Unit approved
A new international research group aims to develop new approaches to prevent and treat cytomegalovirus infection. Lars Dölken, a virology expert from Würzburg, is the research unit's spokesman. "Cytomegalovirus, beware of this new research group!" This could be the motto of a new research unit recently approved by the German Research Foundation (DFG). It is titled: "Advanced concepts in cellular control of cytomegalovirus ". Professor Lars Dölken, who holds the Chair of Virology at the Institute for Virology and Immunobiology at the University of Würzburg, is the spokesman of the research unit which brings together scientists from Würzburg, Freiburg, Tübingen, Hannover, Braunschweig and Croatia. The DFG will fund the research unit with EUR 3.4 million for the first three years. Around EUR 1.4 million of the funding amount will be allocated to the University of Würzburg.
