Helmholtz-Institute for RNA-based Infection Research
(HIRI, Prof. Dr. Jörg Vogel)
The Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) is the first institution of its kind worldwide to combine research on ribonucleic acids (RNA) with infection biology. The institute, led by Professor Jörg Vogel, is part of the Helmholtz Center in Braunschweig and is located on the medical campus of the University of Würzburg.
ISAR Bioscience collaborates with HIRI, among others, in the PhD program RNAmed, which is also led by Professor Vogel.
Other partners in this program funded by the Elite Network Bavaria are:
- Professor Thomas Carell, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
- Professor Selim Corbacioglu, University Hospital Regensburg
- Professor Stefan Engelhardt, Technical University of Munich
- Professor Dina Grohmann, University of Regensburg
- Professor Claudia Höbartner, University of Würzburg
- Professor Lorenz Meinel, University of Würzburg
- Professor Gunter Meister, University of Regensburg
- Professor Olivia Merkel, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
- Professor Alessandra Moretti, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Munich
- Professor Cynthia Sharma, University of Würzburg
