HIRI meets HIPS

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.

HZI Paper of the Month Award for Falk Ponath and Elena Vialetto

Member of the Vogel Group has just been awarded

Fascinating insights into single-cell RNA sequencing at the Single-Cell Center Mini-Retreat

Single-cell researcher Emmanuel Saliba becomes Associate Professor as of today

Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Würzburg discover potential new antiviral targets in HIV-1

The HIRI family warmly welcomes Akanksha Roberts!

Ameya Sinha receives HFSP Long-Term Fellowship

Christian Scherf tours the Würzburg site

Director of the Helmholtz Institute Würzburg to receive certificate in Munich in May

Researchers from the Helmholtz Institute Würzburg unveiled the interplay of RNA structures during the translation of the SARS-CoV-2 genome

Helmholtz funds AI project in Würzburg and Munich

Since 2021, Hoda has been a PhD student in HIRI's graduate program “RNA & Infection”. Her research focuses on bacterial sRNAs and their role in host-microbe interactions.

The HIRI family warmly welcomes Lena Amend!

Würzburg researchers improve single-cell RNA sequencing technologies

Nature Communications features Beisel lab paper

Shuba Varshini has learnt that biotechnology and bioinformatics are a team. One cannot get far without the other.

Anuja Kibe presented her PhD thesis

This month, the RNA Society profiled Jörg Vogel. Read about his career path, his advice on how to succeed in science, and his favorite RNA

Check out what has happened in 2022 at the Helmholtz Institute Würzburg

HIRI Director Jörg Vogel reflected on the highlights of 2022 and looked ahead to what 2023 has in store for the institute.

Celebrating Equality in Science

Systematically attenuating DNA targeting activity can achieve CRISPR-driven editing in bacteria

The HIRI family warmly welcomes Alexandria Smart!

With JMU participation: Research network on RNA medicine receives financial support

The HIRI family warmly welcomes Costas Patinios.

Interrogating disease progression and cell processes with TIGER: in vivo and non-invasively

Researchers from Würzburg and the U.S. discover new type of CRISPR gene scissors

Emmanuel Saliba has his eye on individual cells

Investigating the molecular biology of Fusobacterium nucleatum

Hailing from a town near Munich, Sebastian has been a PhD student at HIRI since 2020. In the HIRI graduate program, he pursues his two primary research interests: viruses and…

Why the HIRI stands out

Lars Barquist and the art of interpreting complex data

The HIRI family warmly welcomes Sudeshna Manna.

Doctoral defense on “RNA-RNA interactions in viral genome packaging”

Insights into the institute’s cutting-edge research

HIRI group leaders had a meeting at the HIRI sister institute HIPS. They returned with lots of new collaboration ideas for RNA targeting and protein engineering to tackle…

Helmholtz Institute Würzburg launches day care for children in cooperation with the city of Würzburg

With the participation of HIRI, a new collaborative research center is being launched in Würzburg.

Why an open doors policy is essential

Valentina Cosi was honored

HIRI Director again honored as Highly Cited Researcher

Neva Caliskan and the Achilles' heel of viruses

The Faculty of Medicine has awarded Professor Dirk Heinz an honorary doctorate – for his outstanding achievements in the fields of structural biology and infection research as…

HIRI scientists discuss recent developments in transcriptome analysis of bacteria

New study on Fusobacterium nucleatum: Why does the oral cavity germ colonize and accelerate tumors?

Jörg Vogel appointed to the selection committee

Visit by Dr Manfred Wolter to HIRI

HIRI researchers receive funding from the German Federal Agency SPRIND

HIRI PhD student defended his dissertation

HIRI and IMIB PhD students got together in Bayreuth

Doctoral defense by Chunlei Jiao on "Reprogramming tracrRNAs for RNA detection and recording"

When searching for the causes of illnesses and developing new treatments, it is absolutely vital to have a precise understanding of the genetic fundamentals. Würzburg…

How do cells manage to quickly adapt their growth to changing environmental conditions? A new study (published in "Cell Reports") provides an answer to this question.

Fabian Imdahl has completed his PhD

Foundation recognizes innovative diagnostic platform LEOPARD

Why do young people from all over the world decide to start a career in science in Würzburg?

First Collaborative Lab Experience between RABI and MINS

The HIRI director explains how researchers at HIRI and FLI were able to create the first comprehensive map of bat blood.

Janet Schneider and Chia-Ling Chou join HIRI’s graduate program

Franziska Wimmer defended her dissertation

The HIRI family warmly welcomes Ameya Sinha!

Cell Reports: Study by FLI and HIRI unveils complexity of leukocytes in Egyptian fruit bat and its imprinting by age

RNA expert Chase Beisel develops new technologies

Adini Arifah has been a PhD student in HIRI’s graduate program since 2021. In her research, she has devoted herself to the CRISPR-Cas gene scissors.

Lymph nodes differ in the composition of T cells and trigger different immune responses (new "Immunity" paper)

News from HIRI Affiliates: JMU researchers are working on the development of new drugs to combat poxviruses.

