Molecular Principles of RNA Phages (Jens Hör) 10.04.2026 The research group led by Jens Hör investigates the dynamics of infection, host takeover, and anti-phage defense during the interaction between RNA phages and their hosts.…
Single-cell Analysis (Antoine-Emmanuel Saliba) 09.04.2026 The research group led by Emmanuel Saliba explores host-pathogen interactions in high resolution at the single-cell level. They develop and integrate single-cell genomics,…
RNA Synthetic Biology (Chase Beisel) 08.04.2026 In 2018, the Helmholtz Institute Würzburg (HIRI) established a research focus on CRISPR biology and technologies. Group leader Chase Beisel, who was appointed in 2025 as a…
RNA Biology of Bacterial Infections (Jörg Vogel) 07.04.2026 The research group led by Jörg Vogel investigates the RNA world of microbes during infection and in the context of their natural habitat. Using high-resolution methods, they…
Anti-infective RNA therapy 29.11.2024 Jörg Vogel spoke at the Paul Martini Foundation 2024 Fall Symposium (in German)
Unexpected findings on SARS-CoV-2 replication 04.10.2023 How SARS-CoV-2 initiates its replication process during infection is not yet fully understood. HIRI researchers have gained fundamental new insights.
