Anniversary of the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR)

Kumasi/Hamburg - The Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR) in Ghana is celebrating its 25th anniversary with…

Why behavioural research plays an important role in climate protection

Erfurt / Hamburg, Germany, 17 November 2022 - How can climate protection measures be planned from the human perspective and effectively…

One Health Day 2022

Hamburg / Riems Island 3 November 2022 - The coronavirus pandemic has shown that infection research must consider humans, animals and the…

BNITM: Less greenhouse gases, more mosquito control!

Warmer summers and changes in precipitation bring more mosquitoes and more exotic infectious diseases. This is the simplified scenario that…

Of sex differences in infection defence and a truly neglected tropical disease

This year's doctoral prizes of the Association of Friends of the Tropical Institute Hamburg e.V. (VdF) go to Dr Marie Groneberg (Natural…

Modern laboratory diagnostic rapidly detects Marburg virus in Guinea

Hamburg / Conakry, June 30, 2022 - For the first time, researchers have detected the highly contagious and often fatal Marburg virus disease…

More than two million euros for new junior research group at BNITM

The Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) is establishing another BMBF Junior Research Group. Dr. Joachim Michael Matz has…

Course of the European Mobile Lab

Hamburg, May 6th, 2022 - The European Mobile Lab hosted a training at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine, the first…

BNITM: "We must not let up fighting against this 'forgotten epidemic'!"

Hamburg, April 25th 2022 - On the occasion of Word Malaria Day, the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) calls politics…

Showing solidarity with Ukraine

Scientists at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine work intensively with the Public Health Institute of Ukraine (PHCU), the…

During the pandemic, the fight against neglected tropical diseases becomes even more important

The Omikron variant has shown that health care in the Global South concerns us all - the "World Day of Neglected Tropical Diseases" on 30…

Über genetischen Code hinaus: Einfluss der Epigenetik auf Infektionen und das Immunsystem

European Commission awards internationally renowned epidemic early warning system

BNITM-Arbovirology and international partners receive 5 million euros