A researcher in a level 4 suit stands in front of an incubator in a high security laboratory.

©BNITM | Dino Schachten

Publication

New vaccine strategy against Ebola

Characterisation of dendritic cells in a cell culture model leads to testing of a new vaccination strategy against Ebola virus in a mouse model. The results have been published in two papers in the Journal of Infectious Diseases.

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Das Foto zeigt mehrere Kinder im Kursussaal an Tischen sitzen und in Mikroskope schauen.

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Veranstaltung

Jugendzukunftstag 2025

Liebe Schüler:innen, wir veranstalten unseren Jugendzukunftstag am Mittwoch, 19.3.2025. Bekommt Einblick in unser Institut und verbringt Zeit mit Forschenden im Labor. Es sind noch Plätze frei! Hier geht es zur Anmeldung.

The picture shows a brown snake (Calloselasma rhodostoma (Malayan pit viper)) on a brown background.

©Jörg Blessmann

Press release

World NTD Day

BNITM steps up research and calls for more engagement. The BNITM has been actively involved in World NTD Day since 2021 and kicked off its anniversary year with an information event dedicated to the topic, at which experts reported on snakebite poisoning, echinococcosis and leprosy.

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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.

©ECTMIH2025

Event

Science Congress

In October 2025, the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine (BNITM) will celebrate its 125th anniversary. And how do researchers celebrate? With a scientific conference! After thirty years, the ‘European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health’ (ECTMIH) is returning to Hamburg. The organisers are expecting more than 1,000 participants at the Congress Center Hamburg (CCH). Take part and send in your session proposals!

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