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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 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

  • calendar regular02.06.2025

    Update Allergologie: Interdisziplinärer Austausch im Herrenhaus des Forschungszentrums Borstel

    Bereits zum 37. Mal trafen sich führende Expertinnen und Experten im Rahmen des renommierten „Allergie-Kolloquiums“ am Forschungszentrum Borstel, Leibniz Lungenzentrum, um sich über die aktuellen Erkenntnisse und Entwicklungen auf dem Gebiet der Allergologie auszutauschen. Ein Highlight der Veranstaltung war auch in diesem Jahr die Verleihung des Kanert-Preises für Allergieforschung.

  • calendar regular03.06.2025

    Stool4TB celebrates breakthroughs in tuberculosis diagnostics

    Stool4TB research consortium convened last week in Mbabane for its final annual meeting, celebrating a major milestone in its mission to revolutionize tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics. The event marked the successful completion of a multi-country study aimed at improving TB detection among children and people living with HIV using a non-invasive, stool-based qPCR test

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