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The HPI

The institute's mission statement: „The HPI investigates the biology of human pathogenic viruses. It is our aim to unravel the molecular mechanisms that control viral life cycles and virus induced pathogenesis. This research will provide novel targets and therapeutic approaches for established and emerging viral diseases.“ Learn more about the HPI.

LCI Symposium "Sex Differences in Infection & Immunity"

January 24-25, 2019

Registration & more information HERE

Research Teams

The Heinrich Pette Institute's research teams currently consist of six research departments, one research unit and two independent junior research groups.

For more information visit the RESEARCH Teams.

News

December 4, 2018: Katja Linke is new Administrative Director at HPI

Tuesday, 04. December 2018

December 4, 2018: HPI is pleased to announce new head of administrative department

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November 29, 2018: The Mayor of Hamburg, Peter Tschentscher, visits HPI stall at Leibniz Association reception in Berlin

November 29, 2018: HPI presents research spectrum at the Hamburg State Representation

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Press

Zika virus infection: Clinically inapparent newborns can also suffer from long-term health impairments

Monday, 10. September 2018

Male offspring born to mildly ZIKV-infected mice are at risk of developing neurocognitive disorders in adulthood

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New screening approach reveals importance of micro-RNAs in papillomavirus life cycle

Monday, 30. July 2018

New publication in PLOS Pathogen

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Seminars

Molecular epidemiology of re-emerging adenovirus infections associated with epidemic acute respiratory disease: a map of the world in the last two decades

Thursday, 10. January 2019 - 09:30

Adriana E. Kajon, PhD

Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, USA

im Ferdinand-Bergen-Auditorium des HPI

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