Five million euros for research unit 'Sex-specific differences in the immune response‘
The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding the Research Unit 'Sex-specific Differences in the Immune Response' for another four years…
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How tiger mosquito activity affects the risk of chikungunya transmission in Europe
Researchers at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) have investigated how the Asian tiger mosquito transmits the…
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Understanding malaria: BNITM researchers develop innovative method
Red blood cells infected with the malaria parasite attach themselves to blood vessels. The more this happens, the more complications malaria…
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Increasing vaccination rates: strategies beyond compulsory vaccination
Compulsory vaccination sparks intense global debate, yet it represents just one approach to boosting vaccination rates. A review study…
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Adaptation artist Lassa virus
Lassa viruses can be transmitted through contact with multi-teat mice (Mastomys natalensis) and can cause severe to fatal fevers in humans.…
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Memento Research Prize 2024 for Hamburg tropical medicine specialist
Prof. Michael Ramharter of the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf…
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8th Plenary Assembly of the Leibniz Research Alliance INFECTIONS at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg
From 28 to 30 October 2024, the members of the Leibniz Research Alliance INFECTIONS met for the 8th Plenary Assembly at the Bernhard Nocht…
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Global threat from antibiotic resistance
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest global health threats of our time. In a comprehensive study, an international research…
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Nachruf Prof. Dr. Thomas Löscher
Am 12. September verstarb Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Löscher nach längerer Krankheit. Mit großer Trauer nehmen wir Abschied von einem…
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Call for applications for the Howard and Gabriele Kroch Scholarship
The Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) and the Howard and Gabriele Kroch Foundation in Hamburg are pleased to announce…
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Success Story: How the GIBACHT training program trains biosafety experts from around the world
Pandemics do not respect national borders. They require a rapid international response. The Global Partnership Initiated Biosecurity…
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BNITM researchers on the way to a skin organ model with immune cells
Mosquitoes, bugs and ticks bite humans in the skin. These vectors can infect humans with pathogens that cause diseases such as malaria,…
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Structural elucidation of nameless viruses and insights into immunological overreactions
This year's doctoral prizes from the Association of Friends of the Tropical Institute Hamburg e.V. (VdF) go to Dr Kristina Meier (Natural…
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Caught red-handed
Viruses use the molecular infrastructure of infected host cells for their reproduction. While the viral polymerase replicates the genetic…
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Autoimmunity protects against malaria
Malaria is one of the world's leading infectious diseases. It leads to death in many children. Researchers at the Bernhard Nocht Institute…
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Infectious master thieves or how malaria parasites steal and digest our red blood pigment
It is a sophisticated molecular mechanism by which malaria parasites take up the contents of their host cells into their own cells and break…
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Control or co-existence?
The Mastomys natalensis mouse is the main vector of Lassa virus. A study by the Zoonoses Control Working Group casts doubt on whether its…
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LCI Summer School on "Molecular Infectious Diseases Epidemiology"
Doctoral students from the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM), the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center (FZB)…
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Zero maternal mortality at Ghanaian cooperation hospital of BNITM
The Presbyterian Hospital in Agogo, Ghana, recorded no deaths among women during or after childbirth last year. This is a great medical…
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Dead cells support the functionality and diversity of the immune system's phagocytes
You are what you eat - this also applies to certain phagocytes of the innate immune system, the so-called phagocytic macrophages. In a…
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Motility crucial for pathogenicity of parasitic amoebae
An infection with the single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica is usually asymptomatic, but it can also lead to an intestinal infection…
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BNITM joins Nigeria’s effort to fight the ongoing Lassa fever outbreak
A clinical and laboratory team from the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) has been deployed to the epicenter of the…
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Rapid epidemic preparedness and response with a global reach
The European Mobile Lab (EMLab) managed at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) is now a certified capacity from…
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World Day against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) on 30 January 2024
According to estimates by the World Health Organisation (WHO), more than 1.5 billion people are affected by neglected tropical diseases…
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