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2023-01-24
HIPS scientist receives funding to develop new antibiotics
2023-01-23
Saarbrücken researchers use bacterial communication as a target for new drugs
2023-01-16
Researchers from Saarbrücken and Freiburg develop promising active ingredient to combat multi-resistant bacteria.
2023-01-10
Technology developed at HIRI records ribonucleic acids in individual living cells
2023-01-09
HZI epidemiologist honoured for SORMAS development and outstanding contributions in the field of translational infection epidemiology
2023-01-04
Component of bacterial immune defense paralyzes infected cells and could advance molecular biology diagnostics
2022-12-23
Change from Hamburg to Braunschweig
2022-12-15
Pathogens are frequently usurping the host’s cytoskeleton for their own needs – new insights might lead the way towards development of novel anti-infectives
2022-12-14
HZI research team identifies potential approach for novel therapies combating Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections
2022-11-25
Alice McHardy, Marc Stadler and Jörg Vogel were honoured as “Highly-cited researchers”
2022-11-15
2022-11-09
2022-11-08