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Funding

DFG extends funding with five million euro

Scientists of the research unit "Sex Differences in Immunity" from BNITM and partner institutions want to investigate, how hormones affect immunity, with the aim of advancing personalised medicine.

Aedes albopictus sits on a cotton swab soaked in blood.

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Publication

Chikungunya: How dangerous is the tiger mosquito in cold weather?

The Asian tiger mosquito can transmit the chikungunya virus. But what matters is how active the tiger mosquito is - and that depends on the temperature. Researchers at BNITM have studied how the Asian tiger mosquito transmits chikungunya virus under different temperature conditions. The results have been published in the journal Parasites & Vectors.

The orange graph shows the mean annual temperatures in Costa Rica.

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Cooperation

German-Costa Rican research centre established

How does climate change drive the spread of infectious diseases, and what can we do about it? The 'German-Costa Rican Research Centre for Climate Adaptation and Infectious Diseases' aims to find answers. In collaboration with the Instituto Costarricense de Investigación y Educación en Nutrición y Salud (INCIENSA), the BNITM will explore how climatic changes fuel the spread of pathogens and the emergence of antibiotic resistance.

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Symposium

LCI Symposium 2025

The LCI Symposium "One Health - Infections without Boundaries" will take place at the CSSB - Centre for Structural Systems Biology, located on DESY-Campus Hamburg-Bahrenfeld on January 28 and 29, 2025. Please find program and registration link here.

Eine mikroskopische Aufnahme zeigt rote Blutzellen, von denen einige mit Malariaparasiten befallen sind.

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Publication

A better understanding of malaria

Scientists from BNITM have developed an innovative system to better analyse the key virulence factor of malaria, providing more insight into how infected red blood cells attach to human blood vessels which leads to serious health complications.