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Flies help to determine biodiversity.
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Veterinarian Dr. Fee Zimmermann collects long-term data on human, animal and environmental health in the African tropics and on her doorstep - in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. She heads a research group at the Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH) in Greifswald. In this interview, she talks about the importance of the tropics for future disease outbreaks and about animal helpers in data collection.
28.11.2024
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The annual World Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness Week (WAAW) is a global campaign to draw attention to the dangers of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). It also aims to inform people about behaviors that can reduce the occurrence and spread of drug-resistant infections. The WAAW is celebrated every year from November 18 to 24. The motto in 2024 is “Educate. Advocate. Act now.”.
18.11.2024
Dr. Peter Sullivan in the lab.
Interview
A key focus at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and its sites like the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) is translating research findings into medical and pharmaceutical applications. Beyond scientific collaboration, the goal is to facilitate the transfer of technology and knowledge into practical and potentially commercial uses. Recently, the company MyxoTech has been founded as a HIPS spin-off. MyxoTech CEO Peter Sullivan explains what the new company is about and what it wants to achieve.
29.08.2024
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The current outbreak of the Mpox virus originated in Central Africa. A first case has now been discovered in Europe. The WHO has declared the highest alert level. In an interview with Helmholtz, Fabian Leendertz, Director of the Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH), puts the events in context.
23.08.2024
Dr. Chantal Bader in the lab.
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Dr. Chantal Bader is the first candidate of the Young AcademiXX program at Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), a site of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in cooperation with Saarland University. After completing her PhD in the HIPS Department Microbial Natural Products, she spent just over two years as a postdoctoral researcher in Ben Shen's group at the Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology in Florida, USA. She has now returned to Saarbrücken and is laying the foundation for her future scientific career with her participation in the Young AcademiXX program. In this interview, she talks about her connection to HIPS, her plans for the future and how Young AcademiXX is helping her to put them into practice.
18.07.2024
Alexander Becker in lab coat looking at petri dish
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One would expect a high school graduate to have little time for extracurricular activities shortly before the final written exams. Nevertheless, Alexander Becker can regularly be found in the laboratories of the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), even at this time of year. HIPS is a site of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in collaboration with Saarland University. There, the 18-year-old student from the Gymnasium am Stefansberg in Merzig is trying to isolate myxobacteria from unusual soil samples. His work is part of a project with which he successfully took part in the Jugend forscht competition for young scientists. Together with ten other students from Saarland, he qualified for the 59th national Jugend forscht competition, which will take place in Heilbronn from May 30 to June 2, 2024.
04.04.2024

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bild der wissenschaft

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Verband Deutscher Biologen e.V.

(Bild: DOI: 10.1021/jacs.5c08354 / Hips / CC BY 4.0) Wissenschaftler am Hips entwickelten eine Plattform zur Produktion von Furanoliden, die effektiv gegen Bakterien und Krebszellen wirken können und vielversprechende Wirkstoffe darstellen.

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at the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), in partnership with the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI

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Bioengineer.org

their biological activity. HIPS is a site of the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) in collaboration with Saarland University.

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Phys.org

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