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Immunology

Extreme heat stress at the FIFA World Cup 2026: Health risks expected for players and spectators due to high temperatures

On hot summer days and during sport, we need to drink enough and make sure we keep our body temperature stable. This also applies to the footballers at the 2026 World Cup in North America.

Awards

Anke Flegel wins travel grant at the NK & ILC Symposium

Anke Flegel, PhD student in the immunology department at the Leibniz Research centre for Working Environment in Dortmund, won a travel grant at this year's NK & ILC Symposium. She applied with an abstract on her project on the activity of natural killer …

Awards

Jens Niemann wins Bright Sparks Award

This year's European Congress for Immunology (ECI) ended successfully for Jens Niemann. He received a Bright Sparks Award for a presentation on the identification of natural killer cells.
Group photo on stage (left to right: Bernd Schwabing, Jens Niemann, Angela Märtin, Rainer Holl)

IfADo

Serial killers against cancer cells - IfADo at the DORTBUNT Science Slam

More than a hundred spectators gathered in front of the stage at Reinoldikirche on May 5 for the Dortmund "Masterplan Wissenschaft" science slam. Jens Niemann, PhD student at IfADo, and Prof. Dr. Bernd Schabbing from the ISM (International School of …
Virus cells on green background

Research

Be prepared: Leibniz Lab to fight pandemics

The new Leibniz Lab "Pandemic Preparedness: One Health, One Future" combines excellent interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research from 41 Leibniz Institutes. For the first time in Germany, pathogen-oriented sciences (virology, bacteriology, mycology and …

IfADo

Blood donors wanted: 20 Euro compensation

Freshly donated blood is regularly needed for IfADo research projects in the field of immunology. The desired cells are isolated from about 300 ml of whole blood and used for scientific purposes. The time required for a blood donation is low and usually takes …

Immunology

Simplified measurement method for determining immune age improves analysis of cardiorespiratory fitness

Both the functionality of the immune system and the so-called cardiorespiratory fitness, CRF in short, play an important role in a person’s health and work ability. Researchers at the Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors in …

Immunology

Gender-specific differences in the progression of rheumatoid arthritis discovered

Oct 21, 2022 Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterised by chronic joint inflammation that leads to functional impairment in many sufferers. There are gender-specific differences in the emergence and development of this disease. …

Awards

Watzl Weekly honoured with BdKom Award

For their outstanding science communication, Carsten Watzl from the Leibniz Institute for Labour Research at TU Dortmund University (IfADo) and Stefan Schwark from the German Professional Association for Nursing Professions Nordwest e.V. won the BdKom Award in …