Research Center Borstel

The Research Center Borstel – Leibniz Lung Center (German: Forschungszentrum Borstel – Leibniz Lungenzentrum, FZB) is a German interdisciplinary biomedical research institution located in Borstel in Schleswig-Holstein, just north of Hamburg. It is affiliated with the Leibniz Association.

Borstel manor house, the main building of the Research Center Borstel

One of the buildings of the Research Center Borstel

It was founded in 1947 as a research institute with the main focus on tuberculosis and leprosy. From its establishment until 1965 the institute was named the Tuberculosis Research Institute Borstel (German: Tuberkulose-Forschungsinstitut Borstel). A non-profit foundation, it receives a significant part of its funding from the Federal Ministry of Health and the Schleswig-Holstein state government. It has around 520 employees, and is the largest employer in Borstel.^[1][2]

The current director of the center is Stefan Ehlers.^[3]