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Isolated bacteria
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A research team from the Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH) has investigated the distribution and characteristics of multidrug-resistant bacteria in the Baltic Sea. The findings prove that resistant pathogens occur not only in samples taken from clinical settings but also from the environment. The BMBF-funded study also underlines the importance of an integrated strategy for combatting multidrug resistance that takes equal account of environmental and health protection. The results were published recently in the scientific journal npj Clean Water.
23.12.2024
 Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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Global migration has increased in recent decades due to war, conflict, persecutions, and natural disasters, but also secondary to increased opportunities related to work or study. A group of international experts that collaborate in the Tuberculosis Network European Trialsgroup (TBnet), led by Heinke Kunst from Queen Mary College of London, Berit Lange from the Epidemiology Department at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Christoph Lange from the Research Center Borstel and Anca Vasiliu from Baylor College of Medicine, has now identified the risk for tuberculosis and comorbidities in migrants to the European Union/European Economic Area and the United Kingdom (EU/EEA/&UK).
19.12.2024
Cultures of different Streptomyces strains
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Microorganisms produce a wide variety of natural products that can be used as active ingredients to treat diseases such as infections or cancer. The blueprints for these molecules can be found in the microbes' genes, but often remain inactive under laboratory conditions. A team of researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS) has now developed a groundbreaking genetic method that leverages a natural bacterial mechanism for the transfer of genetic material and uses it for the production of new active ingredients. The team published its results in the journal Science.
13.12.2024
HZI website on various end devices and Typo3 award
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In April 2024, the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) completely revamped its website together with the digital agency +Pluswerk. The aim of this relaunch was to present the HZI and its scientific work to the public in an appealing, contemporary design. The new HZI website has now won the TYPO3 Award in the “Health” category. The award was presented at the TYPO3 Conference 2024 in Düsseldorf.
09.12.2024
Study leaders Masahiro Onji (left) and Josef Penninger (right)
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When women are pregnant and nurse their babies, their bodies change and various organs, such as the breasts or the immune system, are adapted to ensure the health of both mother and child. This happens throughout evolution in all mammals. An international research team led by Josef Penninger, Scientific Director of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), and Masahiro Onji from the Medical University of Vienna now reports the surprising finding that the intestine also changes completely in pregnant and nursing females, resulting in a doubling of the intestinal surface area and a striking structural reorganisation. The researchers also provide the first genetic and mechanistic evidence of how this intestinal epithelial expansion occurs in mothers, with direct implications for the transgenerational health of the babies. The study has now been published in the journal Nature.
04.12.2024
Researchers from the HZI and CSSB discuss the latest technologies in infection research.
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On 29 November 2024, a matchmaking workshop between scientists of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and the Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) in Hamburg was held at the HZI campus in Braunschweig, bringing together about 50 researchers from Braunschweig, Hannover, Würzburg and Hamburg. CSSB was established in Hamburg as a joint initiative of ten northern German research partners, including the HZI, and is an interdisciplinary center where biologists, chemists, physicians, physicists and engineers explore the interaction of pathogens with their hosts. The event featured flash talks by early-career researchers and PIs, as well as poster pitches and in-depth presentations of the core facilities at HZI in Braunschweig and CSSB in Hamburg.
04.12.2024

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