Welcome to the DZIF -

the German Center for Infection Research

Research Areas

DZIF is doing research in nine areas:

Community-Acquired Infections at Mucosal Interfaces

Hepatitis

HIV

Infections of the Immunocompromised Host

Healthcare-Associated Infections

Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Emerging Infections

Novel Antibiotics

Tuberculosis

News

News and Press Releases:

The picture shows the award ceremony at the Joint Annual Meeting of the DZIF and DGI. Three men are standing together, the middle one is holding a certificate with the title “DZIF Prize for Translational Infection Research 2024”. They are all smiling and wearing formal attire. The DZIF logo can be seen on a roll-up in the background.
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Prof. Peter G. Kremsner receives the DZIF Prize for Translational Infection Research 2024

Four single images of differently stained tissue sections with enclosed tuberculosis granuloma showing different structural elements and accumulated BTZ-043.
© CC BY 4.0/Images modified from: Römpp, A., Treu, A., Kokesch-Himmelreich, J. et al. The clinical-stage drug BTZ-043 accumulates in murine tuberculosis lesions and efficiently acts against Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Nat Commun 16, 826 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-56146-9.

Novel antibiotic BTZ-043 also reaches tuberculosis bacteria hiding in dead lung tissue

Every year, 10 million people contract tuberculosis (TB), a disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), and approximately 1.5 million patients succumb to the disease. Treatment
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New study sheds light on the causes of fevers of unknown origin in sub-Saharan Africa

A new retrospective, laboratory-based observational study provides detailed insights into the causes of fevers of unknown origin in sub-Saharan Africa. Together with scientists from Guinea and
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Focus on infection research: Press invitation to the Joint Annual Meeting of DGI and DZIF, February 13-15 in Munich

More than 400 experts from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) and the German Society for Infectious Diseases (DGI) will meet in Munich from February 13-15, 2025 for their Joint Annual
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17,000 times thank you!

In December 2024, Hamburg-based live entertainment company Stage Entertainment launched a fundraising campaign as part of the pop musical “& Julia”. The aim of the campaign was to raise funds for HIV
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DZIF promotes podcast:

Infektiopod

Listen in: In each episode, a three-person team consisting of initiator Dr. Till Koch, Dr. Annette Hennigs and Dr. Elena Terhalle discuss specific diseases and current research findings. The current episode 91 focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia infections.

To the current episode
Das Bild zeigt das dreiköpfige Infektiopod-Team, das vor einer Hafenlandschaft in Hamburg steht. Alle drei Personen lächeln in die Kamera. Links steht Annette Hennigs mit einem blauen ärmellosen Oberteil, in der Mitte Elena Terhalle mit lockigem, schulterlangem Haar und einem schwarzen T-Shirt, und rechts Till Koch mit kurzem Haar, einem blauen Poloshirt und tätowierten Armen. Im Hintergrund sind Kräne und Gebäude am Wasser zu sehen. Oben Links ist das Infektiopod-Logo zu sehen.
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Research in Focus

Hannover - Braunschweig | Heidelberg | München | Tübingen

Transplant Cohort

Medical data and biological samples obtained from transplant patients are collected and managed across Germany with the help of the DZIF Transplant Cohort. The data and samples form the basis of scientific studies which investigate the connections between numerous factors influencing an organ’s susceptibility to infection and organ function. In [...]

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Hamburg - Lübeck - Borstel - Riems

Clinical Tuberculosis Centre

The Clinical Tuberculosis Centre provides the expertise and infrastructure for the optimisation, prevention, diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis (TB) as well as for translating research results into clinical practice. The main objectives of the Clinical Tuberculosis Centre include coordinating clinical research activities involving the DZIF TB cohort. This cohort includes [...]

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Tübingen

New strategies for specific eradication of Staphylococcus aureus

In this project, the scientists develop genetically engineered phage lysins and specific bacteriocins for the elimination of hospital germs such as Staphylococcus aureus, they clarify mechanisms of potential resistance mechanisms, and they analyse whether broad-spectrum or specifically acting agents have a more effective and lasting effect on colonization by [...]

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Hannover - Braunschweig

Preclinical development of Amidochelocardins

The challenge of antibiotic drug development today is the discovery and optimisation of novel bioactive compounds that do not show cross-resistances with clinically applied antibiotics, ideally due to a novel mode of action (MoA) which adresses unexploited microbial targets. In the case of chelocardin, this antibiotic substance was identified several [...]

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Our Partner Sites

Location

Hannover - Braunschweig

Research areas
Contact person
Silke Hartmann

Dr. Silke Hartmann

Hannover Medical School
Partner Site Manager Hannover - Braunschweig
Project Manager Community-Acquired Infections at Mucosal Interfaces
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Heidelberg

Research areas
Contact person
Stephan Urban

Prof. Dr. Stephan Urban

Heidelberg University
Deputy Coordinator Hepatitis
DZIF Professor "Translational Virology"
Partner Site Speaker Heidelberg
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Location

Bonn - Köln

Research areas
Contact person
Oliver Cornely

Prof. Dr. Oliver Cornely

University Hospital Cologne
Coordinator Product Development
Coordinator Clinical Trial Office (CTO)
Partner Site Speaker Bonn-Cologne
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Prof Achim Hörauf: Coordinator of the consortium "Neglected tropical diseases" at DZIF.

Prof. Dr. Achim Hörauf

University Hospital Bonn
Deputy Partner Site Speaker Bonn-Köln
Deputy Coordinator Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases
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Hamburg - Lübeck - Borstel - Riems

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