News 2025

17.02.2025
EndTB trial: Shorter and highly effective treatments for drug-resistant tuberculosis
Treatment options for persons affected by drug-resistant tuberculosis are rapidly improving. While 2 years ago standard antibiotic therapy was still recommended for 18 months with then available medicines - leading to approximately 60% of individuals achieving treatment success - novel regimens for drug-resistant tuberculosis are shorter and more effective.

17.02.2025
PANGenS-Consortium Meeting in Windhoek, Namibia: Advancing TB and Malaria Sequencing Technology Across 12 African Countries
Scientists from the Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research (NMIMR) in Ghana, the Research Center Borstel Leibniz Lung Center (RCB) in Germany, and partner institutions from across Africa and Europe gathered in Windhoek, Namibia, for the second annual meeting of the „Pan-African Network for Genomic Surveillance of Poverty Related Disease and Emerging Pathogens (PANGenS)“ consortium to discuss advancements in the capacity building strategy of this Global Health EDCTP3 funded initiative.

14.02.2025
Borsteler Biologielaborantinnen und Biologielaboranten verabschiedet
Am 31.01 wurden im Gartensaal des Borsteler Herrenhauses insgesamt 12 Biologielaborantinnen und Biologielaboranten in die Berufswelt entlassen und erhielten im Rahmen der offiziellen Entlassungsfeier ihre Zeugnisse und Gesellenbriefe. Gemeinsam mit ihren Familien, den Ausbildern und den Kolleginnen und Kollegen feierten Sie ihre großartigen Leistungen.

11.02.2025
International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Today is International Day of Women and Girls in Science. Since 2015, this day has recognized the role that women and girls play in science and technology. Women are still underrepresented in science. We at Borstel are working to change this and are pleased that we have been able to fill more management positions with women in recent years. But there is still a long way to go!