Eva Gümbel

Part of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft eV, Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Polymerforschung IAP is a research institute located in Potsdam, Germany. Founded in 1992, the German company specializes in researching and developing polymer applications.

The Heinrich-Pette-Institut Leibniz-Institut für Experimentelle is a research institute based in Hamburg, Germany, founded in 1948 by Heinrich Pette. The institute's mission is to research the biology of viruses that cause diseases in humans, with the goal of deciphering the molecular mechanisms of viral life cycles and disease development to find new starting points and therapies for viral diseases. The institute offers public training and research units, departments, and research groups. The institute has been renamed the Leibniz Institute for Virology and is funded for another four years. The institute has organized various seminars and scientific retreats to discuss the latest research in the field of virology.