Our Research
The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research contributes to the achievement of the goals of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres and to the successful implementation of the research strategy of the German Federal Government. The research activities of the Helmholtz Association are divided into six areas of research with various research programmes. The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research focuses on the programme "Infection and Immunity". The goal of the programme is to solve the challenges in infection research and make a contribution to public health with new strategies for the prevention and therapy of infectious diseases.
As part of this long-term objective, the research projects of the HZI were divided into five areas of infectious disease research which are pooled in the following topics:
