In the Corona pandemic, mRNA vaccines proved their effectiveness and safety. They mark the beginning of a new era in medicine, says Würzburg infection biologist Jörg Vogel. He will describe the triumph of ribonucleic acid in therapy at the GDNÄ Annual Meeting in Leipzig – and here in an interview.
Medicine Thomas Mettenleiter: “Nothing could scare me after that” www.gdnae.de BSE, bird flu, coronavirus: how the renowned virologist Thomas Mettenleiter has contributed to overcoming major epidemics, what has kept him on the Baltic Sea island of Riems for 27 years and what his audience can expect at the GDNÄ Assembly 2024. Read the Article Online
Nature Research Michael Hecker and Bärbel Friedrich: “It’s a German-German success story” www.gdnae.de He researched for a long time in the GDR, she in the FRG: In their recently published book, microbiologists Michael Hecker and Bärbel Friedrich refute the theory of the colonisation of science in East Germany by the West. Read the Article Online
Nature Research Liane G. Benning: “How algae are fuelling climate change” www.gdnae.de Liane G. Benning, biogeochemist, on earthshaking interfaces, microbes in the Arctic ice and her El Dorado of research. Website of the Exhibition