Welcome to the Parasitology Unit at the Centre for Infectious Diseases
Parasitology is a science at the heart of clinical medicine, epidemiology, immunology, molecular biology and biochemistry.
It deals with some of the most important infectious diseases of mankind.
Parasitology has the potential to help us understand questions regarding the complexity of life and the interactions between different species.
Parasitology may provide the tools to alleviate the suffering of millions of people stricken by parasites.
Prof. Michael Lanzer, Ph. D.
Current Highlights
DGP Conference in Gießen
(15-17 March 2023)
From 15-17 March 2023 the world of parasitology was guest in Gießen where this year's annual meeting of the German Society for Parasitology (DGP) took place.
It was a quite successful meeting for our staff members: our PhD student Monami Roy Chowdhury (Frischknecht lab) won the 1st poster prize, the former Ganter lab PhD student Severina Klaus was awarded the Piekarski Award for her dissertation in 2022 and our department head Michael Lanzer was honored with the Rudolf-Leuckart Medal for his outstanding services to the advancement of parasitology.
ERC Starting Grant for V. Ingham
(22 November 2022)
Victoria Ingham, one of our group leaders, has been awarded an ERC Starting Grant in the amount of 1.5 million euro for her research on malaria. With this funding the European Research Council (ERC) supports outstanding scientists for five years at the beginning of their careers. We are extremely happy and wish Vicky every success!
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Für ihre Forschungsarbeiten zu Malaria erhält Victoria Ingham, AG-Leiterin an unserer Abteilung, einen ERC Starting Grant in Höhe von 1,5 Mio Euro. Mit dieser Förderung unterstützt der Europäische Forschungsrat (ERC) hervorragende WissenschaftlerInnen für die Dauer von 5 Jahren zu Beginn ihrer Karriere. Wir freuen uns unglaublich und wünschen Vicky viel Erfolg!
Vortragsreihe "Augenblick für Forschung"
(Online-Vortrag zum Thema Malaria-Erreger im Blut - Vermehren und Verstecken)
Im Rahmen der monatlichen Seminarreihe der Daimler und Benz Stiftung berichtet unser AG-Leiter Julien in einerm 15-minütigen Online-Vortrag zu seiner Forschung. Die Reihe bietet Einblicke in aktuelle Forschungsthemen, die von der Daimler und Benz Stiftung gefördert werden. Die Protagonisten sind Stipendiaten des Postdoktoranden-Förderprogramms, die ihre individuellen Projekte vorstellen. Es gibt also jeden Monat etwas Spannendes zu entdecken!