Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung

1:RESEARCH GROUPS
- 1.1:Microbial Pathogenesis
- 1.2:Host Resistance and Susceptibility
- 1.3:Inflammation and Immunity
  - 1.3.1:Inflammation and Regeneration
  - 1.3.2:Experimental Immunology
  - 1.3.3:Gene Regulation and Differentiation
  - 1.3.4:Immune Control
  - 1.3.5:Immuneregulation
  - 1.3.6:Innate Immunity and Infection
  - 1.3.7:Model Systems for Infection and Immunity
  - 1.3.8:Molecular Immunology
  - 1.3.9:Systems Immunology
  - 1.3.10:Systemoriented Immunology and Inflammation Research
  - 1.3.11:Viral Immune Modulation
    - 1.3.11.1:Our Research
    - 1.3.11.2:Team
    - 1.3.11.3:Publications
- 1.4:Prevention and Therapy
- 1.5:Pharmaceutical Research
2:RESEARCH PROGRAMME
3:SCIENTIFIC SERVICE UNITS
4:SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS
5:NETWORK & PARTNERS
6:TRANSLATION

A microbial pathogen enters our body - but not unnoticed! Immune cells have specialised receptors to detect the presence of the invaders. These receptors initiate defence mechanisms as soon as the pathogen has entered the body – unless they are disarmed...

Head of Junior Research Group

Dr. Melanie Brinkmann

"Over a million years herpesviruses have adapted perfectly to the immune system and efficiently outwit the body's defence. We want to decipher the mechanisms herpesviruses apply to escape their elimination."