Teilnehmende des LIV Scientific Retreats 2026

LIV Scientific Retreat

Exchange, new ideas and fresh perspectives – at this year’s retreat, our staff came together to connect, collaborate and develop new project ideas.

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Respiratory Viruses & Sex Hormone Metabolism

LIV and TiHo receive €1.1 million from the Volkswagen Foundation to investigate how respiratory viruses influence sex hormone metabolism.

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LIV buildingLIV, Udo Thomas

About the LIV

The LIV research focuses on human pathogenic viruses with the aim of understanding virus-related diseases and developing new therapeutic approaches.

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LIV staffLIV, Gisela Köhler

Career at LIV

At our institute we offer various positions in the scientific and science-supporting field.

Current vacancies
Scientists in the Lab© Gisela Köhler

Our research

We are studying viruses that cause disease in humans with the aim of finding new targets and therapies for viral diseases.

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About the
Leibniz Institute
of Virology

The Leibniz Institute of Virology (LIV) conducts cutting-edge research on human-pathogenic viruses. Our research focuses on viruses that are currently of great medical relevance as well as on newly emerging viruses that may pose future challenges to human health. The aim of our research is to understand virus-related diseases and to develop new approaches to treatment and prevention. In doing so, the LIV is at the forefront of modern biomedical basic research.

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