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Elektronenmikroskopische Aufnahme von Viruspartikeln des Grippeerregers Influenza.

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Annual flu vaccines protect against severe infection, but they vary in efficacy and may not match the most virulent strains of the season. The reality of a universal flu vaccine, which would protect people from all strains, and ideally longer than a single season, remains elusive. This major roadblock is addressed by the INCENTIVE consortium, which is funded by the European Commission and coordinated at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) by Prof. Carlos A. Guzman. Findings published in the Journal of Virology suggest that universal flu vaccines are coming closer.

10.09.2024

HZI Campus

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

HIPS

Group photo 4 scientists with a large cheque

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Yesterday, the lighthouse project of the state of Lower Saxony reached its latest milestone: At the second portfolio conference of the Institute for Biomedical Translation (IBT) Lower Saxony, a high-caliber jury selected projects from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and the Hannover Medical School that will receive funding of over 1.6 million euros. A total of 25 million euros are available to the IBT Lower Saxony until 2028 to accelerate the transfer of cutting-edge research in the life sciences in Lower Saxony and to bring it out into the world in the form of startups and entrepreneurial ideas.

28.08.2024

HZI Campus

Marco Galardini (left) and Maureen Obara in the lab.

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Certain changes in the genetic material of pathogens can alter their ability to infect human cells or protect them better from defense by the immune system. Researchers were able to observe this effect particularly impressive in the SARS-CoV-2 virus. During the coronavirus pandemic, an interdisciplinary team at TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research in Hanover, investigated the interaction between pairs of mutations that might have triggered several of these changes in infectivity and immune escape. They have now published their findings in the journal Genome Biology. The TWINCORE is a joint institution of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig and Hannover Medical School (MHH).

23.08.2024

TWINCORE

HZI Campus

Interview

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

HIOH

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The protective effect of established COVID-19 vaccines is initially very robust, but wanes relatively quickly. This limitation imposes a need for periodic booster shots, which drives vaccine hesitation. In contrast, an innovative vector vaccine developed at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) presents a compelling alternative. It elicits prolonged immune response in animal models, and maintains its efficacy over extended time. The concept employs an animal cytomegalovirus (MCMV; murine cytomegalovirus) as the vector that expresses and delivers the coronavirus spike protein information. Crucially, this vector poses no threat to humans, enhancing the vaccine's safety profile.

20.08.2024

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HZI in the media

... die Abteilung „Experimentelle Immunologie“ am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) in Braunschweig, lehrt als Professor an ...

17.10.2025

Deutsches Ärzteblatt

Einrichtungen als nationale assoziierte Partner: das Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung Braunschweig, die Universität Bayreuth, das

17.10.2025

AlphaGalileo

... diesem Ergebnis kommt ein Forschungsteam des Helmholtz-Zentrums für Infektionsforschung (HZI) in Zusammenarbeit mit der ...

14.10.2025

Deutsches Ärzteblatt

Individualisierte Infektionsmedizin, einer gemeinsamen Einrichtung des Helmholtz-Zentrums für Infektionsforschung und der MHH. Bis zuletzt

13.10.2025

Springer

Ein Grippe-Test könnte in Zukunft womöglich sehr schnell gehen: einfach ein Kaugummi kauen. Ein deutsches ...

09.10.2025

Apotheken Umschau

... am 1. Oktober 2025. Das HIPS ist ein Standort des Helmholtz-Zentrums für Infektionsforschung (HZI) in ...

07.10.2025

juraforum.de

... „Epidemiologie und Ökologie antimikrobieller Resistenz“ am HZI-Standort Helmholtz-Institut für One Health (HIOH), am Projekt ...

06.10.2025

Bochumer-Zeitung

” says Mark Brönstrup, a professor at both the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research and Leibniz University Hannover, who wasn’t involved

04.10.2025

MIT CSAIL

... Hannover (MHH) und Klinischer Direktor des Helmholtz-Zentrums für Infektionsforschung (HZI). Auch an der Gründung des ...

03.10.2025

Deutsches Ärzteblatt

... des Sensormoleküls

Prof. Carlos A. Guzmán (Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Braunschweig) mit den Teams um Dr. ...

02.10.2025

Medizin Aspekte

... ” Seit Mai 2025 im Humanprogramm des Helmholtz-Zentrums für Infektionsforschung (HZI), Dr. Max Kellner-Leiter der jungen ...

25.09.2025

Die heutigen Nachrichten

” (Vico) within the Human program at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI).the‌ Vico group continues to investigate resilience

25.09.2025

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