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In acute, life-threatening infections, rapidly characterizing the microorganisms in a patient sample can help guide diagnosis and treatment. This is possible by using computational methods known as

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), tuberculosis (TB) affects more than 10 million people and causes over a million deaths each year, making it one of the world’s deadliest infectious

An international working group led by the German Society for Infectious Diseases (DGI) has developed a guideline for personalized phage therapy. Twenty professional organizations, 18 international

The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a Starting Grant to Professor Dr. Dr. Philipp Schommers, scientist at the University Hospital of Cologne and the German Center for Infection Research

Dr. Lutz Gieselmann has received the Robert Koch Foundation’s Postdoctoral Award in the field of immunology, which comes with 5,000 euros in prize money. His award-winning research on antiviral

The current outbreak of Bundibugyo virus (BDBV) in the Democratic Republic of the Congo highlights the challenges of responding to rare but potentially devastating infectious diseases. Two studies led

The DZIF flagship project PANTIPA has reached an important milestone. Following successful preclinical work at the University Hospital Cologne and the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, the

The SARS-CoV-2 virus is constantly mutating. As a result, vaccines become less effective and require regular adaptation. This was the case in 2025 with the JN.1 variant. An interdisciplinary team from

Researchers at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), including several scientists from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), have worked with colleagues at the University