Press Archive
31.03.10
„Wunderkammer Wissenschaft“ kommt nach Braunschweig
HZI präsentiert die Wanderausstellung der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft in den Schloss-Arkaden.
Die Wanderausstellung der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft wird am 8. März 2010 um 11 Uhr in den Schloss-Arkaden Braunschweig eröffnet. Das Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektions-forschung lädt in Kooperation mit dem Haus der Wissenschaft Braunschweig die Besucherinnen und Besucher ein, die vielfältige Welt der Wissenschaften zu entdecken. Die Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, Deutschlands größte Forschungsorganisation,...
23.03.10
Grüne Gentechnik
Brauchen wir Freilandversuche in Deutschland?
Veranstaltungsreihe Tatsachen? - Forschung unter der Lupe
Donnerstag, 25. März 2010, 19.30 Uhr,
Haus der Wissenschaft Braunschweig, Aula, Pockelsstr. 11
Erst kürzlich wurde die Genkartoffel von der EU für den industriellen Gebrauch und die Tierfutterverwertung für den großflächigen Anbau zugelassen. Wie steht es nun aber mit Pflanzen, die zum Verzehr durch den Menschen gedacht sind? Könnte...
23.03.10
Unexpected diversity of the nose
Scientists at the HZI explore the bacterial communities of the nose in order to prevent infection.
The human body is colonized by bacteria. They live on our skin, in our body’s orifices and throughout our gastrointestinal tract. There they can prevent dangerous germs (pathogens) from colonising and thus protect us against such infections, or they help in digestion. When the immune system is weakened, even the so called harmless germs can become a problem and make us sick. One of these bacteria...
02.03.10
Small molecule with high impact
Researchers from HZI vaccine department examine new adjuvant to improve vaccinations.
The adjuvants present in vaccines have a bad reputation. For most people, they are only unnecessary compounds within a medicinal product. This is a misunderstanding since adjuvants have a critical impact on the success of a vaccination. In the best case scenario, one single vaccination shot would be now sufficient for conferring life-long protection. Researchers from the "Vaccinology and...
26.01.10
Rejuvenating the old immune system
Researchers from HZI are investigating the development of novel therapies to make the old immune system young again.
Thanks to the progress in health care and improved living conditions, we live longer. The price we pay: Our immune system loses functionality with advance age and the susceptibility to infections increases. The members of the research group "Infection immunology" at the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany are investigating this aspect of aging using a mouse...
17.12.09
Invasion without a stir
HZI researchers redefine the invasion mechanism of Salmonella.
Bacteria of the genus Salmonella cause most food-borne illnesses. The bacteria attach to cells of the intestinal wall and induce their own ingestion by cells of the intestinal epithelium. Up till now, researchers assumed that Salmonella have to induce the formation of distinctive membrane waves in order to invade these gut cells. Researchers from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI)...
08.12.09
Neue Geschäftsführung am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung
Professor Jürgen Wehland tritt zum 1. Januar 2010 die Nachfolge von Professor Rudi Balling an, Ulf Richter wird neuer administrativer Geschäftsführer
Der Aufsichtsrat des Helmholtz-Zentrums für Infektionsforschung (HZI) in Braunschweig hat in seiner gestrigen Sitzung die beiden neuen Geschäftsführer des HZI bestätigt: Prof. Jürgen Wehland und Ulf Richter. Prof. Wehland tritt damit am 1. Januar 2010 die Nachfolge von Prof. Rudi Balling als wissenschaftlicher Geschäftsführer an. Prof. Balling wechselte nach neun Jahren am HZI im September 2009...
30.11.09
It takes two to infect
Structural biologists shed light on mechanism of invasion protein.
Bacteria are quite creative when infecting the human organism. They invade cells, migrate through the body, avoid an immune response and misuse processes of the host cell for their own purposes. To this end every bacterium employs its own strategy. In collaboration with a British research group, structural biologists from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, Germany...
15.10.09
New Age for the Discovery of New Proteins [RETRACTED]
Scientists from HZI, Germany develop new detection method and show which molecules are working within a cell.
The press release about the publication "Reactome Array: Forging a Link Between Metabolome and Genome", published in the scientific journal "Science", has been retracted. Groups of experts at the involved institutes are currently investigating the results of the publication. Please contact the Press and Public Relations department for more information: +49 531 6181-1400....
25.08.09
Casting out devils
Scientists from Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research are researching how salmonella kill tumours.
Salmonella are regarded as bad guys. Hardly a summer passes without severe salmonella infections via raw egg dishes or chicken that find their way into the media. But salmonella not only harm us – in future they may even help to defend us against cancer. The bacteria migrate into solid tumours and make it easier to destroy them. Furthermore, in laboratory mice they independently find their way...
