Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Associated partners of the DZIF are researchers based at German universities and research institutions that are not among the DZIF’s member institutions. Partners at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin are (as of March 31, 2026):
Christian Drosten, Marcel Müller, Victor Corman, Felix Drexler, Sandra Junglen, Florian Kurth, Birgit Sawitzki, Christine Geffers, and Luisa Denkel.
The Charité Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine is one of six partners in the DZIF network "Multidrug-resistant Bacteria" (MDRO Network: R-Net 2.0). Investigations in the network focus on the epidemiology of multidrug-resistant bacteria, bloodstream infections, and Clostridioides difficile infections.
Charité Institute of Hygiene and Environmental Medicine (German only)
The Charité Institute of Virology hosts the working group "Virus detection and preparedness," an essential infrastructural component of the DZIF research area Emerging Infections, based at the Charité Institute of Virology (Campus Charité Mitte). The group, led by Prof. Christian Drosten, is responsible for the detection of emerging viruses and the development of diagnostic tests for novel and epidemic pathogens.
The research group "Virus Epidemiology," led by Prof Jan Felix Drexler, coordinates the work of several DZIF partner sites on Zika outbreaks in Latin America. The group also ollaborates closely with the Hepatitis research area on novel hepatitis viruses from animal reservoirs.