Partners in crime: When fungi and bacteria join forces against the host cell 🕵️♂️🦠
Researchers at #LeibnizHKI have uncovered how the yeast C. albicans and the bacterium E. faecalis collaborate to cause far greater damage to the host than either could alone.
Press release: https://www.leibniz-hki.de/en/press-release/two-accomplices-in-the-spotlight-when-the-interaction-between-fungi-and-bacteria-becomes-a-dangerous-alliance.html
Original paper: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2505310122
Researchers at #LeibnizHKI discovered an enzyme that cleaves the toxin malleicyprol and reduces virulence in bacteria of the genus Burkholderia.
🗞️ Press release: https://www.leibniz-hki.de/en/press-release/an-enzyme-neutralizes-pathogens-by-cleaving-a-bacterial-toxin.html
🔎 Original paper: https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202521105
Meet our #December #calendar 2025 feature Wolfgang Vivas & Dolly Montaño, postdocs from Venezuela 🇻🇪 at Leibniz-HKI. How do they both juggle demanding research 🧪🧬 with family life 👨🏻👩🏻👦🏻 while also keeping their creativity alive? 🎨 Find it out in their interview: https://www.leibniz-hki.de/en/calendar-2025-12.html
🎙️ For World AMR Awareness Week, our Director Prof. Axel Brakhage is the first guest on the German #podcast “Ansteckende Begeisterung” (“Contagious Enthusiasm”) by the Paul Ehrlich Society, discussing the role of natural products for the development of new antibiotics, the need of innovative AMR strategies & the challenging conditions for researchers.
🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6E0M4kyvsNzau5uqUZZGYk?si=I9aD9wwqRkmCzypvSUpfbg
🎧 Deezer: https://link.deezer.com/s/31H7Ck3S4MI6UXQ4W5aJj
Meet our #November feature Sophia Hitzler, a doctoral researcher at Leibniz-HKI, in this year’s #calendar 2025! From a fascination with fungi 🍄 to mentoring 👩🏫 and an unexpected dream job 🐳, discover her journey here: https://lmy.de/sBQAV
🎉 #LeibnizHKI has again been honored with the TOTAL E-QUALITY rating for our equal-opportunities personnel policy – for the 5th time in a row! This year, we also received the Sustainability Prize 2025 for our long-term commitment to equality, diversity & inclusion.
🍁 Meet our #October #calendar 2025 feature: Zoltán Cseresnyés, imaging specialist at our research group Applied Systems Biology. From 1980s Hungary to super-resolution microscopy at Cambridge, he now helps researchers unlock insights from complex images. 🔬🌌
Follow the link for the full interview: https://lmy.de/LsPim
Meet our #September feature Hannah Büttner in this year’s #calendar 2025! 👩🏻🔬 She explored fungal-bacterial symbiosis, loves music & art, and carries science in her bag wherever she goes. 🎒🏜️ Read her interview here: https://lmy.de/FUIJC 🎙️
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