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Crimean-Congo Fever: molecular mechanism of infection discovered
The Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever virus (CCHFV), first described in 1944, is also spreading rapidly in Europe due to global warming and is included in the WHO list of infectious agents with epidemic or pandemic potential as a top priority. There are currently no therapeutic or preventative measures available against the disease, which is mainly transmitted by ticks and is fatal in 40 per cent of cases.
29.03.2024
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Salmonella on a cell
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Bacterial RNAs have shorter lifetimes than expected
The decay of ribonucleic acid (RNA) is a crucial mechanism for controlling gene expression in response to environmental stresses. Researchers from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) and the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) have developed a statistical approach that allows a more accurate prediction of RNA half-lives in bacteria.
28.03.2024
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Hygiene prize winner
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HZI researchers awarded the Hygiene Prize 2024
Every two years, the Rudolf Schülke Foundation awards the Hygiene Prize to researchers who have achieved special solutions to problems in the fields of hygiene, infection prevention or public health. This year, the award was split: One half went to PD Dr Tilman E. Klassert and Dr Cristina Zubiria-Barrera from the "Dynamics of Respiratory Infections" research group at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI). The group is headed by Prof. Hortense Slevogt, who is also a senior physician for clinical infectiology at the Clinic for Pneumology and Infectiology at Hannover Medical School (MHH).
27.03.2024
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Bacteria of the genus Bacteroides
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Gut microbiota and antibiotics: Missing puzzle piece discovered
The intricacies of how intestinal bacteria adapt to their environment have yet to be fully explored. Researchers from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in Würzburg and the University of California, Berkeley, USA, have now successfully closed a gap in this knowledge: They have identified a small ribonucleic acid (sRNA) that affects the susceptibility of the gut pathogen Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron to specific antibiotics.
25.03.2024
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Portrait Berit Lange
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Berit Lange becomes a member of the Federal Chancellor's new Expert Council
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz today welcomed the members of the new Expert Council on Health and Resilience to the inaugural meeting at the Federal Chancellery. Among the members is Dr. Berit Lange, Acting Head of the Department of Epidemiology and Head of Clinical Epidemiology at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig.
18.03.2024
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Christian Scherf, Josef Penninger, Berit Lange, Christos Pantazis
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Helmholtz “Research Breakfast“ at the Bundestag
On March 14, 2024, representatives of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and the Helmholtz Association met with around 30 members of the Bundestag in Berlin. Prof. Josef Penninger, Scientific Director of the HZI, and Dr. Berit Lange, Acting Head of the HZI Department of Epidemiology, presented the current state of research on pandemic resilience at a parliamentary breakfast entitled "Mastering pandemics: Focus on resilience, innovation and cutting-edge international research". The patron of the event was Dr. Christos Pantazis, Member of the German Bundestag.
15.03.2024
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HZI in the media

Sechs neue ERC Starting Grants für Würzburger Forschende bewilligt

JMU) Würzburg und ein Forscher vom Helmholtz-Institut für RNA-basierte Infektionsforschung (HIRI) mit ihren Bewerbungen ...

04.09.2025
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Open PR.de
A Survival Kit for Smallpox Viruses

... and an associate member of the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI). Additional collaborators ...

04.09.2025
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MyScience - EN
SARS-CoV-2: Azelastin-Nasenspray verringert Infektions-Risiko

Studie und Hersteller des Prüfpräparats. Das Helmholtz-Institut für Pharmazeutische Forschung Saarland (HIPS) war bei ...

03.09.2025
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Biermann Medizin
Darm-Seuche breitet sich weiter aus: Fünf weitere Kinder infiziert

Das undatierte Foto vom Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) zeigt die elektronenmikroskopische Aufnahme von EHEC-Bakterien. © ...

02.09.2025
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MSN Deutschland
Diese HZI-Forschungsprojekte bekommen jetzt Fördergeld vom Land

Braunschweig. Das Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) in Braunschweig war mit drei Projektanträgen im Förderprogramm zukunft.

02.09.2025
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Regional Heute
Azelastine nasal spray significantly reduces SARS-CoV-2 infections in clinical trial

and manufactured the investigational product. The Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) contributed through the

02.09.2025
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News Medical
Gefahr nimmt stetig zu: Bedrohung für 40 Millionen Menschen bis 2050

... sie unwirksam sind, erklärt Andreas Keller vom Helmholtz-Institut für pharmazeutische Forschung Saarland in einem ...

02.09.2025
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RUHR24
Was können die gefährlichen EHEC-Bakterien anrichten?

... sind die Darmbakterien?

 

Nach Angaben des Helmholtz-Zentrums für Infektionsforschung entwickelt rund jeder zehnte Erkrankte das ...

01.09.2025
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Ruhr Nachrichten (RN)
Das Darmmikrobiom – eine bunte Mischung

... Zahlenspiel in diesem Zusammenhang, das vom Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) veröffentlicht wurde: Nimmt man als ...

01.09.2025
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