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Angela Ittel, Josef Penninger, Frank Eggert

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Prof. Josef Penninger, Scientific Director of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) in Braunschweig, has been appointed honorary professor of the Faculty of Life Sciences at Technische Universität...

22.10.2024

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Colistin is a last-resort antibiotic that is usually only used for severe infections with resistant bacteria. This is due to its severe kidney-damaging side effects, which occur in around 30 percent of treated patients....

21.10.2024

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According to the WHO, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the ten greatest threats to global health. In the EU alone, around 35,000 people die every year from antibiotic-resistant infections. The WHO estimates that...

18.10.2024

Pseudomonas aeruginosa - a biofilm specialist

Antibiotic resistance

Schematic representation of metagenome data

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Microorganisms do not just colonize the body of mammals during infections. Billions of microbes can be found on and in healthy humans and animals at any given time, communicating with each other via chemical signals and...

17.10.2024

Imprint

Imprint according to the following German regulations: § 6 TDG, § 10 MDStV Publisher Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH (Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research) Inhoffenstraße 7 38124 Braunschweig Telefon: 0531…

Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer with Julia Demann

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To prepare us for future pandemics, researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH) not only look at the pathogens, but also at how changes in the environment and nature - including those caused by us -...

14.10.2024

Dr. Martin Jahn

Dr Martin Jahn Research Group Leader +49 531 6181-4708 E-Mail Martin Jahn is a microbiologist, ecologist, and bioinformatician dedicated to understanding the intricate mechanisms of how microbes interact with our bodies and…