INNOVATIVE GRE IFSWALD 20 ters on the Island of Riems a sub urb of the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald The work done by the institute mainly aims to protect food produc ing animals from animal diseases and from infectious diseases that are transmissible between animals and humans zoonoses Furthermore the institute works towards improving the welfare of farm animals and the pro duction of high quality animal feeds The work of the twelve special ist institutes is characterised by the combination of basic research and practical orientation The Loeffler In stitut operates more than 75 nation al reference laboratories for declar able and notifiable animal diseases In addition to other international tasks they also run nine reference laboratories for the World Organisa tion for Animal Health The location on the Island of Riems currently employs 420 people Even though it is located outside the city limits for the reasons men tioned above the Friedrich Loeffler Institut has a diverse range of con nections to the city and the whole region of Vorpommern For example there is close and coordinated col laboration in the areas of research and teaching based on a coopera tive agreement with the University of Greifswald This includes bache lor s master s and doctoral theses by students of human biology and biology as well as professorships at the university and collaboration on international projects The construction of the new lab oratory and stable buildings and the renovation and extension of the office buildings on the Island of Riems be tween 2008 and 2013 made the Frie drich Loeffler Institut one of the most modern and certainly one of the saf est research facilities in the world In the future the institute will continue to expand its international activities beyond its existing collab orations and activities The way has been paved for this development with the establishment of a twelfth Specialist Institute for International Animal Health One Health Below Growing a virus on a cell culture for further analysis Right Mural in the stairwell of the historical main building of the institute where the institute s management offices are located

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