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Oct 11 2024

Microbiome research: Small RNA molecules play crucial role in the microbial colonisation of the gut

Sep 10 2024

INCATE marks its third anniversary of successfully supporting innovators fighting antimicrobial resistance

INCATE (the INCubator for Antibacterial Therapies in Europe) is celebrating its third anniversary. Since its launch in August 2021, INCATE has been dedicated to supporting early-stage innovators, in

Aug 28 2024

Open Day at the Science Campus Braunschweig-Süd on 21 September 2024

On Saturday, 21 September 2024, the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), together with the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) and other research institutions, invites the interested

Close up view of the injection of a vaccine through a syringe into the arm of a person wearing a mask.

Aug 20 2024

New vector vaccine against COVID-19 provides long-term protection

The protective effect of established vaccines is initially very robust, but wanes relatively quickly. This limitation imposes a need for periodic booster shots, which drives

Blood-sucking mosquito whose proboscis has pierced the skin, with a red-coloured abdomen.

Aug 6 2024

Very slow developing malaria pathogens could be suitable as a vaccine

Scientists from the Heidelberg Medical Faculty at Heidelberg University, the Centre for Infectious Diseases at Heidelberg University Hospital and the German Center for Infection Research have

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DZIF promotes podcast:

Infektiopod

Listen in: In each episode, a team of three consisting of initiator Dr Till Koch, Dr Annette Hennigs and Dr Elena Terhalle discuss specific diseases and current research findings. The current 86th issue deals, among other things, with multi-resistant gram-negative pathogens and treatment options for resistance.

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DZIF Annual Report 2022

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Das zentrale Bioprobenregister im DZIF

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DZIF Annual Report 2021

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Hamburg - Lübeck - Borstel - Riems

Clinical Tuberculosis Centre

The Clinical Tuberculosis Centre provides the expertise and infrastructure for the optimisation, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) as well as for translating research results into clinical practice. The main objectives of the Clinical Tuberculosis Centre include coordinating clinical research activities involving the DZIF TB cohort. This cohort includes [...]

Hannover - Braunschweig | Heidelberg | München | Tübingen

Transplant Cohort

Medical data and biological samples obtained from transplant patients are collected and managed across Germany with the help of the DZIF Transplant Cohort. The data and samples form the basis of scientific studies which investigate the connections between numerous factors influencing an organ’s susceptibility to infection and organ function. In [...]

Hannover - Braunschweig

Preclinical development of Amidochelocardins

The challenge of antibiotic drug development today is the discovery and optimisation of novel bioactive compounds that do not show cross-resistances with clinically applied antibiotics, ideally due to a novel mode of action (MoA) which adresses unexploited microbial targets. In the case of chelocardin, this antibiotic substance was identified several [...]

Tübingen

New strategies for specific eradication of Staphylococcus aureus

In this project, the scientists develop genetically engineered phage lysins and specific bacteriocins for the elimination of hospital germs such as Staphylococcus aureus, they clarify mechanisms of potential resistance mechanisms, and they analyse whether broad-spectrum or specifically acting agents have a more effective and lasting effect on colonization by [...]