Prof. Dr. Andra Schromm

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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

News

14.10.2026

SeqNET+ Consortium Meets to Strengthen Global Collaboration on Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis and other Pathogens

Drug-resistant tuberculosis remains a major and dangerous public health threat worldwide. Against this background, partners from four countries with a high burden of drug-resistant tuberculosis—Eswatini, Mozambique, Namibia, and Moldova—met with international partners for the first Annual Consortium Meeting of the SeqNET+ project.
07.10.2026

Tashkent Summit: Accelerating Action Against TB and HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

The World Health Organization (WHO) European Region, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and the Ministry of Health of Uzbekistan convened on September 29th-30th for a high-level regional workshop in Tashkent aimed at strengthening health responses to tuberculosis (TB) and HIV across Eastern Europe and Central Asia (EECA).
05.10.2026

New drug candidate for asthma shows promise in a mouse model

Researchers at the Research Centre Borstel, Leibniz Lung Centre, have modified an endogenous anti-inflammatory messenger substance so that it remains active in the body for longer. In a mouse model, the new variant of interleukin-37 significantly reduced the typical symptoms of allergic asthma.

FG Gruppe_en: Immunobiophysics

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Events

BREATHE LECTURE SERIES 2026/2027

18.09.2026 - 22.01.2027
Online
NDI³ Symposium 2026

5. November 2026
Borstel
Invitation LCI Symposium 2027

28.-29. Januar 2027
Centre for Structural Systems Biology (CSSB) in Hamburg