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14. November 2025

Pettenkofer Award Ceremony 2025

    Professor Teresa Thurston from the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology at the University of Oxford has been awarded the 2025 Pettenkofer Prize for her groundbreaking work on this year’s competition theme, “Modulation of the innate immune system by effector molecules of pathogenic bacteria.” The award ceremony took place on November 10, 2025, […]

6. November 2025

National Reference Center for Helicobacter pylori at Max von Pettenkofer Institute successfully evaluated

National Reference Center for Helicobacter pylori at Max von Pettenkofer Institute successfully evaluated  Prof. Suerbaum reappointed as director Following the completion of the regular review by the Scientific Advisory Board for Public Health Microbiology at the Robert Koch Institute and external experts, the Federal Ministry of Health has reappointed Prof. Sebastian Suerbaum as head of […]

30. October 2025

New publication in microLife

A network of protein interactions between the H. pylori Cag type IV secretion system and outer membrane proteins Scientists at the Max von Pettenkofer Institute led by LMU professor Dr. Christine Josenhans have discovered new interactions of the H. pylori type IV secretion system that are of utmost importance for its function in a large-scale […]

24. July 2025

Professor Sebastian Suerbaum re-elected chair of the RKI Scientific Advisory Board

Professor Sebastian Suerbaum re-elected chair of the RKI Scientific Advisory Board On July 18, Prof. Dr. Sebastian Suerbaum was re-elected chair of the RKI Scientific Advisory Board at the constituent meeting of the newly composed board for the 2025-2028 term. The Scientific Advisory Board of the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) consists of 16 external scientists […]