctor of veterinary…

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Prof Dr Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer

Prof Dr Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer Research Group Leader +49 3834-3916-300 E-Mail Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer studied biology at the University of Toulouse and the University of Lyon, where he received his PhD in 2007. He…

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