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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

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.
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.
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.

Studienzentrum

Contacts,
Name	Details
Dr. med. Niklas Köhler	FG Gruppe_en: Center for Clinical Studies Phone: +49 4537 / 188-3670 Leiter Studienzentrum
Johanna Döhling	FG Gruppe_en: Center for Clinical Studies Phone: +49 4537 / 188-3170, 8080
Lenka Krabbe	FG Gruppe_en: Center for Clinical Studies Phone: +49 4537 / 188-7060, 8080
Stefanie Berg	FG Gruppe_en: Center for Clinical Studies Phone: +49 4537 / 188-6361

Events

Lipidomics Forum 2026

7. - 9. September 2026
Borstel
CMMC Symposium 2026 in Molecular Medicine

28.-29.09.2026

Medical Campus of the University of Cologne, Germany
NDI³ Symposium 2026

5. November 2026
Borstel