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Cluster of Excellence “Controlling Microbes to Fight Infections” (CMFI)

News

New pathoblocker is to stop Salmonella infections early on
11.04.2025 New pathoblocker is to stop Salmonella infections early on CMFI News
Daniel Petras receives Mattauch Herzog Award
01.04.2025 Daniel Petras receives Mattauch Herzog Award CMFI News
"Neues Laborwerkzeug hilft gegen multiresistente Keime"
26.03.2025 "Neues Laborwerkzeug hilft gegen multiresistente Keime" In the Media

GEO

Bastian Molitor at Deutschlandfunk Kultur panel discussion
23.03.2025 Bastian Molitor at Deutschlandfunk Kultur panel discussion In the Media

Deutschlandfunk Kultur

"Das Mikrobiom" CMFI Podcast Episode 3
17.03.2025 "Das Mikrobiom" CMFI Podcast Episode 3 In the Media

Inside CMFI Podcast

Tool identifies specific viruses to combat dangerous bacteria
14.03.2025 Tool identifies specific viruses to combat dangerous bacteria Press Release

Events

Systems immunological assessment of vaccine responses in cancer patients
22.05.2025 Systems immunological assessment of vaccine responses in cancer patients 12:30 pm 2:00 pm Joint Microbiological Colloquium Florian Wimmers More
Public goods impact S. aureus proliferation in the context of the nasal microbiome
05.06.2025 Public goods impact S. aureus proliferation in the context of the nasal microbiome 12:30 pm 2:00 pm Joint Microbiological Colloquium Simon Heilbronner More
NCII: Novel concepts in innate immunity 2025
10.06.2025 – 13.06.2025 NCII: Novel concepts in innate immunity 2025 Conference More
The architecture, assembly, and evolution of a complex flagellar motor
23.06.2025 The architecture, assembly, and evolution of a complex flagellar motor 12:30 pm 2:00 pm CMFI Invited Speaker Beile Gao More
The many faces of Cutibacterium acnes: from acne to anti-aging
26.06.2025 The many faces of Cutibacterium acnes: from acne to anti-aging 12:30 pm 2:00 pm Joint Microbiological Colloquium Holger Brüggemann More
Unraveling Bacterial Adaptive Evolution to Innovate Next-Generation Antimicrobial Strategies
03.07.2025 Unraveling Bacterial Adaptive Evolution to Innovate Next-Generation Antimicrobial Strategies 12:30 pm 2:00 pm Joint Microbiological Colloquium Christoph Ernst More
The Core Facility for Genomics & QBiC
10.07.2025 The Core Facility for Genomics & QBiC 12:30 pm 2:00 pm Joint Microbiological Colloquium Nicolas Casadei, Oleksandra Karpiuk, Morgana Oquendo, Stefan Czemmel More
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17.07.2025 tba 12:30 pm 2:00 pm Joint Microbiological Colloquium Franziska Faber More
Nasal Microbiota in Animals
24.07.2025 Nasal Microbiota in Animals 12:30 pm 2:00 pm Joint Microbiological Colloquium Karl Kochanowski More

About the CMFI

The surfaces of the human body host colonies of microorganisms, known as microbiomes. Along with bacteria which have a positive effect on human health, microbiomes contain potentially life-threatening pathogens. In the past, broad-spectrum antibiotics have often been used to tackle them. Nowadays it is known that this not only promotes resistance to antibiotics – in many cases it also damages the microbiome as a whole. 

 

CMFI researchers aim to develop new strategies to control microbial mechanisms and fight infections.

The Cluster of Excellence CMFI brings together roughly 150 researchers from different disciplines such as infection biology, immunology, bioinformatics, pharmaceutical biology, antibiotics research, molecular and medical microbiology, biotechnology, environmental biology, systems biology, chemistry, and medical history and ethics. Their common goal is to elucidate the mechanisms of interaction between beneficial and harmful bacteria and the host in order to develop novel targeted therapeutic and anti-infective treatments.

The CMFI is one of 57 Clusters of Excellence funded by German federal and state governments as part of the Excellence Strategy to sustainably strengthen Germany as a center of science, improve its international competitiveness and make cutting-edge research at German universities visible. In addition to the University of Tübingen, the Max Planck Institute for Biology and the University Hospital Tübingen are involved in the CMFI.

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