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Portrait Till Strowig

Till Strowig

Microbial Immune Regulation
Portrait Anna K. H. Hirsch

Anna K. H. Hirsch

Drug Design and Optimization
Portrait Fabian Leendertz

Fabian Leendertz

Ecology and Emergence of Zoonotic Diseases
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HZI Podcast: How mucus protects against infections
At first glance, mucus sounds more unpleasant than essential. In fact, it forms an important protective layer on our mucous membranes: It transports dirt, bacteria, and viruses out of the body and makes it difficult for...
23.07.2026
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Starving Bacteria to Death
Bacteria have spent decades evolving resistance to virtually every antibiotic we have thrown at them. To stay ahead, new drugs must hit targets that existing antibiotics have never touched. A research team at the...
21.07.2026
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“Kill switch” for scavenger cells
Macrophages are considered the “scavenger cells” of the immune system, but some pathogens exploit these very cells as hiding places. Researchers from the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) in...
20.07.2026
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Portrait Dr Jefferson Portela
Dr Jefferson Portela
Coordinator Research Software & Education
HZI Campus, HIRI
+49 531 6181-2454
Portrait Prof Dr Marco Galardini
Prof Dr Marco Galardini
Research Group Leader
Microbial Pangenomes
TWINCORE
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Tanja Krause
Molecular Bacteriology
HZI Campus
+49 531 6181-3153
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Dr Dr Theresa Graalmann

Dr Dr Theresa Graalmann +49 511 220027-222 E-Mail Theresa Graalmann is a clinician scientist in the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology at Hannover Medical School (MHH) and the principal investigator of the research group…

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Infection research saves lives—Please support HZI with a donation

Your Donation to Research Donations and Support © HZI/Verena Meier An HZI researcher at work Support research, innovation, and translation at Germany’s largest nonprofit research institution dedicated to infection research. The…

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Jun Prof Dr Julia Port

Prof Dr Julia Port Research Group Leader +49 531 6181-4660 E-Mail Julia Rebecca Port was born on September 14th, 1990, in Gelnhausen, Germany. After completing a bachelor's degree at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen…

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