About us
The Pharma Center Bonn (PZB) is a cross-faculty center with members from the Faculties of Medicine, Mathematics and Natural Sciences as well as Agricultural, Nutritional and Engineering Sciences.
Mission
Modern pharmaceutical research is a complex, interdisciplinary process. To optimise this, leading scientists from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bonn established the Pharma Center Bonn (PZB). The PZB acts as an interface between basic and applied research (“from bench to bedside”). It The PZB brings together the expertise of leading scientists from the three participating faculties
- The PZB unites leading scientists specialising in drug research from the University of Bonn's Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Faculty of Agriculture.
- It promotes collaboration and networking among scientists working in pharmaceutical research across disciplines and faculties.
- As a university center, the PZB is dedicated to independent academic pharmaceutical research
- It defines itself as an interface between basic and applied research
Vision
The aim of the Pharma Center Bonn (PZB) is to promote multidisciplinary biopharmaceutical research and advancing the fundamental research in the fields of pharmaceutical sciences, pharmacology, and drug discovery & development. The PZB is equipped with cutting-edge technology platforms and top research groups ranging from pharmaceutical & medicinal chemistry, pharmacology & toxicology, pharmaceutical biology & microbiology, and pharmaceutical technology/pharmaceutics as well as structural biology. Our vision is to give new impulses for drug research and development based on academic research that will be translated to new therapies and diagnostics. Interactions with biotech and pharmaceutical companies is on an “equal footing”
Board
The board of the Pharma Center Bonn is responsible for the center's profile development. It decides on the direction of the center, the support of research projects and coordinates new research alliances as well as research funding applications. It plans and promotes events such as the Pharmaceutical Colloquium, scientific symposia and new collaborative initiatives.
The Board consists of five members from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine. It is elected by the members of the Center for a period of three-years.
Speaker and Vice Speaker
Prof. Dr. Christa E. Müller
- Pharmaceutical Insitute
- Pharmaceutical & Medicinal Chemistry
- Faculty of Mathematics & Natural Sciences
Prof. Dr. Alexander Pfeifer
- Institute of Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Biomedical Center
- Faculty of Medicine
Board members
Prof. Dr. Bernd Fleischmann
- Institute of Physiologiy I
- Faculty of Medicine
Prof. Dr. Philipp Sasse
- Institute of Physiology I
- Faculty of Medicine
Prof. Dr. Günter Weindl
- Pharmaceutical Insitute
- Pharmacology & Toxicology
- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
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Projects
Scientific Advisory Board
The Scientific Advisory Board provides advice to the Pharma Center Bonn. It gives recommendations and expert opinions on strategic development. The members are elected by the Center for three years.
Dr. Nils Burkhardt
Vice President, Head, Lead Discovery Wuppertal Bayer AG, Bayer Pharma, Deutschland
Prof. Dr. Verena Dirsch
Deputy Head of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Vienna, Austria
Prof. Dr. Stefan A. Laufer
Chair of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Head of Medicinal Chemistry, Department of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Tuebingen, Germany
Dr. Peter Nussbaumer
Managing Director u. Head of Medicinal Chemistry, Lead Discovery Center GmbH, Dortmund, Deutschland
Dr. Andreas Wagener
Business Development Manager Pharma, Asahi Kasei Europe GmbH, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
Advisory board meeting 2023
The Advisory Board met in Bonn at the invitation of BIGS DrugS speakers Prof. Alexander Pfeifer and Prof. Christa E. Müller.
Members
The PZB is a cross faculty center with members from three faculties of the University of Bonn: the Faculty of Mathematics & Natural Sciences, the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Agricultural, Nutritional and Engineering Sciences.
Memberships and partners
The PZB interacts with various Transdisciplinary Research Areas (TRAs) of the University of Bonn. The majority of PZB scientists are members of TRA3 “Life and Health”. In addition, there are close relationships with TRA2 (Building Blocks of Matter and Fundamental Interactions) and TRA6 (Innovation and Technology for a Sustainable Future). Furthermore, PZB scientists are members of other organizations, some of them in leading positions:
- Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Deutsche Pharmazeutische Gesellschaft (DPhG)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für experimentelle und klinische Pharmakologie und Toxikologie (DGPT)
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- European Federation of Medicinal Chemistry and Chemical Biology (EFMC)
- German Purine Club
- Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GdCh)
- Gesellschaft für Phytotherapie e.V.
- Academic Drug Discovery Consortium (ADDC)
- Medical Informatics Initiative Germany
- PharmMetriX
- Aktionsbündnis Patientensicherheit
- Pharmaceutical Care Network Europe
- Central European Society for Anticancer Drug Research – EWWIV
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Drug Regulatory Affairs
- more
The following partner organizations and institutions from academia and industry support the PZB:
- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences of the University of Bonn
- Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bonn
- Faculty of Agricultural, Nutritional and Engineering Sciences.
- BIGS DrugS
- Limes Institute
- German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE)
- Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM)
- Bayer AG
- and more
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Research & Training
Development of new pharmacological target structures as well as new chemical and biological lead structures as potential drug candidates. Active participation in the training of young scientists.
Members of the PZB
Experts from various areas of drug and pharmaceutical research from three faculties at the University of Bonn.
Projects
Pooling the expertise of scientists and successful joint research in interdisciplinary projects.