Chemist Jörn Piel receives Inhoffen Medal 2023

HZI and Technische Universität Braunschweig honour specialist for marine natural products

13-Jun-2023 - Many active substances used in medicine are based on naturally occurring products. However, the producers of these substances often do not grow or grow poorly under laboratory conditions. This also applies to marine invertebrates such as sponges, which live in close association with bacteria. ...

Inhoffen Medal 2019 awarded to specialist for synthetic organic chemistry

08-Apr-2019 - Medically relevant compounds can often be found in nature. To make them suitable for drugs, they need to be isolated from their natural sources. If sufficient quantities of the agent cannot be isolated in that manner, chemical synthesis comes into play. Without chemical synthesis, many agents ...

Improving the degradation of toxic hydrocarbons

Initiation of a worldwide research project under the direction of the HZI

16-Apr-2010 - The world-wide project "MAGICPAH", coordinated by the Braunschweiger Helmholtz-Zentrums für Infektionsforschung (Helmholtz Center for Infection Research in Braunschweig- HZI), is examining how bacterial communities are able to support the degradation of toxic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. ...