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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).
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News

  • calendar regular 28.07.2026

    Broad coalition to combat drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe

    Tuberculosis remains the world’s deadliest infectious disease caused by a single pathogen. In 2024, an estimated 10.7 million people worldwide developed tuberculosis, and 1.23 million died from the disease. The situation is particularly critical for drug-resistant tuberculosis: only around two in five affected individuals had access to treatment in 2024. Moreover, treatment outcomes remain substantially poorer than for drug-susceptible tuberculosis.

  • calendar regular 24.07.2026

    Expertise Knows No Borders: Diana Udovenko Wins the BREATHE Final Quiz

    The first online lecture series on infectious diseases organized as part of the BREATHE project concluded with an interactive “Infectious Diseases Jeopardy” quiz. Dr Diana Udovenko achieved the highest score and received a Littmann stethoscope in recognition of her quick and precise answers.

  • calendar regular 21.07.2026

    Asthma: New Mechanism of Action Curbs Inflammatory Response

    A team from the University of Bonn and the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center (FZB) has discovered a previously unknown mechanism of action for a synthetic peptide that mitigates excessive inflammatory responses in allergic asthma. This mechanism specifically inhibits a key inflammatory switch in the immune system and opens up new avenues for treating chronic inflammatory diseases. The findings have now been published in the journal Advanced Science.

  • FG Gruppe_en: Bioanalytical Chemistry

Contact

PD Dr. Dominik Schwudke
Address:
Forschungszentrum Borstel, Leibniz Lungenzentrum
Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center
Parkallee 1-40
23845 Borstel
Email:
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Phone:
+49 4537 / 188-2320
Fax:
+49 4537 / 188-2091

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Events

  • Lipidomics Forum 2026

    calendar regular7. - 9. September 2026
    location dot solidBorstel

  • CMMC Symposium 2026 in Molecular Medicine
    calendar regular28.-29.09.2026

    location dot solidMedical Campus of the University of Cologne, Germany

  • NDI³ Symposium 2026

    calendar regular5. November 2026
    location dot solidBorstel