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Vaccines against viruses - protection against diseases
An interview with Professor Thomas Pietschmann
Depending on where you are travelling, different viruses are on the move, some of which can cause life-threatening illnesses. Either through contaminated water or food or through insects that can transmit them when bitten. They can spread all over the world due to climate change, travelling and global transport chains. We have all experienced what this can mean in recent years.
What can help: Vaccines and other medicines that help our immune system to fight off these pathogens. Finding them is not so easy. For Professor Thomas Pietschmann, head of the Institute of Experimental Virology at TWINCORE and spokesperson for the "Infection Research" research programme at the HZI, this means: challenge accepted!
The conversation is about viruses, how important vaccines are, how difficult the search for them is and how important interdisciplinarity is here.
More about research at the HZI on the web at
https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/
Is this where you want to start your career?
https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/jobs/open-positions/
If you want to learn more about germs, antibiotic resistance or diseases caused by viruses and bacteria, you can find out more on our knowledge portal:
https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/info-centre/topics/all-topics/
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By HZI - Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbHAn interview with Professor Thomas Pietschmann
Depending on where you are travelling, different viruses are on the move, some of which can cause life-threatening illnesses. Either through contaminated water or food or through insects that can transmit them when bitten. They can spread all over the world due to climate change, travelling and global transport chains. We have all experienced what this can mean in recent years.
What can help: Vaccines and other medicines that help our immune system to fight off these pathogens. Finding them is not so easy. For Professor Thomas Pietschmann, head of the Institute of Experimental Virology at TWINCORE and spokesperson for the "Infection Research" research programme at the HZI, this means: challenge accepted!
The conversation is about viruses, how important vaccines are, how difficult the search for them is and how important interdisciplinarity is here.
More about research at the HZI on the web at
https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/
Is this where you want to start your career?
https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/career/jobs/open-positions/
If you want to learn more about germs, antibiotic resistance or diseases caused by viruses and bacteria, you can find out more on our knowledge portal:
https://www.helmholtz-hzi.de/en/info-centre/topics/all-topics/