• Press Release PFAS influence cellular immune response to coronavirus
In a current study, UFZ researchers show that high PFAS exposure has a negative effect on the cellular immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. They suspect that people exposed to high levels of PFAS may have a suboptimal immune response to vaccination.»
Helmholtz is providing up to 9 million euros for research into water security. The UFZ will coordinate two of the three Solution Labs, in which water cycles in model regions will be researched and solutions tested with external partners, and is a partner in another. »
Climate change is increasing the risk of wildfires. Researchers from the UFZ have found that fire weather seasons are increasingly overlapping between eastern Australia and western North America. This has implications for cross-border cooperation between fire services. »
An international team, including researchers from UFZ and iDiv, has investigated on a global scale how the relationship between mean annual precipitation and grassland biomass changes with the addition of one or more nutrients.»
Kristin Schubert heads a junior research group at the UFZ, where she investigates how chemicals in everyday products affect our health. For example, she is analysing the role of plasticisers and microplastic particles in the development of overweight and obesity.»
I am involved in the ENDOMIX project, an EU consortium investigating the health effects of exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). In our department we focus on reproductive immunology as a health outcome. This means studying the effects of chemical mixtures on immune cells, their interaction with the placenta and the effects of maternal-fetal chemical exposure on the immune system and the health of the unborn child. More specifically, I am working on the further development of co-cultured 3D models of the human placenta, including barrier models, spheroids and organoids. This will help to answer the question of how EDCs affect the placental barrier.
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