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Start of HZI’s nationwide antibody study
Scientific data indicate that many COVID-19 cases are not recorded due to mild or asymptomatic infections. For this reason, there is at the time no sufficient data on how many people in Germany have already been infected and thus have established a presumed immunity against SARS-CoV-2. However, these data play an important role in assessing and forecasting the further course of the pandemic.
17.06.2020
HZI Campus
Mikroskopische Aufnahme einer Lungengewebsprobe mit einer aktiven Zytomegalie-Infektion. Charakteristisch sind vergrößerte Lungenzellen mit Einschluss im Zellkern.
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Protection against the immune system
Virologists at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig have identified a crucial survival factor in viruses. Their results were recently published in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and could lead to a paradigm shift in virus immunology.
10.06.2020
HZI Campus
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CORESMA provides evidence-based data on measures against coronavirus
09.06.2020
HZI Campus
Meningokokken (orange) haben sich an menschliche Wirtszellen (grün) angeheftet. Rasterelektronenmikroskopische Aufnahme in Falschfarbendarstellung.
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Small Protein, Big Impact
In meningococci, the RNA-binding protein ProQ plays a major role. Together with RNA molecules, it regulates processes that are important for pathogenic properties of the bacteria. Meningococci are bacteria that can cause life-threatening meningitis and sepsis. These pathogens use a small protein with a large impact: The RNA-binding protein ProQ is involved in the activation of more than 250 bacterial genes. ProQ ensures that meningococci can better repair their DNA if damaged and it makes them resistant to oxidative stress. Both these factors contribute significantly to the bacteria's pathogenic properties. This was reported by research groups led by the Würzburg scientists Christoph Schoen from the Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) and Jörg Vogel from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in the journal Nature Communications. The HIRI is a joint institution of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig and the JMU.
04.06.2020
HIRI
Bundesforschungsministerin Anja Karliczek und der Niedersächsische Minister für Wissenschaft und Kultur Björn Thümler mit Forscherinnen und Forschern des HZI.
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With antibody tests and new active substances against SARS-CoV-2
Federal Minister of Education and Research Karliczek and Lower Saxony’s Minister for Science and Culture Thümler were guests at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig today. The scientists at the HZI provided them with an overview of the current state of research on COVID-19, in particular a new nationwide epidemiological antibody study.
25.05.2020
HZI Campus
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Interaction Between Immune System and Brain
Interferons are important messenger molecules in the immune system, assisting in the fight against pathogens such as influenza viruses and probably also SARS-CoV-2. However, interferon might also be involved in immune-brain interactions unrelated to an infection and may have an influence on learning ability. This is indicated by a study with mice from the Technische Universität Braunschweig, which is published today in the scientific journal Cell Reports. The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Braunschweig and TWINCORE in Hannover are also involved in the study.
20.05.2020
HZI Campus
TWINCORE

HZI in the media

Nachruf: Professor Dr. med. Michael P. Manns

... er Klinischer Direktor des Helmholz Zentrums für Infektionsforschung (HZI) und Gründungsdirektor des Zentrums für Individualisierte ...

21.08.2025
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Deutsche Gesellschaft für Innere Medizin e.V.
Comorbidities in HIV: Big data study reveals molecular links

Nature Medicine

 

. The CiiM is a joint institution of the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) and Hannover Medical School (MHH).

21.08.2025
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Medical Xpress
Begleiterkrankungen bei HIV: Big-Data-Studie bringt molekulare Zusammenhänge ans Licht

und damit einhergehenden Erkrankungen zu sein.“

 

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung

 

Originalpublikation:

 

J. Botey-Bataller, N. van

21.08.2025
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Verband Deutscher Biologen e.V.
A bistable gene in a deadly bacterium offers a clue to beating it Premium

Now, a team of researchers, led by scientists from the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in Germany, has reported that a gene in the

21.08.2025
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The Hindu
Why US budget cuts could derail future mRNA vaccine progress

Cicin-Sain, a viral immunologist at Germany's Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, is leading the development of a respiratory syncytial

16.08.2025
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The Times of India
Bakterielle Biofilme bekämpfen

Instituts für Pharmazeutische Forschung Saarland (HIPS), einem gemeinsamen Standort des Helmholtz-Zentrums für Infektionsforschung (HZI) ...

15.08.2025
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Springer Medizin
Hannover: Die MHH trauert um ihren früheren Präsidenten Professor Michael Manns

... Einrichtung betreiben die MHH und das Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung (HZI) in Braunschweig gemeinsam.

 

In seine ...

15.08.2025
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Neue Presse (Hannover)
Forscher tricksen antibiotikaresistente Keime aus

Medicine Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung ARD alpha Universität Würzburg

13.08.2025
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Brisant
Video-Interview: Aktuelle Forschung zu respiratorischen Infektionskrankheiten

... Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Dunja Bruder, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung, Braunschweig und Institut für Med. Mikrobiologie ...

12.08.2025
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