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January 9th, 2008
A team of directors leads Bernhard Nocht Institute
Starting January 1st, BNI is a foundation under public law
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(in German

November 1st, 2007
150th birthday of BNI founder Bernhard Nocht - a vita
Full text (in German)

October 26th, 2007
10 years Ghanaian-German research cooperation
Tenth anivaersary of the Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine
Full text (in German)
KCCR website

October 16th, 2007
Hamburg Senate: Bernhard Nocht Institute will be transformed into a foundation under public law
Full text (in German)

July 6th, 2007
Award of the GlaxoSmithKline foundation for malariologist Volker Heussler
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June 10th 2007
Night of Science: 1,500 guests visit the Bernhard Nocht Institute
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May 30th, 2007
How mutations can prevent malaria
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April 10th, 2007 (Hamburg ministry of Social Affairs and Health)
Hamburg Senate grants additional 4,2 Mio. € funding for extension building at BNI
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April 4th, 2007
West Nile Virus: Germany is presently not at risk
In a joint study scientists of the Robert Koch Institute (Berlin), the Paul Ehrlich Institute (Langen) and the Bernhard Nocht Institute (Hamburg) screened samples of 3.000 birds, 200 horses, 100 patiens with neurological symptoms and 15.000 blood donors. No acute West Nile virus (WNV) infections were detected. Moreover, BNI scientists developed a specific WNV antibody test which can be used for further screenings.
Full text (in German)

February 21st, 2007
A new partner for the Travel Medicine Centre at BNI
Medical service company MD Medicus is the new co-operating partner for BNI travel health services.
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January 24th, 2007
Fighting childhood malaria in Ghana

The German TV science show “Nano”portrays 43-year-old pediatrician Jennifer Evans and her work at the Kumasi Centre for ollaborative Research in Ghana.
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EVENTS

 

March 5-7 2008
23rd Annual Meeting of the German Socienty for Parasitology
Hamburg

April - June 2008
Course on Tropical Medicine for Physicians
Language: German
Course information (in German only)

April 24th, 2008
Girls´Day

October 25th, 2008
Parasites in the blood - Focus malaria
Language: German
Practical course for laboratory staff in parasite microscopy

 


For more events (German only) see Aktuelles and Fortbildung.
 
Last update 02/2008

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