A portrait: Sébastien Calvignac-Spencer in Quanta Magazine

Celebrating a unique nexus of nature, health and development

Fabian Leendertz has been elected as a new member of the Academy of Sciences in Hamburg in recognition of his distinguished research in global health

With new diagnostic capacity and the kick-off of the clinical surveillance, the One Health Exploratories in Central Africa take an important step forward in monitoring…

HIOH researcher Katharina Schaufler talks about antibiotic-resistant bacteria detected in water samples from the Baltic Sea.

Genomic surveillance reveals animal-to-human spillovers as main driver

Fabian Leendertz on the HZI podcast InFact discussing the links between health, environment, and climate

The One Health Surveillance research group wins the “Best Research Environment 2024” award.

Research on antibiotic resistance in the Greifswald Bodden wins in the “Habitat” category

The Helmholtz Association is pooling its commitment to prevention research with the launch of the Helmholtz Health Prevention Task Force. In a strategy paper published in…

Statement by the Director of the Helmholtz Institute for One Health

The prestigious academy awards HIOH's director its diploma and medal for his services to One Health

Targeting zoonoses: The article “Virus hunt in the rainforest” provides a close-up view of HIOH's field research in the Central African Republic.

A research team from the Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH) has investigated the distribution and characteristics of multidrug-resistant bacteria in the Baltic Sea. The…

Veterinarian Dr. Fee Zimmermann collects long-term data on human, animal and environmental health in the African tropics and on her doorstep - in Mecklenburg-Western…

State-of-the-art technology for more efficient monitoring of human, animal and environmental health

Three researchers, three approaches: HZI scientists explain their work in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.

To prepare us for future pandemics, researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for One Health (HIOH) not only look at the pathogens, but also at how changes in the environment and…

On September 17 and 18, as part of the SCienCe project, our partner laboratory, the molecular biology laboratory of the Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Bouaké, Côte…

The film in the documentary series 'plan b' accompanies HIOH researchers in Greifswald and Côte d'Ivoire

HIOH researchers report on new approaches to pandemic prevention in EMBO Reports

Human actions are continuously degrading natural landscapes. Growing evidence shows that this degradation is directly linked to the risk of zoonotic spillover, resulting in…

Comparative genome study of humans and great apes provides new insights into the development and adaptation of the gut microbiome under different lifestyles

Studies on clinical strains of Klebsiella pneumoniae showed a resistance mechanism that was already widespread before the antibiotic was available.

Academy of Sciences in Hamburg recognizes Leendertz’s pioneering achievements in the field of zoonotic infectious diseases

Katharina Schaufler receives the Sponsorship Award of the German Society for Hygiene and Microbiology

BMBF supports further development of the Zoonoses Platform into the One Health Platform with offices at HIOH, University of Münster and FLI (Riems)

Monitoring wildlife species present in specific areas is a critical first step to estimating the risk of transmission of infectious diseases to humans

Infection research center headed by one of the world's leading experts on the medical risks of human-animal contact and zoonotic diseases is established in Mecklenburg-Western…

On 19 June 2023, the opening of a new molecular biology laboratory at the CHU in Bouaké, Côte d’Ivoire, took place together with representatives of the HIOH and the RKI.