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3rd Düppeler Infection and Resistance Conference

On March 27th 2025 , the Center for Veterinary Resistance Research (TZR) at Freie Universität Berlin hosts the 3rd Düppeler Infection and Resistance Conference , spotlighting pressing topics in livestock health: Bluetongue disease, parasites, and antibiotic resistance. Esteemed speakerswill offer actionable insights for veterinary professionals. This event serves as a crucial forum for practitioners, focusing on ruminants and New World camelids, to engage in the latest research and apply scientific advances to everyday challenges in livestock care.

Oct 30, 2024 | Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR)

Berlin Seminar for Resistance Research 2024

Talk by Rainer G. Ulrich (Friedrich-Löffler-Institut, Greifswald) in the context of the Berlin Seminar for Resistance Research 2024 on the topic "Increasing preparedness by networking: 20-year network 'Rodent-borne pathogens'" . Time and Place: Wednesday, 16.04.2024 – 11:00 a.m. TZR – Ground Floor – Seminar Room 001 - Robert-von-Ostertag-Straße 8, 14163 Berlin

Apr 10, 2024 | Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR)

1. DÜPPELER INFECTION AND RESISTANCE DAYS

Update: Infectious Diseases Swine - When measures no longer work: viral, bacterial and parasitic escape strategies and other causes.

May 24, 2023 | Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR)

ERC Consolidator Grant awarded to Prof. Dr. Benedikt Kaufer

Prof. Benedikt Kaufer, Director of the Institute of Virology at FU Berlin and one of the deputy spokespersons of the Veterinary Center for Resistance Research (TZR), is being funded by the European Research Council with 2 million euros.

Feb 01, 2023 | Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR)

Dr Benjamin-Florian Hempel joins TZR as head of the Omics Laboratory

On 01 st June 2022, Dr. Benjamin-Florian Hempel started his work at the Department of Veterinary Medicine as the future Head of Laboratory Proteomics at the Veterinary Center for Resistance Research (TZR). He will take over the administrative and technical supervision of the mass spectrometry instruments and contribute his expertise in proteomics and metabolomics.

Jun 02, 2022 | Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR)

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) already ranks third among the most important global diseases in human medicine, with nearly 5 million AMR-associated deaths in 2019.

Feb 09, 2022 | Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR)

Ceremonial opening of the Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR) of Freie Universität Berlin, 26 April 2022, 14:00.

For invited guests. For members of the Department of Veterinary Medicine, there will be an opportunity to visit the TZR on 07.04.2022.

Jan 04, 2022 | Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR)

Univ. Prof. Dr Stefan Schwarz (Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics) is one of the "Highly Cited Researchers" 2021

Prof. Dr. Stefan Schwarz from the Institute of Microbiology and Epizootics of the Department of Veterinary Medicine at the Freie Universität Berlin has been ranked as one of Berlin's 37 most influential scientists in the world. The basis for the "Highly Cited Researchers" ranking of the most influential scientists in their field worldwide is the evaluation of the multidisciplinary database "Web of Science".

Jan 04, 2022 | Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR)

Understanding lung damage in COVID-19 disease

Joint press release by Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the MDC and Freie Universität Berlin

Aug 11, 2021 | Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR)

Einstein Center for Alternative Methods in Biomedical Research commences work

Jun 18, 2021 | Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR)

The Chicken’s Defenses

Press release № 076/2021 from May 03, 2021

May 03, 2021 | Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR)

Dr. Friederike Ebner appointed as professor as junior professor

Dr. Friederike Ebner (Institute of Immunology) was appointed Junior Professor by the President of Freie Universität Berlin, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Günter M. Ziegler, on 02.03.2021.

Mar 19, 2021 | Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR)

Innovative textiles for face masks can directly inactivate SARS-CoV-2 as researchers from Freie Universität Berlin and RWTH Aachen University showed

Press release No. 096/2020 from Jun 10, 2020 Researchers from Freie Universität Berlin at the Institute for Animal and Environmental Hygiene and the Institut für Textiltechnik (ITA) of RWTH Aachen University are collaborating on the topic of alternative personal protection equipment. The testing was conducted in the context of the EIT Health Project ViruShield, supported by the European Union, with the objective to discover alternative filter materials for face masks in light of tight supply and globally imbalanced supply chains for personal protective equipment.

Jun 11, 2020 | Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR)

Ernst Reuter Prize for outstanding doctoral research awarded to Dr. Jakob Trimpert, Institute of Virology, Department of Veterinary Medicine

Press release No. 377/2019 from Dec 03, 2019

Dec 06, 2019 | Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR)

FAO Reference Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance (FAO RC-AMR) at the Department of Veterinary Medicine

On November 11th, 2019, the Department of Veterinary Medicine of the FU Berlin received the official recognition as FAO Reference Centre for Antimicrobial Resistance (FAO RC-AMR), making it the first and so far only reference centre of its kind in Germany.

Dec 05, 2019 | Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR)

GerMap 2015 - Consumption of antibiotics and the spread of antimicrobial resistance in human and veterinary medicine in Germany

Nov 03, 2017 | Veterinary Centre for Resistance Research (TZR)

2nd Interim Report on the German Antibiotic Resistance Strategy (DART)