Marco Galardini appointed W2 professor at TWINCORE
Inaugural lecture on 6 March 2026
Infection research at the interface between clinical practice and basic research
TWINCORE was founded in 2008 by the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research and the Hannover Medical School. We combine the expertise of medical professionals and scientists from a wide range of disciplines to find answers to the pressing questions in infection research. Our focus: translational research – the bridge between basic science and clinical application.
Lower Saxony International Summer Academy 2026
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Research
We conduct translational infection research to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases in humans. We focus on three areas that characterize our research work. Find out here how we proceed and what results we achieve.
Labs at TWINCORE
Under the leadership of our best scientists, various labs are working on different projects within our research topics.
2026Communications Biology : 10.1038/s42003-026-09724-6
NRF2 activators and the inhibitor of nuclear export, selinexor, restrict coronaviruses by targeting a network involving ACE2, TMPRSS2, and XPO1 through an NRF2-independent mechanism
Waqas F, S da Costa L, Zapatero-Belinchón F, Carter-Timofte M, Lasswitz L, van der Horst D, Möller R, Dahlmann J, Olmer R, Geffers R, Gerold G, Olagnier D, Pessler F
2026The Journal of Clinical Investigation136 (4) : e192371
Type I IFN-dependent FcγRIV signaling in murine monocytes promotes lethal anaphylaxis during viral infections
Elwy A, Abdelrahman H, Specht J, Ewert G, Friebus-Kardash J, Dhiman S, Falkenstein J, Christ T, Wiebeck E, Shamoon A, Leimkühler N, Gramberg T, Russ A, Kalinke U, Kuang F, Sutter K, Kopf M, Mack M, Hansen W, Nimmerjahn F, Lang K
2026Nature Communications : 10.1038/s41467-026-69412-1
Opposite effects of chronic HIV infection and antiretroviral medication on organismal and organ-specific biological aging
Zhang Y, Matzaraki V, Vadaq N, Blaauw M, Vos W, Groenendijk A, van Eekeren L, Stalenhoef J, Berrevoets M, Rokx C, Delporte M, Otten T, Joosten L, Xu C, Li Y, Vandekerckhove L, van der Ven A, Netea M
Kalinke Lab
Immunology
Immunological sensing of cytomegalovirus (CMV)
The project investigates how HCMV is recognized by the immune system and which mechanisms the virus uses to camouflage itself. The aim is to understand the immune reactions and develop therapies for severely affected patients.
Pessler Lab
Immunology
Cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers for early diagnosis and risk stratification of CNS infections
In collaboration with the Department of Neurology and the Metabolomics Department, the project is investigating metabolic products in cerebrospinal fluid in order to identify biomarkers for CNS infections and cell damage and to distinguish long COVID and viral from autoimmune diseases.
Pietschmann Lab
Virology
Mechanisms of HCV tissue and species tropism: A guide for development of animal models
The project investigates the factors that determine the species barrier mechanism of HCV and make it impossible to study the infection in animal models. The aim is to use genetic screening systems to develop in vivo models for vaccine research.
Pietschmann Lab
Virology
Host and viral factors that govern susceptibility to HCV and RSV
We are investigating why HCV infections sometimes heal spontaneously, but often become chronic, and why RSV infections are severe in some children. We use modern sequencing technologies to analyze the genetic characteristics of hosts and pathogens in order to understand susceptibility.
Inaugural Lecture Prof. Marco Galardini
„ Finding the needle in the haystack of microbial pangenomes “
Seminar
TWINCORE Seminar
Prof. Takoto Makeda
Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan
“Host protease-mediated activation of respiratory viruses: From the laboratory bench to the frontlines of infectious disease control”
Lecture Series - Regulatory Science and Translational Research - Part 5
Career at TWINCORE
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