Paper of the Month
The HZI “Happy Hour” provides an opportunity to meet co-workers from all groups of the institute in a relaxed atmosphere. The exciting part of the “Happy Hour”, however, is the awarding of the “HZI Paper of the Month”. An in-house jury selects the paper; the prize is an Amazon voucher.
To join the competition for the award, your paper has to meet two simple requirements:
1.) First or last author is based as Masterstudent, PhD or Postdoc at the HZI or one of its affiliated institutes (i.e. Twincore, HIPS).
2.) Paper published or made accessible online during the month preceding the “Happy Hour”.
Proposals and applications can be submitted by email to paperofthemonth@helmholtz-hzi.de. Please use the same address if you have any questions.
April 2012
In April 2012 Dr. Sibylle Haid received the “Paper of the Month” award for her publication „A Plant-Derived Flavonoid Inhibits Entry of All HCV Genotypes into Human Hepatocytes“. Haids research results were published by the science journal Gastroenterology. The scientist works at the Department of Experimental Virology at the TWINCORE under the guidance of Prof. Dr. Thomas Pietschmann. The publication is available here.
March 2012
Dr. Katja Böhme and Rebekka Steinmann are the awardees of the March 2012 “Paper of the Month” award. Their publication „Concerted Actions of a Thermo-labile Regulator and a Unique Intergenic RNA Thermosensor Control Yersinia Virulence” was released in the science journal PLoS Pathogens. Both scientists work in the Department of Molecular Infection Biology. The publication is available here.
February 2012
Niña Socorro Cortina and Dr. Daniel Krug received the “Paper of the Month” award in February 2012. Their publication „Myxoprincomide: A Natural Product from Myxococcus xanthus Discovered by Comprehensive Analysis of the Secondary Metabolome” was published in the science magazine Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Both scientists work in the department of “Microbial Natural Products” at the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research of Saarland under the guidance of Prof. R. Müller, senior author of the publication.
January 2012
Dr. Nick Quade, Department of Molecular Structural Biology, and Liujie Hou, Department of Microbial Natural Products, Helmholtz-Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland, received the “paper of the month” award in January 2012. Their publication “Unusual carbon fixation gives rise to diverse polyketide extender units” was published in the science magazine "Nature Chemical Biology".
Prof. Dr. Dirk Heinz, senior author of the study, accepted the award.
December 2011
Dr. Tae-Won Kang and Tatiana Yevsa have won the paper of the month December 2011 award for their publication "Senescence surveillance of premalignant hepatocytes limits liver cancer development", which was published in the science magazine "Nature". Both work in the Junior Research Group of Prof. Dr. Lars Zender "Chronic infections and cancer". The publication is available here.
November 2011
Dr. Katja Crull received the "Paper of the Month"-award in November 2011 for her publication in the scientific journal Cellular Microbiology. She works as a postdoc in the research group "Molecular Immunology", the group leader is Dr. Siegfried Weiss. Link to publication.
October 2011
Frank Uliczka received the Paper of the Month Award for the month October 2011. His winning publication was released in the journal PLoS Pathogens: Uliczka F, Pisano F, Schaake J, Stolz T, Rohde M, et al. (2011) Unique Cell Adhesion and Invasion Properties of Yersinia enterocolitica O:3, the Most Frequent Cause of Human Yersiniosis. PLoS Pathog 7(7): e1002117. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1002117
September 2011
Dr. Upneet Sandhu is the awardee of the September 2011 Paper of the Month. Her winning publication "Strict control of transgene expression in a mouse model for sensitive biological applications based on RMCE compatible ES cells" was published in the scientific journal Nucleic Acids Research (Nucl. Acids Res., 2011, Vol. 39, No. 1 e1 doi:10.1093/nar/gkq868).
June 2011
Silva Amelung received the Paper of the Month June 2011 award for her paper "The FbaB-type fibronectin-binding protein of Streptococcus pyogenes promotes specific invasion into endothelial cells", published in Cellular Microbiology. Please find the paper here.
May 2011
Heinrich Steinmetz from the research group "Microbial Drugs" was awarded Paper of the Monthe May 2011 for the publication "Elansolid A, a unique antibiotic from Chitinophaga sancti isolated as two stable atropisomers", published in "Angew Chem Int Ed Engl". Please find the publication here.
April 2011
Dr. Matthias Lochner from the Institute of Infection Immunology at the TWINCORE Centre for Experimantal and Clinical Infection Research in Hannover was awared Paper of the Month April 2011 for his JEM publication "Microbiota-induced tertiary lymphoid tissues aggravate inflammatory disease in the absence of RORyt and LTi cells". Please find the publication here.
March 2011
PD Dr. Manfred Rohde is the winner for the March 2011 Paper of the Month award. His publication "Differences in the aromatic domain of homologous streptococcal fibronectin-binding proteins trigger different cell invasion mechanisms and survival rates" describes adhesion and invasion factors of Group A and Group G streptococci.
Please find the paper here.
February 2011
Dr. Stefan Flöß is the winner of the February 2011 "Paper of the Month" for the publication "Epigenetic modification of the human CCR6 gene is associated with stable CCR6 expression in T cells". Therein, Stefan Flöß describes mechanisms of the CCR6 chemokine receptor expression in Th17 cells and regulatory T cells. Here you find the publication.
January 2011
Dr. Pablo Becker is the winner of the January 2011 "Paper of the Month". His paper "Generation of Human Antigen-Specific Monoclonal IgM Antibodies Using Vaccinated 'Humane Immune System' Mice" was published in PLoS One.
Dr. Pablo Becker is working in the department "Vaccinology and Applied Microbiology", headed by Prof. Carlos A. Guzman.
The publication describes of mice with a humanized immune system that also produces human antibodies. These findings may facilitate the research and therapy of human diseases.
Here you find the publication.
December 2010
The first ever "HZI Paper of the Month"-winner is Dr. Virginia Seiffart from the department of "Gene Regulation and Differentiation".
Her publication in the journal "Blood" with the title „In vivo RNAi-mediated silencing of TAK1 decreases inflammatory Th1 and Th17 cells through targeting of myeloid cells“ won the award in December 2010.
The paper describes how the suppression of the kinase TAK1 efficiently decreases inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis. Find the paper here.