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ILH News

2025-07-09

Excellence, Responsibility, and Community – The DZL Annual Meeting 2025 in Heidelberg

From June 30 to July 2, 2025, the DZL community gathered at the Heidelberg site TLRC for the 13th DZL Annual Meeting. With around 730 participants and the largest poster session in DZL history, the Meeting set new standards and sent a strong signal for scientific excellence, responsibility, and a powerful sense of community.
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2025-06-11

"Why do we breathe?" - Prof. Natascha Sommer explains the human respiratory system at Justus' Kinderuni

At Justus' Children's University, Prof. Dr. Natascha Sommer - Adjunct Faculty member at the Institute for Lung Health (ILH) - took curious young minds on a journey through the human respiratory system.
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2025-06-01

CPI once again designated as a Cluster of Excellence

The Cardio-Pulmonary Institute (CPI) is among the selected Clusters of Excellence in the current funding line of the German Research Foundation (DFG) and will receive funding for another seven years. Out of 98 applications, the CPI was successfully selected.
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