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Antimicrobial resistance is still an underestimated problem. Resistant bacteria are by no means only found in hospitals, they also occur in the natural environment. Prof. Katharina Schaufler and her team from the...

17.09.2025

Prof Dr Andriy Goychuk

Prof Dr Andriy Goychuk Research Group Leader +49 531 391 55217 E-Mail Andriy Goychuk leads a research group at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and the Lower Saxony Center for AI & Causal Methods in Medicine starting…

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Itaconate is a small molecule produced in our bodies to fight bacteria and modulate immune responses. However, how itaconate travels through the body is not well understood. To close this gap, an international team of...

16.09.2025

HIV/AIDS

Herpes Viruses - A Large Family

Group photo of eight persons behind a foundation stone

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On 11 September 2025, the Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH) in Greifswald laid the foundation stone for its new research building. The festive ceremony brought together numerous guests from science, politics and...

11.09.2025

Illustration of a bacterium with numerous bacteriophages on the surface

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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 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…