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Die Lunge im Fokus
Die Lunge im Fokus
Die Lunge im Fokus
Die Lunge im Fokus
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Focus on the lungs
We are the lung research center of the Leibniz Association.
Our main focus: Common diseases such as asthma, allergies and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), as well as infection-related inflammation of the lungs, in particular tuberculosis (TB).
Our Mission
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Chronic lung diseases
The program area is dedicated to research into asthma, COPD and allergies, as these are among the most common chronic diseases and therefore cause an enormous burden for both patients and healthcare systems.
Priority Research Area
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Infections
The Infections program area is dedicated to researching and combating bacterial infectious diseases of the lung with a focus on tuberculosis.
The aim is to improve the control and treatment of this disease.
To the program area
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Science & Technology
This area combines overarching research units that are essential for research at the FZB and represent an important link between the subject areas.
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News

  • calendar regular22.05.2025

    Major achievement for inflammation research in Northern Germany: The Cluster of Excellence PMI secures renewed funding.

  • calendar regular15.05.2025

    Hör- & Gucktipp: Microbe TVMicrobe TV: Interview with Holger Heine

    Holger Heine, head of the research group “Innate Immunity” was interviewed by the podcast network “MicrobeTV” at the meeting of the “Society for Leukocyte Biology” last year. You can now watch or listen to the episode “Innate immunity to Archaea”!

     

  • calendar regular13.05.2025

    Appointment of Professor Stefan Niemann as Directeur d'Études at the EPHE in Paris

    Professor Dr Stefan Niemann, a world-renowned expert in tuberculosis epidemiology, has been appointed Directeur d'Études Cumulant (DECU) at the prestigious École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) in Paris. This distinguished five-year position, entitled "Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genomics", recognises his outstanding contributions to tuberculosis (TB) research and marks his integration into the Phylopath tea

Events

  • Konzert mit dem
    Münchner Agathon Trio

    calendar regular24. Mai 2025
    location dot solidBorstel

  • European Advanced Course in Tuberculosis 2025

    calendar regular25.-27. June 2025
    location dot solidBorstel