Since the last large Zika fever epidemic in Brazil 2015/2016, during which an association of the infectious disease with severe neurological syndromes was identified (Guillain-Barré syndrome in adults, congenital neurological damages in newborns), the demand for reliable diagnostic tests has increased extremely. With the new PCR-based direct detection, EUROIMMUN complements the existing range of serological […]
On July 26th, EUROIMMUN US organizes a webinar on autoimmune encephalitis. The presenter will be Maarten Titulaer, PhD, professor for neurology at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam. Previously, he worked with Prof. Josep Dalmau, who first described the anti-NMDAR encephalitis, at the universities of Pennsylvania and Barcelona, investigating anti-NMDAR and anti-LGI1 antibodies. Registration for the webinar
A few days ago, the second international sculpting symposium on the EUROIMMUN premises in Lübeck came to an end. The nine international sculptors had had almost three weeks time to once again prove their skills. This year’s topic was “Humans and Technology”. Instead of the oak wood used during the first symposium 2015, finest Carrara marble was
Dominik J. has been working as a product manager at EUROIMMUN for two years and tells us about his start with the new employer. Please tell us how you came to EUROIMMUN! I sent a speculative application and was first invited to an interview as a scientist in the field of allergy diagnostics. I had
Toxoplasmosis is an infectious disease which is caused by the parasite Toxoplasma gondii and primarily affects cats. Nonetheless, other mammals, including humans, can be an intermediary host and become infected with this pathogen. The detection of Toxoplasma infections in humans is of great significance in pre-natal diagnostics since primary infections of the mother may lead
