We work on the following projects and cooperate in the following consortia:
- As part of the research initiative PIA-II (Polioviruses in Wastewater,) led by the RKI, we analyze wastewater for traces of polioviruses since December 2024.
- Collaborative project WBEready: Wastewater-based Epidemiology and Preparedness: Research Needs for a Roadmap to Develop Adaptive Monitoring Capacities in Public Health Services; funded by BMG.
More info: https://www.wbeready.de - LOEWE Priority Program CoroPan: Human and zoonotic coronaviruses: conserved targets for new therapeutic options in future pandemics. Project The RNA milieu in coronavirus-infected cells, funded by HMWK, more info here.
- Innovative Therapeutics (TheraNova), Rhine/Main Region, funded by the Fraunhofer Institute of Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP and HMWK. For more info, click here.
- DFG Priority Program – SPP 1923: “Innate Sensing and Restriction of Retroviruses”. Project: Interferon-induced alteration of cellular factors affecting HIV alternative splicing, nuclear mRNA export and LTR transcription. More info: https://www.spp1923.de/