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Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research

Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research

At the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), scientists are investigating what makes viruses and bacteria pathogenic, how the human immune system defends our body, and what novel ways can help us to fight dangerous infections in the future. Scientists at the HZI conduct basic research but pursue as well projects which aim at specific applications, as for example the development of new active substances and novel vaccination methods. Translational research plays an important role in this process and will help to ensure that scientific results are quickly transferred to clinical application.

© Photos: HZI / Waldthausen & Kreibig (2), HZI / Christian Stern

Employees

1000

Scientific Director

Prof Josef Penninger

Administrative Director

Christian Scherf

founded in

1965; renamed to Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research in 2006

Locations in

Braunschweig, Greifswald, Hamburg, Hannover, Saarbrücken and Würzburg

Member of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres, Germany's largest scientific organisation

Main areas of research

Bacterial and viral pathogens, Immune Response and Interventions, Novel Anti-infectives

Contact
Susanne Thiele, Head of Public Relations
Phone
+49 531 6181-1400
E-Mail
susanne.thiele@helmholtz-hzi.de
Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research
Inhoffenstraße 7
38124 Braunschweig

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