Jürgen Repp

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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

15.05.2025

Hör- & Gucktipp: Microbe TVMicrobe TV: Interview with Holger Heine

Holger Heine, head of the research group “Innate Immunity” was interviewed by the podcast network “MicrobeTV” at the meeting of the “Society for Leukocyte Biology” last year. You can now watch or listen to the episode “Innate immunity to Archaea”!
13.05.2025

Appointment of Professor Stefan Niemann as Directeur d'Études at the EPHE in Paris

Professor Dr Stefan Niemann, a world-renowned expert in tuberculosis epidemiology, has been appointed Directeur d'Études Cumulant (DECU) at the prestigious École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) in Paris. This distinguished five-year position, entitled "Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genomics", recognises his outstanding contributions to tuberculosis (TB) research and marks his integration into the Phylopath tea
12.05.2025

Book a Scientist - Speed-Dating mit der Wissenschaft

Es ist wieder soweit! Am 3. Juni 2025 gibt es die Möglichkeit, sich 25 Minuten lang mit einer Expertin oder einem Experten der Leibniz-Gemeinschaftauszutauschen und alles zu fragen, was Sie schon immer zu Ihrem Lieblingsthema wissen wollten.