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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 02.07.2026

    LCI Summer School 2026: Early-career researchers explore InfectOmics and Pathogen Data Science

    From 22–24 June 2026, around 70 PhD researchers from three Leibniz institutes gathered in Plön for the annual LCI Summer School, held at the Youth, Recreation and Education Centre Koppelsberg amid summer temperatures.

  • calendar regular 02.07.2026

    First Presentation Award for Thomas Theo Brehm at the Congress for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (KIT) 2026

    The Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center was represented at the 17th Congress for Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine (KIT) 2026 in Cologne with several scientific contributions on tuberculosis. A particular highlight was the presentation award granted to PD Dr. Thomas Theo Brehm from the Clinical Infectious Diseases Research Group, who received the congress's First Presentation Award.

  • calendar regular 01.07.2026

    Double success for Borstel tuberculosis research at the ESM Congress

    Two female scientists from the Borstel Research Center, Leibniz Lung Center (FZB) have been honoured at this year’s Congress of the European Society of Mycobacteriology (ESM) in Verona: Dr ir. Margo Diricks received the 2026 Gertrud Meissner Prize, whilst Dr Viola Dreyer was awarded a poster prize.

  • FG Gruppe_en: Molecular and Experimental Mycobacteriology

Contact

Prof. Dr. Stefan Niemann
Email:
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Phone:
+49 4537 / 188-7620
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