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Die Lunge im Fokus
Die Lunge im Fokus
Die Lunge im Fokus
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).
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.
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News

  • calendar regular20.06.2025

     Neue Erkenntnisse zur Vielfalt der Darmmikrobiota

    Ein internationales Forscherteam stellt Zusammenhang zwischen Zellform und Funktion des Darmbewohners Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron her. Auch die übergreifende Forschungseinheit „Fluoreszenz-Zytometrie“ des Forschungszentrums Borstel, Leibniz Lungenzentrum, war an dieser Studie beteiligt und brachte ihre Expertise im Bereich der Zellanalyse und -sortierung ein.

  • calendar regular20.06.2025

    Leibniz research alliance INFECTIONS launches podcast series on antibiotic resistance

    Up-to-date, science-based and attractively presented: The podcast “Mikroben im Visier” is about resistant pathogens, their distribution and ways to combat them.

  • calendar regular16.06.2025

    Sustainable Management of OMICS Data – Moving Forward Together in Research Data Management in Northern Germany

    On 5th June 2025, the Research Centre Borstel became a hub for OMICS expertise: from genomics to proteomics to lipidomics, more than 30 participants from Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Rostock, Gießen, Gent, and Heidelberg gathered to address the growing data volumes from modern sequencing technologies.

Prof. Dr. Gabriela Riemekasten

  • FG Gruppe_en: Pulmonary Immune Diseases

Contact

Position:
Klinik für Rheumatologie, UKSH, Campus Lübeck
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+49 451 / 500 45200

Links

Events

  • European Advanced Course in Tuberculosis 2025

    calendar regular25.-27. June 2025
    location dot solidBorstel

  • Northern Germany Meeting on Infection, Immunology and Inflammation

    calendar regular08. Oktober 2025
    location dot solidBorstel