Neonatal sepsis caused by Escherichia coli is associated with reduced transfer of pathogen-specific maternal antibodies and, in a mouse model, can be prevented by maternal preconceptual&nbsp...

Seminars run on the first Thursday of every month at 16:00 CET. We kick off with a 15-minute spotlight talk from an early-career researcher, then a senior scientist takes the stage for a deeper dive, ...

Traditional vaccines target specific pathogens, limiting their scope against diverse respiratory threats. We describe an intranasal liposomal formulation combining toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 and 7/8 l...

Early-life exposure to allergens triggers a distinct local mode of dendritic cell activation in neonatal skin without requiring migration to lymph nodes, which shapes responses to allergens in later l...

Join us at the 13th European Mucosal Immunology Group Meeting 21-23 July 2025, in Aachen, Germany – EMIG 2025! Abstract Submission Deadline extended: June 1st EMIG is a network of European scientist...

Die Nachwuchsgruppe „Early Life Immunity“ (ELIM) unter der Leitung von Dr. Natalia Torow sucht eine_n Doktorand_in zum Thema “Verständnis der CD4+...

Am HZI nehmen zum Spätsommer und Herbst 2024 vier Nachwuchsgruppen ihre Arbeit auf, um Resilienzmechanismen von Mikroben und Menschen zu erforschen.

A major landmark study reveals that global immunization efforts have saved an estimated 154 million lives – or the equivalent of 6 lives every minute of every year – over the past 50 years. The vast m...