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Natural Substances

Nature - our medicine cabinet © HZI Promising agar plates: Discovering new drugs in bacterial cultures. The meaning of the term, "natural product", varies depending on perspective: While laymen understand the term to simply mean substances originating from…

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System Biology

System biology - it's all about the big picture © HZI/Frank Bierstedt A pipetting robot in the HZI laboratory. The aim of system biologists is to describe the dynamic processes of life and biological systems using mathematical models. Genomics, proteomics,…

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Nano-particles

Nano-particles - small, but powerful © HZI/HIPS Electromicroscopic image of nanoparticles. Change the world with tiny particles? Thanks to nanotechnology, it’s not that unrealistic. Nano-particles are so small that they cannot be seen even with a light…

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Translational Research

Translation – bridging the gap between lab bench and clinic © HZI TRAIN bundles the know-how and infrastructure of university and extra-academic research- it promotes the cooperation between basic and clinical research. Translation in infection research has…

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Antibiotics

Antibiotics © HZI Chemists and microbiologists at the HZI elicit active substances from inconspicuous soil samples. To the present day, antibiotics are among the most effective weapons available for fighting bacterial infections. They are one of the most…

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Antibiotic resistance

Antibiotic resistance © HZI/Manfred Rohde Pseudomonas aeruginosa–a typical hospital bug, which fails to respond to standard antibiotics. Since the mid-1940s antibiotic resistance has spread. Infections with multiresistant germs are increasing worldwide.…