Reception

Anniversary celebration "HZI60"

Braunschweig
27.11.25
4.30 pm
Scientific
HZI Campus

On the occasion of its 60th anniversary, the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research invites selected guests from research, culture and politics to a reception with a scientific focus to look together at the current research results and the upcoming challenges of the future. Participation by invitation only.  

Registration

Registration for the event is closed. If you have any questions, please contact us by e-mail.

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Program

Welcome

  • Josef Penninger, Christian Scherf

Greetings

  • Olaf Lies / Minister President of Lower Saxony
  • Veronika von Messling / Head of the Life Sciences Department, BMFTR
  • Martin Keller / President, Helmholtz Association
  • Otmar D. Wiestler / Former President, Helmholtz Association

Panel discussion

  • Dirk Heinz, Rudi Balling, Joachim Klein / Former Scientific Directors, HZI
  • Katharina Riedel / Rector, University of Greifswald
  • Josef Penninger, Christian Scherf, and others

Keynote lecture:

  • Christoph Huber, University Council of the Medical University of Vienna: “Translating Science into Survival”
Susanne Thiele

Press contact

Susanne Thiele
Head of Staff Unit, Spokesperson