New building for infection research

The Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research celebrated the laying of the foundation stone on the Medical Campus in Würzburg. More than 200 guests from science, business, politics and the media were present. Emerging pathogens, increasing antibiotic resistance and chronic infections are among the greatest health challenges of our time. With the aim of developing new strategies and therapies against known and novel infectious diseases, the Würzburg Helmholtz Institute for -based Infection Research (HIRI) was founded in May 2017. The institute is pioneering an integrated approach to investigate the great potential of ribonucleic acids in therapy and diagnostics. Currently still housed provisionally in premises of the JMU, HIRI's own building-funded by the Free State of Bavaria, represented by the State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, and co-financed by the European Union-will be constructed and help permanently fulfill its research mission in Würzburg. The groundbreaking ceremony on July 6, 2023 marked the start of construction work on the medical campus in Würzburg's Grombühl district.