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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.
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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 0531 6181-1400
E-Mail susanne.thiele@helmholtz-hzi.de
Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research Inhoffenstraße 7 38124 Braunschweig
