Research Unit Behavioural Physiology

Research Unit Behavioural Physiology
Leibniz Institute for Farm Animal Biology

Organisation type: 
Research organisations
Country: 
Germany
Description: 

Expertise: FBN is located in Dummerstorf near Rostock. Of its 228 staff positions, 66.5 are held by scientists. A fluctuating number of additional positions are financed from third-party funding.

FBN lays great store in training young scientists. Some 26 FBN researchers are involved in teaching and hold visiting professorships and lectureships at six different universities.

Cooperation with science and industry at national and international level is a key component of the research work performed at FBN. The institute is currently involved in 87 cooperation projects with partners at 188 institutes in 32 countries.

Facility: The foundation of FBN