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In this episode of the One Health Podcast, Dr. Dana Thal talks to Prof. Dr. Matthias Liess, Head of the Department of Systems Ecotoxicology at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research. Among other things, they discuss the complex interrelationships in (aquatic) ecosystems. What effects can pesticides have in bodies of water and how can this affect human health?

In the first episode of the One Health Podcast, Dr. Dana Thal talks to Prof. Dr. Fabian Leendertz, founding director of the Helmholtz Institute for One Health and one of the three site managers of the One Health Platform, about the One Health approach in general. What does the approach involve? What opportunities and challenges does it offer for research? What contribution can One Health make to disease prevention?

In this episode, Dr. Magdalena Meyer, PostDoc at the Institute of Evolutionary Ecology and Conservation Genomics at the University of Ulm, gives an insight into her exciting research on the ecology of diseases and the complex interactions between pathogens and their hosts.

In order to accommodate the diversity of existing basic research and clinical activities in the field of One Health, the office of the Research Platform is located in three closely linked locations: Münster; c/o Institute of Virology, University Münster Greifswald - Insel Riems; c/o Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health Greifswald; c/o Helmholtz Institute for One Health

The health of humans, animals and ecosystems (including the climate) are closely linked. For example, many current threats such as zoonoses (i.e. diseases that can be transmitted between humans and animals), antimicrobial resistance, changes in biodiversity or environmental pollution affect humans, animals and the surrounding environment.