Award of the Werner Otto Prize to BNITM scientist Julie Sellau
Hamburg, 14 December 2021 - Dr Julie Sellau, scientist in the Molecular Infection Immunology group at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for…
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Wrangling an octopus-like viral replication machine
Hamburg / Grenoble, December 2, 2021 - Research groups from the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), EMBL* Grenoble and…
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New findings on gender differences in infectious diseases
Why do men suffer from amoebic liver abscess our times more often than women, although women are even infected more often? Now, the research…
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Persistence of infectious Lassa virus in seminal fluid of male survivors after recovery
Irrua/ Hamburg. Lassa virus can be transmitted from human to human via body fluids during the acute phase. Yet, so far there is no…
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Promising new antimalarial compound discovered
Scientist from CSSB’s Gilberger group (BNITM and UHH) and collaborators from the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease…
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Prof. Cornelia Betsch builds up health communication at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine
Hamburg / Erfurt - The graduate psychologist and holder of the Heisenberg Professorship for Health Communication at the University of…
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BOOK A SCIENTIST 2021 - LEIBNIZ ASSOCIATION
Speed dating with science - on 10.11.21, BNITM infection epidemiologist Dr. Nicole Gilberger and parasitologist Dr. Joachim Clos, as well as…
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Statements and media communication by BNITM staff
The Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) is Germany's largest institution for research, care and teaching in the field of…
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Change of leadership at Germany's largest institute for tropical medicine
Today, the infectious disease epidemiologist Jürgen May took over the leadership of the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine…
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Proteins in the blood plasma of malaria patients set inflammatory processes in motion
In a study on the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum, the research group led by Prof. Iris Bruchhaus from the Bernhard Nocht Institute…
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Lessons from renewed Ebola outbreak in Guinea
Conakry/ Hamburg, September 15th, 2021 – Contrary to previous assumptions, Ebola virus epidemics do not necessarily originate from animal…
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World Mosquito Day 2021: Global warming promotes spread of mosquito-borne viruses
Rising global temperatures are enabling heat-loving mosquito species such as the Asian tiger mosquito to colonise new habitats. At the same…
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Commitment to diversity
By signing, BNITM commits itself to cultivating a working environment that is free of prejudice. It sees diversity as an enrichment and an…
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Treatment of acute uncomplicated malaria
Scientists around the world are searching for drugs to better treat malaria patients. Great hopes are pinned on the combination drug…
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Dr Benno Kreuels receives Award for Tropical Medicine 2021 from the German Society for Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine and Global Health e.V. (DTG)
The German Society for Tropical Medicine, Travel Medicine and Global Health (DTG) awards the "Prize for Tropical Medicine" every two years.…
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First digital LCI Summer School with the topic "Molecular biology of pathogens"
At the first digital Summer School of the Leibniz Center Infection on the topic "Molecular biology of pathogens", PhD students from the…
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Severe malaria in adults
Malaria is known to be a severe and fatal disease in Africa especially in children under five. Due to the much smaller number of cases, the…
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Sophie Duraffour wins Science Award of the GSK Foundation
Dr. Sophie Duraffour from the Department of Virology at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) receives the "Clinical…
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A matter of communication: Breloer research group clarifies immune reaction to worm parasites
Worm infections are among the most common tropical diseases worldwide. Parasitic worms are such successful infectious agents partly because…
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European Research Council funds cutting-edge research on drug resistance in malaria parasites
Hamburg, Germany, April 22, 2021 – Dr. Tobias Spielmann, head of the research group "Malaria" in the section Molecular Biology and…
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World Malaria Day April 25, 2021
In 2000, the World Health Organization (WHO) established the World Malaria Day as an annual international day of action. Its purpose is to…
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DESY X-ray lightsource identifies promising candidates for COVID drugs
Hamburg. At the high-brilliance X-ray light source PETRA III of the German Electron Synchrotron (DESY), a research team in which the…
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Mission made possible despite of COVID19: BNITM helps contain Ebola outbreak in Guinea
Following the request for assistance from the Ministry of Health of Guinea, the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) sent…
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Why do some people contract Lassa fever severely, and others only mildly?
Which factors determine whether an infection takes a severe or mild course? This question has been occupying researchers not only since the…
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Understanding immune differences between the sexes for better personalised medicine
Hamburg - It has been increasingly proven that diseases occur with different frequency and run differently in women and men. Now scientists…
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BNITM: Tropical diseases are neglected again
Hamburg. Worldwide, almost two billion people are at risk of becoming incapacitated, blind, disfigured, disabled or dying earlier due to…
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New Junior Research Group on Lassa Fever
The Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) gets the opportunity to establish another junior research group. Dr. Till Omansen…
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