A new perspective on gut microbiota diversity 17.06.2025 HIRI researchers establish a link between the form and function of intestinal bacterium Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron
Cultured mini-organs reveal the weapons of aggressive bacteria 12.06.2025 HIRI researchers decipher the colonization behavior of Shigella
Success for HIRI and HZI in the second round of the Excellence Strategy 26.05.2025 New cluster NUCLEATE with HIRI participation joins the program
On the trail of RNA 28.06.2024 An email took Mathias Munschauer from Mannheim to New York, to the lab of one of the world’s most renowned RNA researchers. Today, he is an expert in the field. A portrait on…
What Lies Behind the Research 27.06.2024 An Interview with HIRI Lab and Infrastructure Manager Christiane Albert-Weißenberger
The joy of discovery 20.11.2023 At the HIRI, PhD student Janet Wackenreuter is conducting research on small ribonucleic acids, or small RNAs. However, her insider tip for Würzburg is more philosophical than…
The silent pandemic 17.11.2023 Bacteria often colonize the human body without causing disease — but they can also lead to serious infections.
The chemistry of life 24.10.2023 Lina Günter has been a PhD student at the Helmholtz Institute Würzburg (HIRI) since 2021. As part of the HIRI graduate program “RNA & Infection”, she is researching the…
From smallest to largest 16.05.2023 At the HIRI, PhD student Chia studies non-coding RNAs at the single-cell level. While her research is all about single cells, she focuses on the big picture in her spare time.