How bacteria defend against viruses

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Jörg Vogel (left; photo: HIRI / Mario Schmitt), Rotem Sorek (center; photo: Weiz
Jörg Vogel (left; photo: HIRI / Mario Schmitt), Rotem Sorek (center; photo: Weizmann Institute of Science), Veit Hornung (right; photo: David Ausserhofer / MPG)
The Israeli researcher Rotem Sorek has received the Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award worth 1.5 million euros. The money will go toward a joint project with the Helmholtz Institute Würzburg and the LMU.

For his research into bacterial defense against viruses, Rotem Sorek has received the Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award 2023, which is presented together with 1.5 million euros in prize money. The award will fund a research project that the scientist from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel will embark on in collaboration with Jörg Vogel from the Helmholtz Institute Würzburg and Veit Hornung from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich. Together, the scientists want to investigate key mechanisms of the bacterial and human immune systems. ...
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