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Just in time for today’s World Tuberculosis Day, the new S3 guideline on tuberculosis prevention among newly arrived migrants has gone online at the Association of Scientific Medical Societies (AWMF). Commissioned by the German Respiratory Society (DGP), it was developed under the leadership of the German Central Committee for Tuberculosis Control (DZK) and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI). Over the past three years, a team of experts from the fields of public health and individual medicine worked together with affected individuals to improve tuberculosis screening—and thus prevention—in Germany. The guideline was funded by the Innovation Fund of the Joint Federal Committee (G-BA).

24.03.2026

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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.

23.03.2026

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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.

23.03.2026

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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.

16.03.2026

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An interdisciplinary consortium consisting of TWINCORE, Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, the University of Lübeck and Hannover Medical School (MHH), is receiving funding of around €999,000 from the Volkswagen Foundation. Under the leadership of Prof. Thomas Pietschmann, the team plans to optimize active substances against the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) over the next two years. TWINCORE and HIPS are sites of the HZI in collaboration with MHH and Saarland University, respectively.

13.03.2026

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The Science4Life Startup Competition supports teams of founders from the life sciences, chemistry, and energy sectors in transforming their excellent scientific ideas into marketable innovations. In the latest concept phase, the team behind the “PROTON” project from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) was named the winner. PROTON is developing a novel active substance for the treatment of infections caused by the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. Of the 91 applications for the concept phase of the Science4Life Venture Cup, the organizers invited ten teams to present their concepts. Ultimately, they selected five winning teams from the fields of life sciences and chemistry, as well as one team from the field of energy research.

12.03.2026

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HZI in the media

... haben. Ein Forschungsteam des Helmholtz-Instituts für RNA-basierte Infektionsforschung (HIRI) in Würzburg hat in Zusammenarbeit ...

14.04.2026

PresseBox - DE

... der Infektion und Nozizeption“ am Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) in Braunschweig. Nozizeption ist der Fachbegriff ...

14.04.2026

Verband Deutscher Biologen e.V.

... recht nicht bei Fabian Leendertz, der in Greifswald das „Helmholtz-Institut für One Health“ leitet. Im ...

14.04.2026

FAZ.NET

... sich auch das Helmholtz-Institut für Pharmazeutische Forschung Saarland ( HIPS ), das Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung ( HZI ) ...

09.04.2026

Deutsches Ärzteblatt

... ÖAW in Wien und nun Gruppenleiter am Helmholtz Zentrum für Infektionsforschung in Braunschweig, forscht an ...

08.04.2026

DerStandard.de

... group within the Microstar Program at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and a ...

31.03.2026

Informations Dienst Wissenschaft

... an der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover und am Helmholtz Institut für Infektionen in Braunschweig die Wirkung ...

28.03.2026

Hamburger Abendblatt

led by wildlife veterinarian Fabian Leendertz, who heads the Helmholtz Institute for One Health, took hundreds of samples from meat and

27.03.2026

Science.org

Gesellschaft. Apropos Standort Braunschweig: Auch das Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung HZI, in dessen Räumlichkeiten auf dem ...

27.03.2026

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Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research

After infection with SARS-CoV-2, up to 10 percent of people in Germany go on to develop Long COVID.

26.03.2026

Mirage.News

... von verschiedenen Hörnchen, wie jüngste Erkenntnisse des Helmholtz Instituts für One Health in Greifswald kürzlich ...

26.03.2026

Tagesschau

zur Bekämpfung der Tuberkulose und des Helmholtz-Zentrums für Infektionsforschung erstellt. Zahlreiche weitere Fachgesellschaften und

24.03.2026

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