About DZL
The German Center for Lung Research was established in 2011 as one of the German Centers for Health Research. It is funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space and connects leading university and non-university institutions across Germany. Its mission is to improve understanding of the causes of lung diseases and to translate research findings more rapidly into prevention, diagnosis, and therapy.
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The German Center for Lung Research is organized into five sites across Germany. Each site contributes its own scientific focus areas and expertise. Through close collaboration, these competencies complement one another, enabling research findings to be developed across sites and jointly translated into medical application.
The ARCN focuses on COPD, lung cancer, as well as asthma and allergies. This translational consortium brings together leading pneumological expertise from Schleswig-Holstein and integrates basic, clinical, and patient-oriented research across strong academic and clinical partners.
Partner institutions:
• Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
• Universität zu Lübeck
• Forschungszentrum Borstel – Leibniz Lung Center
• LungenClinic Grosshansdorf
• Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel and Lübeck campuses)
Comprehensive Pneumology Center Munich is an internationally leading center for translational research into chronic lung diseases. It combines top-level expertise in basic research and clinical medicine to develop new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches for conditions such as asthma, allergies, and interstitial lung diseases.
Partner institutions:
• Helmholtz Zentrum München
• Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
• LMU Klinikum München
• Asklepios Lung Clinic Gauting
Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg is an interdisciplinary center for translational lung research. It unites university and non-university partners to advance diagnostics and therapies for chronic and malignant lung diseases through the close integration of basic and clinical research.
Partner institutions:
• Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
• Heidelberg University
• German Cancer Research Center
• European Molecular Biology Laboratory
• Thoraxklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center focuses on translational research into inflammatory and hyperproliferative lung diseases. By closely integrating basic and clinical research, it investigates the mechanisms of asthma, COPD, pneumonia, acute lung failure, and pulmonary hypertension, while developing new therapeutic strategies.
Partner institutions:
• Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
• Philipps-Universität Marburg
• Max Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research, Bad Nauheim
• German COPD and Systemic Consequences – Comorbidities Network (COSYCONET)
DZL Academy
The DZL Academy is the junior program of the German Center for Lung Research and is aimed at students, doctoral candidates, and postdocs from DZL research groups.
As Academy Fellows, early-career researchers benefit from targeted training and career development opportunities, mentoring, networking, and exchange within a strong DZL-wide community. The Academy supports young scientists in both their professional and personal development while actively fostering collaboration and individual initiative.
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