The Hyg wishes you a wonderful Christmas season and a happy year 2026
Christmas 2025 is approaching quickly. In light of the many social and political upheavals we have experienced this year, 2024 now seems almost like a time of calm in retrospect. Much of what we long took for granted—truth, prosperity, democracy, and peace—is increasingly being questioned. The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence embodies both promise and peril. Like Alfred Nobel’s dynamite, its impact will ultimately depend on whether it is guided by people of integrity and goodwill.
Thankfully, there are countless such people. Every day, they make small things possible, achieve quiet miracles, and remind us why this world remains worth living in—despite all challenges. In 2026, we will surely be among them again: encouraging one another, offering strength, and extending a helping hand where it is needed.
The upcoming holidays are, of course, a time for kindness, generosity, and solidarity. They are also a time for reflection—for appreciating what we have, and for holding in our thoughts those who must begin the new year in war, hardship, or poverty.
I would like to thank you sincerely for your irreplaceable work and wish you and your families a peaceful Christmas season, as well as health, hope, and every success in the year ahead.
Dr. Thomas-Benjamin Seiler
We are looking for a Deputy Head for our Environmental Microbiology & Water Hygiene department (m/f/d) to start as soon as possible.
We are looking for a laboratory assistant/technical assistant/technician (m/f/d) for our Environmental and Consumer Protection Department to start as soon as possible.
We are looking for a graduate assistant as office assistance to join our Water Hygiene Materials Testing department as soon as possible.
