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Corona pandemic: explained to the public
RESIST researchers are not only busy doing research on SARS-CoV-2 at this time, but also explaining it. For example, on 11 January, RESIST speaker Professor Schulz explained facts about mutated varia [...]
School competition
It starts with the question, what bacteria, viruses and fungi are, followed by the cultivation of bacteria and, last but not least, even epidemiological observations using the example of SARS-CoV-2 a [...]
New: Biomedical Data Science
Master's programme at the interface between life sciences, medicine and computer science: Digitalisation is increasing. Hence, it is becoming more and more important in research, diagnostics and ther [...]
Leibniz Prize 2021 for Rolf Müller
RESIST researcher Professor Dr. Rolf Müller receives the most prestigious research funding prize in Germany: the German Research Foundation (DFG) awarded the managing director of the Helmholtz Instit [...]
What protects against hepatitis C
Vaccine research: Basis for the development of a mouse model found / Humans are the only natural host of the hepatitis C virus. Mice, in contrast, are not susceptible. “The reasons for this were not [...]
Together against the Corona pandemic
RESIST researchers are part of the Network of University Medicine: To better tackle the corona pandemic the German university hospitals have joined forces by establishing the "Network of University M [...]
New in our RESIST team: Dr. Atschekzei
Since November 2020 Dr. Faranaz Atschekzei is now associated with RESIST. She is dedicated to primary immune deficiencies in order to help affected people with individual therapies. She has been succ [...]
New RESIST-Professor: Sabrina Schreiner
Sabrina Schreiner holds the W2 RESIST professorship for virus replication in cellular chromatin at the MHH Institute of Virology since October 2020. She focuses with her research on human adenoviruse [...]
SARS-CoV-2: Recovered but not protected
Simple test developed for detection of protective neutralising antibodies: Infections with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 can take very different courses. While some people have no symptoms, others get s [...]
The defiance of viruses
Professor Čičin-Šain has identified the key factor that viruses use to paralyse immune defense mechanisms of their hosts Defense cells constantly patrol our tissues to detect pathogens. If they find [...]
RESIST team develops a cell model for host-HCV interactions
The RESIST team led by Professor Dr. Thomas Pietschmann at TWINCORE – Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research has improved a liver cell model to investigate the life cycle of the hepa [...]
New member in RESIST: RESIST-Professor Dr. Marco Galardini
Since 1st of October 2020, Marco Galardini has been appointed to the RESIST funded Professor position for "Systems Biology of Microbial Communities" at Hannover Medical School (MHH). He heads the res [...]
Congratulations
Charles M. Rice awarded the 2020 Nobel Prizein Physiology or Medicine Charles M. Rice, member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Cluster of Excellence RESIST, receives the 2020 Nobel Prize in Ph [...]
Stable – and therefore vulnerable
RESIST research team comes a step closer to protection against herpes viruses When herpes viruses enter the human host cell, the viral membrane fuses with the cellular membrane. Specific viral protei [...]
New Member in RESIST: Professor Dr. Nico Lachmann
"The development of new therapeutic approaches to treat lower respiratory tract infections is urgently needed," says Nico Lachmann. Since September 2020, he holds a professorship for the control of r [...]
ERC Starting Grant for Prof. Li
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded RESIST researcher Professor Dr. Yang Li with an ERC Starting Grant – a funding of about 1.5 million Euros over a period of five years. The scientist is [...]
The gold of breast milk
RESIST team found out: Alarmins positively influence the development of the intestinal flora and the immune system after birth. Food supplements could prevent severe infections in newborns and long-t [...]
Starting signal birth – Immune earlier than expected
Protection from the beginning: RESIST research team found out that certain T cells expand immediately after birth They play an important role in the recognition of "danger" from invading pathogens an [...]
COVID-19: T lymphocytes play an important role
A team from Hannover Medical School, which also includes RESIST researchers, publishes the first European study of this kind in the Lancet journal "EBioMedicine” / The course of infection with the co [...]
New Member in RESIST: Professor Dr. Michele Proietti
“I am very pleased to join this community of excellent scientists and physicians and help RESIST now to achieve its goals”, says Michele Proietti, who is professor for Genetics of Immundysregulation [...]
“Research in Germany” Virtual Fair, 7 July 2020
RESIST took part at the virtual career fair "Research in Germany" on July 7th, where numerous international students and postdoctoral researchers interested in doing research in Germany have been loo [...]
After a “corona break”: Recruitment of RESIST cohort resumed
SARS-CoV-2 has made it very clear to us: As we age, the defense by our immune system against viruses can be very poor sometimes. Unfortunately, also vaccinations show often only weak effects in elder [...]
New Member in RESIST: Professor Dr. Chris Lauber
“I am very pleased that I can support RESIST now to achieve its goals”, says Chris Lauber, who is since mid-June professor for Computational Virology at MHH. Professor Lauber works at the Institute f [...]
