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Phage research: Hacked!
Bacteriophages, or phages for short, are viruses that infect bacteria. Using phages therapeutically could be very useful in fighting antibiotic-resistant pathogens, but the molecular interactions between phages and host...
10.09.2025
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Mpox Outbreaks in the Central African Republic
Mpox continues to pose a growing health threat in various African countries, such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where frequent zoonotic spillovers occur across the country and occasionally lead to major...
10.09.2025

Directions to HZI Campus

Directions to HZI Campus The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) is located in the south of Braunschweig in the district of Stöckheim on the Science Campus Braunschweig-Süd. Address Helmholtz-Zentrum für…

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1.5 million euros for research into “bacterial killers”
In the fight against multi-resistant bacteria, bacteriophages—the natural enemies of bacteria—are attracting increasing research interest. However, the targeted therapeutic application of these “bacterial killers”...
04.09.2025
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HZI podcast: Phages – “bacteria eaters“ against dangerous infections
Bacteriophages are viruses that specifically attack bacteria but are harmless to humans. They attach themselves to bacteria, inject their genetic material, and reprogram the cells so that they only produce phage genetic...
04.09.2025

Dr Berit Lange

Prof Dr med. Berit Lange Head of Department +49 531 6181-3110 E-Mail Berit Lange is a physician and epidemiologist. After studying medicine in Freiburg, Madrid, Chile and Peru, she worked for several years in Infectiology and…

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Over 1.6 million euros for infection research at the HZI
The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig succeeded with three project proposals in the zukunft.niedersachsen funding program of the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture (MWK) and the...
01.09.2025

Dr Maren Schubert

Dr Maren Schubert Research Group Leader +49 531 6181-2067 E-Mail Dr. Maren Schubert (née Bleckmann) studied biotechnology at the TU Braunschweig and obtained her PhD at the HZI in 2016 in the group for Recombinant Protein…

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Comorbidities in HIV: Big data study reveals molecular links
Why do people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) often suffer from cardiovascular, liver, and other comorbidities? Researchers at the Centre for Individualised Infection Medicine (CiiM) investigated...
21.08.2025