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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 regular16.09.2025

    Drug-resistant tuberculosis: Urgent action required!

    A new study with support from the German Center for Infection Research (DZIF) warns of the dawn of an extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) epidemic in Europe, threatening to leave physicians without effective medicines in the treatment of tuberculosis. Conducted in the Republic of Moldova, one of the world’s highest-burden countries with drug-resistant tuberculosis, this is the first nationwide evidence in the northern hemisphere of resistan

  • calendar regular04.09.2025

    The Next Step Towards Personalized Medicine: Medical Device Study on Computer-Assisted Personalized Therapy for COPD Launches at the FZB

    With the enrollment of the first patient, the PerMed-COPD study has now officially started at the Research Center Borstel, Leibniz Lung Center.

  • calendar regular19.08.2025

    On Tour: Finanzministerin Dr. Silke Schneider zu Gast am FZB

    Am 18. August 2025 besuchte die Finanzministerin des Landes Schleswig-Holstein, Dr. Silke Schneider, das Forschungszentrum Borstel, Leibniz Lungenzentrum. Begleitet von Claudia Prehn und Jannah Linz aus dem Finanzministerium informierte sie sich im Rahmen ihrer Sommertour über die aktuellen Forschungsprojekte und erhielt Einblicke in die fortlaufende Modernisierung und Weiterentwicklung der Forschungsinfrastruktur auf dem Borsteler Campus.

Events

  • Mini Symposium on Tuberculosis Diagnostics and Treatment

    calendar regular26. September 2025
    location dot solidBorstel

  • 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
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