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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…
2023-10-23
Doctorate congrats!
On October 17, 2023, Sophie Dennhardt successfully defended her dissertation. She conducted her work on "Unravelling the therapeutic potential of erythropoietin signaling in hemolytic-uremic syndr…
2023-09-25
Honored research
Sarah Kröller receives research award
Sarah Kröller, PhD student of the group Translational Septomics (head: Prof. Sina M. Coldewey) received a research award for her work “Bruton’s tyrosine kinase inhibition attenuates disease progressio…
2023-09-14
Obituary Professor Eberhard Straube
We are deeply saddened to have learned that Professor Eberhard Straube, founding member of ZIK Septomics, passed away on August 19th, 2023. Professor Eberhard Straube was director of the Institute of …
2023-09-11
Habilitation successfully completed
On September 8, Dr. rer. nat. Tilman Klassert, postdoc in the former ZIK Septomics research group Host Septomics (Head: Prof. Hortense Slevogt), held his demonstration lesson entitled "Microbiolog…