SARS-CoV-2: This is what the RESIST teams are working on
Numerous RESIST scientists in the various institutions have expanded their work and are now also focusing on SARS-CoV-2: Professor Dr. Luka Čičin-Šain at the HZI is developing new technologies for im [...]
Particularly potent antibodies should help against SARS-CoV-2
People who have successfully mastered an infection with SARS-CoV-2 have various protective antibodies in their blood. Some of these substances are particularly effective. Detecting these highly poten [...]
With smallpox vaccination vector against the new Coronavirus
In his search for a suitable vaccine against the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, Professor Förster relies on old friends. In cooperation with the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), the co-speaker [...]
First RESIST professorships have been appointed
Sarina Ravens and Jens Bosse received their certificates of professorship appointment on 30th April 2020 at the MHH Presidium. Since May, they have obtained the first professorships financed by the C [...]
Searching for drugs against SARS-CoV-2
RESIST-Scientist Professor Pietschmann leads the German part of an international consortium of scientists. This research network is searching for substances that act against SARS-CoV-2 in the world's [...]
RESIST-Research on the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
Many different research projects on SARS-CoV-2 are carried out in the Cluster of Excellence RESIST - always with the aim of protecting and treating people in the best possible way. Professor Schulz g [...]
Answers to questions about the novel coronavirus
Professor Schulz answered numerous questions about the novel coronavirus, together with MHH colleagues. The interview can be found here (on the homepage of the Hanover Medical School). More informat [...]
New in our RESIST team: Dr. Gerold
Dr. Gisa Gerold, Researcher of the TWINCORE – Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research and visiting professor at Umea University in Sweden, is associated with RESIST: Her PhD student L [...]
Five RESIST researchers elected to DFG Review Boards
Five researchers of our Cluster of Excellence RESIST have been elected to the Review Boards of the German Research Foundation (DFG): Professor Dr. Gesine Hansen has been elected to the Review Board " [...]
Genome analysis: new technology established
The RESIST team of Professor Dr. Doris Steinemann and Professor Dr. Thomas Illig (right) is proud of a new large-scale device: the BioNano Saphyr. This technology can be used to investigate genetic c [...]
RESIST on stage
Coffee is good for the liver! This is one of the many interesting messages that RESIST researcher Professor Dr. Markus Cornberg and PD Dr. Benjamin Maasoumy advised the approximately 320 guests who h [...]
RESIST is the cover story
RESIST research is the current cover story of MHHinfo. It provides an overview, illustrates research on specific diseases using patient examples, explains the cohorts for conducting clinical studies [...]
New strategy for vaccines
RESIST scientist Professor Dr. Michael Meyer-Hermann has used computer simulations to investigate how the natural formation of rare antibodies with a special ability is promoted: These so-called broa [...]
Better diagnosis and treatment of immunodeficiencies
How many people in Germany have a congenital immunodeficiency that makes them particularly susceptible to infectious diseases? And which of the approximately 200 known forms of immunodeficiencies do [...]
Immune system enhances the formation of biofilms
The immune system protects against the formation of biofilms. That was previously believed. In contrast, however, now RESIST researchers led by Professor Dr. Reinhold Förster have discovered that the [...]
Does eating sweets damage the liver?
What's bad and what ist good for the liver? On January 22, RESIST researcher Professor Dr. Markus Cornberg (left) and his colleague Dr. Benjamin Maasoumy (right) will give a moody lecture on liver he [...]
Seminar with Prof. Prinz and Prof. Viemann
Every third thursday of the month the Cluster of Excellence RESIST ‘Resolving Infection Susceptibility‘ offers a seminar that takes place in the Lecture Hall Q, Building I06, MHH, at 5 pm. On Novemb [...]
First RESIST panel discussion counts around 230 visitors
If the immune system is too weak: RESIST researchers presented what they are working on – and for whom – with a panel discussion at Herrenhausen Palace conference centre on 1st of October. Patients, [...]
Looking back on our first RESIST symposium
In order to better understand the factors underlying individual susceptibility to infectious diseases, numerous experts met from 30 September to 1 October 2019 for the first "Hannover Symposium on In [...]
RESIST introduces itself to Hanover
If the immune system is too weak: RESIST researchers are going to present what they are working on – and for whom – with a panel discussion at Herrenhausen Palace conference centre on 1st of October. [...]
Happy about the new homepage of RESIST
"I am very pleased that our Cluster of Excellence RESIST has now its own homepage and I cordially invite you to take a look at it," says RESIST speaker Professor Dr. Thomas Schulz. Click on "About us [...]
Research to help the most vulnerable
Some people become only mildly ill when they ’catch’ viral or bacterial infections, whereas others are affected much more severely. But what are the reasons for these differences? And how can the cour [...]