View of the clinic for Internal Medicine in Lobeda from the Erlanger Allee in October 1998 before the construction of the FZL house F4

The building site of the FZL

View onto the first section of the university hospital in Jena Lobeda

History & Development

FZL House F4

Within the framework of the new buildings of the Jena University Hospital, a first research building, the present House F4, was erected in the first section of the building along the Erlanger Allee. The foundation stone was laid on 05. May 1999. With the inauguration of the building, on May 6, 2002, it was called the "Research Center Lobeda". The short form is FZL (German abreviation).

The FZL offers labs and cross-sections for experimental research as well as seminar and course rooms for teaching events of the clinics and institutes at the Lobeda location on 4 floors.

Central Research Labs MTI (Medical-Theoretical Institutes)

In 2008 the new Central Research Labs of the University Clinic were established. These are located in the area of the Medical-Theoretical Institutes in the city center, Nonnenplan 2-4.

The central laboratories comprise 6 laboratory rooms and can be used by all employees of the Faculty of Medicine.

FZL House F2

With the start of the second construction phase of the university clinic and the planned addition of additional clinics of the inner city area to Lobeda, it was necessary to create a new space for the research groups of these hospitals as well as two institutes (Institute for Human Genetics, Institute for Forensic Medicine) at Lobeda.

A new research and institute building was erected on a further area along the Erlanger Allee. The building was first called "FuI" in the construction phase. Today the house bears the name FZl House F2.

An interdisciplinary research center was created on an area of 6500 m², which offers excellent conditions. In addition to modern laboratory rooms, conference and meeting rooms, high-quality infrastructure facilities are available, which can be shared by the research groups.

The building was opened in November 2016 and first users moved in.