Redmond Smyth aims to discover how RNA viruses replicate and evolve

The HIRI research group leader talks about her career, her adopted home of Würzburg and her research.

Mathias Munschauer investigates the interaction between host cells and viruses

Jörg Vogel is the director of the HIRI. In his leisure time, the biochemist enjoys traveling, reading contemporary literature and spending time with his family. An interview

How communication between lysosomes and mitochondria controls Salmonella growth in macrophages

Alexander Westermann explores new avenues to treat and prevent intestinal infections

French-born Christophe Toussaint joined HIRI's graduate training program “RNA & Infection” in 2019. In science, crossing borders is essential.

Ribonucleic acid is a jack-of-all-trades. It's time to finally give it the floor...

Ahsen Özcan receives start-up funding for postdocs

Anuja Kibe was recently profiled in the RNA Society’s Member Spotlight Series, which seeks to recognize the accomplishments of its members.

Similar to the vaccines against the coronavirus, RNA-based antibiotics could significantly improve modern medicine. Research teams from Würzburg have investigated the…

The HIRI family warmly welcomes Alexander Gabel!

Member of the Caliskan group has just been awarded

HIRI scientists show that target RNA levels influence defense against invaders

Vogel Foundation is supporting a new research project at the Würzburg Helmholtz Institute / Eckernkamp fellow starts work

A new study published in "Molecular Cell" indicates how deep learning can improve gene therapies and antiviral drugs.

The Helmholtz Institute Würzburg celebrates its birthday – and reflects on its many achievements to date

To introduce the work of the new Single-Cell Center, HIRI has created a website that can be found at www.single-cell-center.de.

4 million euros funding for international project on urinary tract infections

1.5 million euros for research on human intestinal bacteria

Study published today in "Nature Structural & Molecular Biology"

Mechanism for prioritizing the immune response discovered.

Marco Olguín joined HIRI in 2020. As a participant of HIRI's graduate program, he is researching viruses. Even in his spare time, Marco is often focused on details.

PAM-DETECT enables faster characterization of CRISPR immune systems / Study published in "Molecular Cell"

The HIRI family warmly welcomes Farbod Ghaem-Maghami!

Watch the broadcast about the mRNA revolution in the media library of the channel “3sat”

Researchers from Würzburg discovered a new trick bacteria use to adapt optimally to a given environment.

State Minister Bernd Sibler on research visit to Würzburg

The Free State of Bavaria is funding the collaborative research project for another three years.

1.5 million euros for research on SARS-CoV-2

In "Trends in Microbiology", Alexander Westermann and Elise Bornet discuss the interplay of these gut bacteria with the intestinal immune system and invading pathogens.

HIRI and Vogel Stiftung Würzburg launch second funding period of their fellowship program

New international PhD program receives funding from "Bavarian Elite Network" initiative

Apply for the HIRI graduate training program "RNA & Infection"

HIRI and University of Cambridge shed light onto an essential protein-assisted genetic switch in Cardioviruses / Study published in "Nature Communications"

Protein ZAP inhibits multiplication of SARS-CoV-2 by 20-fold / Study published in "Nature Communications"

Chemical engineer Chase Beisel becomes full professor

Brazilian-born Taís Franco de Carvalho started in HIRI’s graduate training program, “RNA & Infection” this year. Her journey to Würzburg? A trip with obstacles.

Study published in "Cell" shows extensive lung scarring caused by misguided immune response

Würzburg biochemist and Leibniz Laureate again honored as Highly Cited Researcher

700,000 euros for the development of new antiviral agents / Research network led by HIRI receives innovation funding from the German Federal Agency SPRIND

Grant is dedicated to the pre-commercial development of LEOPARD, a new diagnostic technology

Cynthia Sharma and Chase Beisel on revolutionizing medical diagnostics using the LEOPARD platform (external link)

HIRI researcher was honored for her excellent scientific achievements and for her special commitment

News from HIRI Affiliates: JMU researchers have for the first time been able to watch the polymerase of vaccinia viruses doing their work at an atomic level.

Introducing biotechnologist Elise Bornet, a PhD student in HIRI’s graduate training program, “RNA & Infection”. An interview

"Falling Walls" 2021: Chase Beisel and Cynthia Sharma awarded in life sciences category

Ehsan Vafadarnejad successfully defends dissertation

The HIRI family warmly welcomes Rituparno Sen!

