Head - Forschungszentrum Borstel, Leibniz Lungenzentrum

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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

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Chronic lung diseases

The program area is dedicated to research into asthma, COPD and allergies, as these are among the most common chronic diseases and therefore cause an enormous burden for both patients and healthcare systems.

Priority Research Area

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Infections

The Infections program area is dedicated to researching and combating bacterial infectious diseases of the lung with a focus on tuberculosis.
The aim is to improve the control and treatment of this disease.

To the program area

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Science & Technology

This area combines overarching research units that are essential for research at the FZB and represent an important link between the subject areas.

Further Information

News

16.04.2025

Focus on tuberculosis: Interdisciplinary workshop at the FZB with participants from all over Europe

From 31.3-12.4.2025 the 14-day course “Interdisciplinary training in genomic epidemiology and public health bioinformatics (5th Edition TB)” took place at the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center.
14.04.2025

Award for the best medical case report of the year. Borstel doctoral student honored at the DGP annual conference in Leipzig

Johanna Eggeling, a doctoral student in the Clinical Infectious Diseases group at the Research Center Borstel, has received the award for the best medical case report at the 2025 annual conference of the German Society of Pneumology (DGP) in Leipzig. The award is given in recognition of an outstanding individual case presentation in the journal Pneumologie that combines medical findin
03.04.2025

New test improves tuberculosis diagnosis in adults living with HIV

A molecular stool test, previously used primarily in children, is showing promising results for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in HIV-positive adults. This is the key finding of the international stool4TB study, conducted in Mozambique, Uganda, and Eswatini, with participation from the Research Center Borstel.