Press releases
01.08.11
Epidemiologist Gérard Krause to head new department at HZI
Using statistics-data to combat pathogens: Long-term studies targeted to improve protection from infections
How infectious diseases spread throughout the population and how one can take countermeasures against this dissemination: these issues are a source of concern for Prof. Gérard Krause, one of the leading epidemiologists in Germany. Krause, who is employed as an expert at the Robert-Koch-Institute (RKI) in Berlin, will also supervise new scientific projects from now on in Braunschweig und Hanover....
01.07.11
Innovative Vaccines with Nanotechnology
European Research Consortium wants to develop novel vaccination against Hepatitis C.
HCVAX is a European joint project that reaches out to develop a vaccine against hepatitis C based on nanotechnology. The German Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, HZI) in Braunschweig and its department “Vaccinology and Applied Microbiology” is now a part of the transnational consortium with researchers from Germany, France and Switzerland.
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01.07.11
Virtual Institute investigates Virus Infections
Transnational research group examines how viruses evade the immune system
Understanding the tricks and survival strategies of viruses to effectively combat them: That is the goal of the virtual institute VISTRIE that received its funding commitment today. VISTRIE, which stands for “Viral Strategies of Immune Evasion”, is a joint program grant with independent management structures receiving funding by the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres. Coordinated...
09.06.11
Dringend gesucht: neue Medikamente
Internationale Experten aus der pharmazeutischen und der Infektionsforschung treffen sich zum Ideenaustausch im Saarland.
Sie suchen neue Wirkstoffe gegen Infektionskrankheiten und optimieren sie für den Einsatz als Medikament: die Wissenschaftler aus Naturstoffforschung, medizinischer Chemie und der Erforschung des Wirkstofftransportes. Am 16. Juni 2011 treffen sie sich zum Austausch ihrer jüngsten Erkenntnisse im Saarland. Dann richtet das Helmholtz-Institut für Pharmazeutische Forschung Saarland (HIPS) das...
01.06.11
Friendly Fire within the Lungs
HZI researchers show how immune cells mistakenly attack the lungs in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients
Cigarette smoke or a high level of exposure to dust damages our lungs – cells of the immune system are activated within the sensitive respiratory tract and by mistake can attack the healthy pulmonary tissue. This so-called auto-immune reaction can lead to serious chronic inflammations. In a current study researchers at the Helmholtz-Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig succeeded in...
