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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 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.

  • calendar regular12.06.2025

    Ab dem ersten Atemzug

    Spannendes Interview mit Susanne Krauss-Etschmann vom FZB in dem Magazin SYNERGIE der Deutschen Zentren der Gesundheitsforschung (DZG) über die Lunge und welche Faktoren vor und während der Schwangerschaft Einfluss auf unsere Lungengesundheit haben.

  • calendar regular06.06.2025

    Start of study: First participants enrolled in detecTb study

    The first two participants in the new detecTb study at the University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) were enrolled this week. The study is a joint cooperation project between the Clinical Infectious Disease Research Group of the Leibniz Lung Centre Borstel and the I Medical Clinic and Polyclinic of the UKE at the Hamburg-Lübeck-Borstel-Riems site of the German Centre for Infection Research (DZIF). The project is being man

Prof. Dr. Ulrich E. Schaible

  • FG Gruppe_en: Cellular Microbiology

Contact

Prof. Dr. Ulrich E. Schaible
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+49 4537 / 188-6000
+49 4537 / 188-2091

Links

Events

  • Konzert mit dem 
    ELDERLAND TRIO

    calendar regular21. Juni 2025
    location dot solidBorstel

  • 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