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2026-02-03
Caspofungin enhances antifungal immunity in human blood
The genus Candida includes both harmless and clinically relevant species for humans. Candida albicans, one of the main causes of invasive candidiasis, can cause severe, life-threatening infections in …
2025-01-27
Mitochondrial oxygen metabolism as a prognostic marker in obesity?
Obesity is a chronic nutritional and metabolic disorder characterized by, among other things, severe overweight and diagnosed in people with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m² or higher. In addition …
2024-10-15
Doctorats congrats
The influence of Bruton's tyrosine kinase on the pathogenesis of experimental hemolytic uremic syndrome…
2024-10-10
Long-term model of HUS: from acute to chronic kidney disease
Hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), which can occur as a systemic complication of an infection with Shiga toxin-producing…
2024-09-17
Doctorate congrats
On September 13, 2024, Antje Häder successfully defended her dissertation. She conducted her work on "Correlation of gene expression and genetic polymorphisms during systemic infections" in th…
2024-07-29
Sphingolipids as potential targets for HUS therapy?
The Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) is a severe systemic complication that can occur after an infection with enterohemorrhagic Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli. The toxin-i…
2024-06-20
Sepsis research in fast-forward - students visit the ZIK Septomics
Fourteen grade 11 students from Großröhrsdorf secondary school were guests at the ZIK Septomics on 13.06.2024 for a flying visit. With a varied program, our scientists were able to introduce them to t…
2024-06-12
Dissertation award to Dr. Sophie Dennhardt
Dr. rer. nat. Sophie Dennhardt received the dissertation award oft he Medical Faculty of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena on June 11th, 2024. She conducted her research on the topic “Unravelling…
2024-06-04
Cell-free DNA – a new prognostic marker for the outcome of sepsis?
Sepsis is associated with a high mortality risk, especially when patients have to be treated in the intensive care unit. It is known today that the individual risk of dying from sepsis varies greatly …
2024-05-14
Are cholinesterases potential progression markers in Sepsis?
Sepsis-associated encephalopathy (SAE) can occur as a specific organ dysfunction of the central nervous system (CNS) in the context of a Sepsis, regardless of the pathogen. There is evidence that an i…