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Gießen - Marburg - Langen

München Tübingen Heidelberg Giessen – Marburg – Langen Bonn – Köln Hannover – Braunschweig Hamburg – Lübeck Borstel – Riems
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In Gießen - Marburg - Langen, emerging infectious agents are identified, new diagnostics and active agents are developed, and new active agents and vaccines are produced for scientific and industrial partners. The aim is to develop strategies to combat new or modified infectious diseases in order to be able to act quickly in the event of outbreaks of new infectious agents, e. g. through the development of vaccines. The focus in Marburg is on viral pathogens, in Gießen on bacteria and antibiotic resistance, and in Langen on research into novel vaccine concepts. The participating institutions contribute existing infrastructures such as the BSL-4 laboratory in Marburg, the BSL-3 laboratory and animal facilities at the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI) in Langen and the Microbial Genome Research Center in Gießen. The PEI contributes to the rapid translation of research results into practice with its expertise in the field of drug approval and development. Accordingly, the PEI is home to the Office for Scientific and Regulatory Advice (OSRA) as part of the DZIF Product Development Unit.