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• Quick Test for Streptococci
  Usually, an infection with streptococci causes a sore throat and does not require treatment. However, some of these bacteria can cause the so-called rheumatic fever, which can lead to damage of the heart. Singh Chhatwal and his team at the HZI develop a quick test to identify these dangerous streptococci. A film by Deutsche Welle TV, Length 3:57
• Ideen 2020: Science-Fiction zum Anfassen
  Die Wanderausstellung „Ideen 2020 – Ein Rundgang durch die Welt von morgen“ lädt zum Dialog zwischen Wissenschaft und Öffentlichkeit ein. Bundesforschungsministerin Johanna Wanka und der Präsident der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft Jürgen Mlynek schildern, worum es bei der interaktiven Ausstellung geht. Ein Beitrag von biotechnologie.tv www.biotechnologie.de/BIO/Navigation/DE/root,did=162964.html Länge 03:50
• HZI International Graduate School
  The International HZI Graduate School, Grad School for short, offers young researchers from all over the world the opportunity to obtain a PhD degree. Watch the image video of the Grad School to find out which conditions the students can expect at the HZI, how important internationality is and that there is leisure besides research as well. Length 01:54
• Gefährliches Bakterium bekommt kalte Füße
  In Europa entvölkerte die Pest einst ganze Landstriche. Die Erreger der Seuche sind Bakterien der Gattung Yersinia. Etwas weniger aggressive Verwandte dieses Erregers lösen auch in Deutschland jedes Jahr mehrere Tausend Fälle von Durchfallerkrankungen aus. HZI-Wissenschaftler haben gemeinsam mit Kollegen der Ruhr-Universität Bochum einen Mechanismus entdeckt, wie diese Bakterien ihre Waffen im Wirt anschalten. Der Trick: Yersinien besitzen ein molekulares Thermometer, das nur bei 37 Grad Celsius das krankmachende Programm der Bakterien startet. Länge 01:54
• Steriles Beutelsystem
  Im HZI züchten die Wissenschaftler Kurt Dittmar und Werner Lindenmaier Zellen, die extrem empfindlich sind. Sie sollen für therapeutische Zwecke eingesetzt werden und um den Umgang mit diesen Zellen zu vereinfachen, haben die Wissenschaftler ein Beutelsystem entwickelt, in dem die Zellen in kleinen durchsichtigen Kunststoffbeuteln fest verschlossen sind. Darin können die Zellen kultiviert, sortiert, gereinigt werden. Damit die Zellen in unserem Beutel vernünftig wachsen können, muss er beschichtet werden. Länge 07:17

News

• 10.06.2013

  Plasma flash inside plastic bag

  

  High honours for Braunschweig research team: A group of scientists that includes researchers at the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) is this year’s recipient of the Fraunhofer Society’s highly renowned Award for Human-Centered Technology. Federal Minister for Education and Research Johanna Wanka was present for the award ceremony which took place on the occasion of the...

• 31.05.2013

  Live and let die

  

  A protein called c-FLIP-R is critical to immune cell survival: If this molecule is missing, the cells kill themselves – and are thus no longer able to perform their job fighting off invaders. Now, scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) Braunschweig and at the Otto von Guericke University (OvGU) Magdeburg have published their findings in the renowned European...

• 29.05.2013

  Experts on Interferon meet in Braunschweig

  

  Vitally important and always ready for action: Interferons are essential components of the immune system. These proteins and their role in viral defense will be the focus of the 6th International Workshop “Interferon and Infection” at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI). The participants can expect an intensive meeting with much exchange of information and...

• 07.05.2013

  HZI to award young infection researchers

  

  As in the previous years, the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig and the Friends of the HZI are going to honour an excellent young researcher in the field of infection biology. The award was established in 2011 in memory of the former Scientific Director of the HZI, Professor Jürgen Wehland. The Jürgen Wehland Prize includes prize money of 5,000 Euros and...

• 30.04.2013

  The many faces of the bacterial defense system

  

  Even bacteria have a kind of “immune system” they use to defend themselves against unwanted intruders – in their case, viruses. Scientists at the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany, were now able to show that this defense system is much more diverse than previously thought and that it comes in multiple versions. Their goal is to use the various newly...