Recent paper published in Molecular Microbiology

HIRI and JMU Würzburg create first RNA atlas of Fusobacterium nucleatum (Publication: Nature Microbiology)

Three proposals on the topic of phages successful

SPD parliamentary group on research visit to Würzburg

Member of the Vogel Group has just been awarded

Demolition of former urology building has just begun

LEOPARD has the potential to revolutionize diagnostics (Publication: Science)

Therapeutically modified white blood cells hold great potential in the treatment of multiple myeloma, a malignant cancer of the bone marrow. However, they can lead to serious…

HIRI’s Jörg Vogel and Alexander Westermann provide a comprehensive review on the past, present and future of RNA-sequencing in the context of infections. The review was…

Britta Grigull, Head of Marketing and Spokesperson for the designated Würzburg State Theater, will take over the PR work of the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection…

Scientists from Würzburg and the US have charted the first global atlas of direct interactions between SARS-CoV-2 RNA and human host cells. This may provide a starting point…

Only one small protein needs to be missing and salmonellae are no longer infectious. This was discovered in a study in which the pathogens were re-analysed using…

HIRI director is one of the world's best in the research field microbiology

HIRI researchers and partners establish new technology to unravel genetic changes during infection with two different pathogens

Vogel's appointment is the result of his contributions to the discipline of microbiology, notably as a pioneer in the field of non-coding RNA in bacteria in the context of…

This 5-day course is tailored for students interested in RNA biology. Young scientists from Würzburg and elsewhere are welcome to attend.

HIRI researchers describe in Science Advances how they uncovered new PAM sequences that can be applied to sharpen the precision of CRISPR genome editing technologies.

HIRI junior professor to receive million-Euro funding from the European Research Council for her cutting-edge project "T-FRAME".

HIRI researchers succeed in deep sequencing RNA of single bacteria. The study was published in the journal Nature Microbiology

Nationwide research network with HIRI participation publishes current findings on COVID-19 in the journal Cell

We are happy to announce the arrival of all three additions to the HIRI Graduate Training program “RNA & Infection” at the institute!

HIRI scientist Mathias Munschauer, together with colleagues of the JMU Würzburg and the Broad Institute (Cambridge, USA), develops the first global atlas of direct…

In a recent publication in Nature Communications, HIRI researchers chart the transcriptome map of an anaerobic commensal

HIRI’s Lars Barquist helps identify a novel antibiotic against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria. The findings were just published in Nature Communications.

In meningococci, the RNA-binding protein ProQ plays a major role. HIRI and JMU researchers show in Nature Communications that together with RNA molecules, it regulates…

This 2-day meeting, jointly organized by the science academies from France, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom, is postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The new…

In a recent paper published in Nucleic Acids Research, HIRI researchers find natural ways to overcome limitations of the genome-editing tool.

HIRI affiliate Lars Dölken and colleagues have comprehensively decoded the genome of the herpes simplex virus 1 using new methods.

Press release by the Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg about the ongoing research efforts for a SARS-CoV-2 treatment at the HIRI.

The latest publication by Jörg Vogel in the EMBO journal describes the identification of the RNA/protein complexome in the Gram-positive pathogen S. pneumoniae.

With his latest review, Jörg Vogel honors the lifetime achievements of Pascale Cossart in this special issue of Molecular Microbiology.

Join us when art meets science. Historic lecture hall, 2nd floor, building D15, Josef-Schneider-Straße 2, 97080 Würzburg, 5PM.

ERC Consolidator Grant for HIRI researcher Chase Beisel

HIRI affiliate Prof. Utz Fischer from the Biocenter of the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU) and colleagues from the the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Biophysical…

Researchers from HIRI and the Max Planck Society develop a thermodynamic model to study frameshifting

Movie presentation followed by a discussion with HIRI scientists Jörg Vogel and Chase Beisel. At the Würzburg Biocenter (Lecture Hall A101) on December 11, 2019 at 5PM.

Anuja Kibe, Phd Student in the research group of Neva Caliskan, won the first prize at the HIRI RNA & Infection Science Slam.

Researchers at HIRI and Duke University are using a previously unexplored class of the CRISPR-Cas system

HIRI director is one of the world's best in the research field Microbiology

In Nature Communications, HIRI scientists Chase Beisel and Chunyu Liao describe a powerful means to assemble CRISPR arrays. CRATES enabled them to gain new insights into the…

Guest researcher from New Zealand studies CRISPR-Cas system in bacteria

The two leading female scientists in the field of RNA research will do us the honor of telling us about their work.

Cells are equipped with multiple defense mechanisms to fight off intruders. Genes encode the building blocks of the response that must be activated during an enemy attack in…

Dr Mathias Munschauer from the Broad Institute (USA) to join HIRI with his junior research group “LncRNA and Infection Biology”

HIRI group leader Alexander Westermann is co-author on a recent Frontiers in Microbiology publication.

The Feldberg Prize for German-British Exchange in the Life Sciences 2019 goes to Prof. Jörg Vogel from Würzburg. As the foundation recently announced, Vogel on the German side…

Special movie presentation and subsequent discussion with HIRI scientists Jörg Vogel and Chase Beisel. At the Würzburg Biocenter (Lecture Hall A101) on December 11, 2019.

Research team unravels trick with which the sleeping sickness pathogen hides from the immune system

HZI researchers discovered how early colonisation by microbes defines the properties of gut-draining lymph nodes for the lifetime of the host

A new machine learning tool could be useful for flagging dangerous bacteria before they cause an outbreak, from hospital wards to a global scale

HIRI Scientist profile RNA to fingerprint individual cells

HIRI researchers discover further applications for Cas9 scissors