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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 26.02.2026

    Christoph Lange receives the DZIF Prize for Translational Infection Research 2025

    Double reason to celebrate: Shortly after receiving the Oskar Medical Award, the internationally renowned tuberculosis expert has now also been honored with the DZIF Prize for Translational Infection Research 2025. At the annual conference of the German Center for Infection Research in Bonn, he was recognized for his outstanding contributions to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of tuberculosis, particularly drug-resistant tuberculosis.

  • calendar regular 04.02.2026

    Congratulations! Prof. Christoph Lange awarded the 2025 Oskar Medical Prize

      Prof. Christoph Lange, Medical Director of the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center, has been awarded the 2025 Oskar Medical Prize by the Oskar-Helene-Heim Foundation. The prize, worth €50,000, is one of the most highly endowed medical prizes in Germany.

    • calendar regular 02.02.2026

      Renewed certification for berufundfamilie audit

        The FZB has received confirmation of its “audit berufundfamilie” certification from the board of trustees of berufundfamilie Service GmbH. This is the third time that the FZB has been awarded the certificate with distinction in special recognition of its long-standing, sustainable family- and life-phase-conscious personnel policy. The certificate is regarded as a seal of quality for a strategically designed work-life balance policy.

      Prof. Dr. Stefan Niemann

      • FG Gruppe_en: Molecular and Experimental Mycobacteriology

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      Prof. Dr. Stefan Niemann
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      +49 4537 / 188-7620
      +49 4537 / 188-2091

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      Events

      • Workshop zu Vancomycin-resistenten Enterokokken (VRE) 2026

        calendar regular 02.-03.03.2026
        location dot solid  Universitätsklinikum Würzburg

      • TUBERKULOSE AKTUELL: Neues zu Surveillance, Management und Kontrolle

        calendar regular24.03.2026
        location dot solid Online

      • International Membrane Biophysics Meeting "Membranes as Biological Barriers"

        calendar regular 23.-26.03.2026
        location dot solid  Drübeck