The European Academy of Microbiology (EAM) has announced the election of 95 new Fellows to the network. Among the newly elected members is Prof. Susanne Häußler, head of the department “Molecular Bacteriology” at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and at the TWINCORE – Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, a joint institution of the HZI and Hannover Medical School. Häußler studies multidrug-resistant pathogens and chronic, persistent biofilm-associated infections.

INFORBIO is a multidisciplinary project that combines participatory forest management by indigenous communities, agroforestry, the establishment of mobile health clinics, and the development of an early warning system for zoonotic disease surveillance through a multifaceted One Health approach. The overarching goal is to safeguard forests as natural barriers against the spread of zoonotic diseases while improving livelihoods in remote areas of the Central African Republic (CAR) and Cameroon. As part of INFORBIO, researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH), a site of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), are developing early warning systems for zoonoses.

The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) welcomes the acquisition of the Braunschweig site of the Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (ITEM) by AveThera GmbH, effective March 16, 2026, as an important step for the region and particularly for the Science Campus Braunschweig-Süd. Core competencies in pharmaceutical biotechnology will remain in Braunschweig, while the Science Campus will be further strengthened as a center for the development and manufacturing of modern biopharmaceutical products.