Junior scientist Karoline Rieckmann of ZIM receives 1st place of this year's research award of the bpt division pig
We are very pleased with Karoline Rieckmann about this award of the Bundesverband Praktizierender Tierärzte e.V. (bpt).
Institute of Virology
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We are an institute of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. We are part of the Center for Infectious Medicine (ZIM) and our premises are accomodating the Core Unit Flow Cytometry (CUDZ).
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SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics for pets and companion animals now available!
The Institute of Virology at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Leipzig now offers a PCR-based detection method for the detection of the new coronavirus - SARS-CoV-2 - in pets and companion animals. Suitable test material are swabs from the nose and/or throat. Sampling systems with a virus…
Usutu virus - interdisciplinary research has started
The Dres. Jutta & Georg Bruns Foundation supports excellent veterinarian at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Leipzig. The doctoral student Ms. Maria Wald will work in an interdisciplinary team around Dr. habil. Claudia Claus (Institute of Virology, University Hospital Leipzig) and Dr. Michael Sieg…
Virologist receives Hans Schleiter Prize
Within the scope of extensive epidemiological studies, an interdisciplinary team around Dr. Michael Sieg was able to prove for the first time the presence of a new feline paramyxovirus in domestic cats in Germany. The results of this research were published in the internationally renowned magazine…
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Our facility is located in the southwest of Leipzig, only a short distance from the city center. You can reach us comfortably by public transport or car.
