HZI Podcast: Pathogen Evolution

Together with the CHUB and the RKI, the HIOH has installed an Illumina iSeq system, thereby strengthening local molecular diagnostics.

Three researchers, three approaches: HZI scientists explain their work in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.

Our latest bi-annual review of HIOH highlights

From October 2nd – 4th, 2024, HIOH presented itself amidst all other research institutions in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, celebrating the Day of German Unity. With a mobile…

On September 17 and 18, as part of the SCienCe project, our partner laboratory, the molecular biology laboratory of the Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Bouaké, Côte…

HIOH researchers report on new approaches to pandemic prevention in EMBO Reports

HIOH researcher receives the DZIF Doctoral Award for his PhD work in the field of AMR & One Health.

HIOH is member of the broad alliance of Greifswald institutions and organizations for democratic and respectful interaction

Travel report by Stephanie Markert

Travel report by Prof. Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer

Human actions are continuously degrading natural landscapes. Growing evidence shows that this degradation is directly linked to the risk of zoonotic spillover, resulting in…

We mourn the loss of a co-founder of our research.

In a joint statement, the organizations emphasize the importance of a strong democracy and an open society for Germany's future viability

Comparative genome study of humans and great apes provides new insights into the development and adaptation of the gut microbiome under different lifestyles

Together with partners, we affirm solidarity with those affected by racism and would like to draw attention to the kick-off event of a campaign for respectful interaction on…

Studies on clinical strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae showed a resistance mechanism that was already widespread before the antibiotic was available.

Academy of Sciences in Hamburg recognizes Leendertz’s pioneering achievements in the field of zoonotic infectious diseases

Katharina Schaufler receives the Sponsorship Award of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology

BMBF supports further development of the Zoonoses Platform into the One Health Platform with offices at HIOH, University of Münster and FLI (Riems)

The Helmholtz Institute for One Health welcomes virologist Preiser from the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, to Greifswald

Monitoring wildlife species present in specific areas is a critical first step to estimating the risk of transmission of infectious diseases to humans

On 28 July 2023, Prof. Dr. Katharina Schaufler was appointed by the Ministry of Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs and took over the Department of Epidemiology and…

Infection research center headed by one of the world's leading experts on the medical risks of human-animal contact and zoonotic diseases is established in Mecklenburg-Western…

On 19 June 2023, the opening of a new molecular biology laboratory at the CHU in Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, took place together with representatives of the HIOH and the RKI.

On 26.04.2023, Prof Dr Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer was appointed by Minister Bettina Martin and took over the Department of Evolution of Pathogens at HIOH on 01.05.2023.

The HIOH will conduct a sustainable Citizen Science project with students on a fly-based monitoring system for wild animals and antimicrobial resistances

New Helmholtz institute conducts research at the interface of human health, animal health and the environment

A new location of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research is being built in Greifswald

First call for scientifically excellent networking projects under the coordination of the provisional founding director Prof Katharina Riedel