Groundbreaking Ceremony

With numerous supporters, cooperation partners and companions, the Helmholtz Institute for RNA-based Infection Research (HIRI) Würzburg celebrated its groundbreaking ceremony on July 6. The institute, a site of the Braunschweig Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) founded in 2017 in cooperation with the Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) in the city on the River Main, will have its own building on the Würzburg medical campus. The project is being realized with funds from the Free State of Bavaria, represented by the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy, and co-financed by the European Union. In his address, Bavaria's Minister President Markus Söder emphasized the relevance of research funding for the Free State's strategy for the future.

Groundbreaking ceremony of the Helmholtz Institute Würzburg. From left: Dr Renke Deckarm (EU Commission), Prof Josef Penninger (HZI), Prof Dirk Heinz (HZI), State Secretary Judith Pirscher (BMBF), Christian Scherf (HZI), Minister President Dr Markus Söder (Free State of Bavaria), Prof Matthias Bode (JMU), Prof Jörg Vogel (HIRI), Prof Otmar D. Wiestler (Helmholtz Association), Prof Matthias Frosch (JMU), Lord Mayor Christian Schuchardt (Würzburg), State Secretary Roland Weigert (StMWi), Dipl.- Ing. Rainer Post (doranth post architects). © HIRI / Mario Schmitt

Prof Jörg Vogel (HIRI) © HIRI / Mario Schmitt

Prof Josef Penninger (HZI) © HIRI / Mario Schmitt

Groundbreaking ceremony of the Helmholtz Institute Würzburg. © HIRI / Mario Schmitt

Bavarian Minister President Dr Markus Söder (left) and HIRI director Prof Jörg Vogel. © HIRI / Mario Schmitt

Groundbreaking ceremony of the Helmholtz Institute Würzburg. © HIRI / Mario Schmitt

Dr Markus Söder (Free State of Bavaria) © HIRI / Mario Schmitt

State Secretary Judith Pirscher (BMBF) © HIRI / Mario Schmitt

Groundbreaking ceremony of the Helmholtz Institute Würzburg. © HIRI / Mario Schmitt

From left: Prof Dirk Heinz (HZI), Dr Renke Deckarm (EU Commission), Christian Scherf (HZI), State Secretary Judith Pirscher (BMBF), Minister President Dr Markus Söder (Free State of Bavaria), Prof Jörg Vogel (HIRI), Lord Mayor Christian Schuchardt (Würzburg), Prof Otmar D. Wiestler (Helmholtz Association). © HIRI / Mario Schmitt

From left: Prof Josef Penninger (HZI), Prof Dirk Heinz (HZI), Dr Renke Deckarm (EU Commission), Christian Scherf (HZI, in the background), State Secretary Judith Pirscher (BMBF), Minister President Dr Markus Söder (Free State of Bavaria), Prof Jörg Vogel (HIRI), Dipl.- Ing. Rainer Post (doranth post architects, in the background), Prof Otmar D. Wiestler (Helmholtz Association), Lord Mayor Christian Schuchardt (Würzburg), State Secretary Roland Weigert (StMWi), Prof Matthias Frosch (JMU). © HIRI / Mario Schmitt

State Secretary Roland Weigert (StMWi) © HIRI / Mario Schmitt

Dr Renke Deckarm (EU Commission) © HIRI / Mario Schmitt

Lord Mayor Christian Schuchardt (Würzburg) © HIRI / Mario Schmitt

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