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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 regular17.07.2025

    New study reveals alarmingly low treatment success rates for extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in Europe

    A landmark multinational study published in The Lancet Regional Health – Europe has revealed that only 40% of patients with extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in the WHO European Region achieved successful treatment outcomes.

  • calendar regular07.07.2025

    How does resistance develop—and what can be done to preserve Antibiotic effectiveness?

    Using laboratory experiments and mathematical calculations, researchers at the FZB have for the first time been able to define the areas in which the development of resistance to two important tuberculosis drugs is favored.

  • calendar regular01.07.2025

    European Advanced Course in Clinical Tuberculosis 2025 convenes global experts in Borstel Borstel, Germany

    The European Advanced Course in Clinical Tuberculosis (EACCTB) 2025 concluded successfully this week, bringing together 120 clinicians, scientists, and public health professionals from 13 countries at the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center. This premier 3-day event provided a comprehensive update on the clinical management and research developments in tuberculosis (TB), a disease that continu

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Torsten Goldmann

  • FG Gruppe_en: Histology

Contact

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Torsten Goldmann
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+49 4537 / 188-2310
+49 4537 / 188-2290

Links

Events

  • Lipidomics Forum 2025

    calendar regular14. - 17. September 2025
    location dot solidUniversity Vienna, Institute of Analytical Chemistry, 1090 Vienna, Austria

  • Northern Germany Meeting on Infection, Immunology and Inflammation

    calendar regular08. Oktober 2025
    location dot solidBorstel

  • Antibiotics LC-MS/MS Quantitation - DZIF Online Course

    calendar regular16. Oktober 2025
    location dot solidonline