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

The Research Center Borstel – Leibniz Center for Medicine and Biosciences (Template:Lang-de, 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.

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 (Template:Lang-de). 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.

References

  1. ^ History of the Research Center Borstel, Research Center Borstel
  2. ^ Historie und Forschungsaufgabe des Forschungszentrums Borstel (FZB)‚ Landtag of Schleswig-Holstein
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