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Portrait Antoine-Emmanuel Saliba

Antoine-Emmanuel Saliba

Single-cell Analysis
Portrait Florian Hubrich

Florian Hubrich

Natural products from underexplored pathways and extreme environments
Portrait Ursula Bilitewski

Ursula Bilitewski

Compound Profiling and Screening
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Poster for the HZI in the Science Showcase from December 3-17; topic: "Mikrokosmos ganz groß"
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HZI in the Science Showcase - research up close in the Braunschweig city center
To mark its 60th anniversary, the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) is bringing its research to the heart of Braunschweig's city center from 3 to 17 December 2025. Under the motto “Bringing science to life...
20.11.2025
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The IBT Lower Saxony supports Innovative Biomedical Ideas with nearly 2.5 Million Euros of Funding
A novel oral immunotherapy for cancer and a drug for treating chronic liver fibrosis: What many patients are hoping for is already a part of cutting-edge research in Lower Saxony. To ensure that such innovative ideas...
19.11.2025
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The fight against multi-resistant germs
In Germany, around 10,000 people die every year from antibiotic-resistant pathogens. At the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) and the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS),...
18.11.2025
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Persons

Portrait Jun Prof Dr Jens Hör
Jun Prof Dr Jens Hör
Research Group Leader
Molecular Principles of RNA Phages
HIRI
+49 931 3180042
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Portrait Dr Mathias Müsken
Dr Mathias Müsken
Research Group Leader
Central Facility for Microscopy
HZI Campus
+49 531 6181-4009
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Portrait Kerstin Zehl
Kerstin Zehl
Technical Assistant
Molecular Structural Biology
HZI Campus
+49 531 6181-7004
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History of the HZI

History of the HZI © HZI / Verena Meier Our main location in Braunschweig at the Science Campus Braunschweig-Süd in 2021. The research center in the Stöckheim district of Braunschweig, which is now known as the Helmholtz Centre…

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Bacteriophages - Viruses that attack bacteria

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Poliomyelitis

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Job adverts

HZI researcher in the lab; lab impressions
24.11.2025
PhD position (f/m/d) at VIRI
Braunschweig
Phd theses
The department Viral Immunology led by Prof. Dr. Luka Cicin-Sain, at the HZI is offering the position of a PhD position.
Reference number: 127/2025
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28.11.2025
Apprenticeship as an animal keeper in the clinic and research sector
Braunschweig
Vocational Training
The Animal Facility (HZI) in Braunschweig is offering two apprenticeships as animal keeper in the field of research and clinical practice starting on September 1, 2026.
Reference number: 102/20225
Wissenschaftlerin pipettiert
30.11.2025
Technical Assistant (f/m/d) at BINE
Braunschweig
Open positions
The HZI, Department of Bacterial Infection Ecology (BINE), is seeking a Technical Assistant to start as soon as possible.
Reference number: 111/2025
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