Press Material

We provide you with a selection of our scientific images on our website. You can use the photos in your publications, stating the copyright. All important information can be found on this page. If you require further information or additional images, please contact us by e-mail.

The rights to all pictures belong to the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, unless indicated. You may use this content free of charge in press and media, for your personal information or for educational purposes:

Please cite HZI as the source of these pictures. Examples: "Picture: HZI", Pictures: HZI", "Copyright: HZI".

Usage differing from the above mentioned purposes or for commercial purposes is not allowed without consent from HZI. If you would like to use content for commercial purposes (e.g. advertisement), please contact the Public Relations Department of the HZI. In this case we will need written information about your project (via email) and a sample copy. We will then decide whether the HZI can provide the picture in question.

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Scientific Images

Electron micrograph of Listeria monocytogenes

Electron micrograph of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Electron micrograph of C. difficile — Electron micrograph of Clostridium difficile

Electron micrograph of E. coli — Electron micrograph of Escherichia coli (EPEC) on a fibroblast cell

Electron micrograph of EHEC bacteria (Escherichia coli) on an intestinal cell

Electron micrograph of M. tuberculosis — Electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis invading HLEC cells

Electron micrograph of S. aureus — Electron micrograph of Staphylococcus aureus

Invasion of MRSA in epithelial cells. — Invasion of MRSA (Staphylococcus aureus) in epithelial cells.

Invasion of Yersinia enterocolytica in cells — Invasion of Yersinia enterocolytica in human epithelial cells

Vero cells infected with SARS-CoV-2 — The microscope image shows Vero cells (kidney epithelial cells) infected with SARS-CoV-2. The cell nuclei are stained blue. In cells infected with the virus, the nucleocapsid protein of the coronaviruses glows green. The spike protein (S1 unit) is colored red.

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Zip File with Scientific Images from HZI

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Scientists in the Laboratory

Researchers in the lab — The laboratory of the HZI department "Microbial Immune Regulation"

Examining the 3D structure of a protein in structural biology

Two researchers in the lab — HZI researchers in the laboratory of the HZI department "Molecular Bacteriology"

Working on a sterile bench in the biological safety level 3 laboratory (S3 laboratory) at the HZI

Light microscopy in the S3 laboratory — Light microscopy in the biological safety level 3 laboratory (S3 laboratory) at the HZI

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Zip File with Laboratory Impressions

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HZI on the Science Campus in Braunschweig

HZI laboratory building D with sculpture

Central square on the HZI campus in Braunschweig

Aerial View of B2 building — Drug Research Center (Building B2) on the HZI Campus Braunschweig

Aerial view of HZI campus — Main entrance, start-up center and administrative building on the HZI campus in Braunschweig

Aerial view of the HZI Campus Braunschweig with the main entrance and the start-up center in the foreground

Portrait Christian Scherf — Christian Scherf, Administrative Director of HZI

Portrait Josef Penninger — Prof Josef Penninger, Scientific Director of HZI

Portrait Christian Scherf and Josef Penninger — Christian Scherf (left), Administrative Director, and Prof Josef Penninger, Scientific Director of HZI

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Zip File with Campus images

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Further Downloads

Image Brochure HZI

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Offer for journalists

HZI press workshops

A person in a lab coat takes a photo. In the background, 4 other people in lab coats out of focus — Impressions of a HZI press workshop

The HZI press workshops offer journalists the opportunity to exchange ideas with leading experts about the causes and background of current research topics through lectures, background discussions and laboratory tours.

Most recently, in July 2025, we organized a press workshop together with Helmholtz KLIMA on the topic of "Climate Crisis and Pathogens – New Challenges for Infection Research."

Summary of the press conference on July 2, 2025

We will keep you informed about future press workshops here in a timely manner. If you are interested in our press workshops, please join our press mailing list.