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We are the Division for Pharmaceutical Biology in the Department Biology.

Our research is chiefly concerned with developing new biogenic delivery avenues and biomaterials that use principles found in nature to better treat bacterial infections. We are also looking at communication mechanisms between bacteria and cells to find new therapeutic approaches towards inflammatory diseases.

Further information on our group may also be found here: www.fuhrmann-lab.de

📢📢Are you a pharmacist (or (micro)biologist) with interest in pursuing a PhD in our group? We have an open position in a research project on bacterial vesicles for vaccine applications.             Interested? Check out the job description here!

Collection on Extracellular vesicles (SciRep)

Submissions are open with a deadline on 15 February 2026

How important are antibiotics and how severe are bacterial resistances? Hear Gregor discussing this in a BR radio interview

Prof Dr Gregor Fuhrmann

Chair for Pharmaceutical Biology
Department Biology, Room 02.773
Phone: +49 9131 85-28241

Email: gregor.fuhrmann@fau.de

Office

Elke Bennewitz

Biologikum B1/Room 02.772

Phone: +49 9131 85-28240
Fax: switched off for sustainability reasons

Email: elke.bennewitz@fau.de and bio-pharmbio-office@fau.de

Office hours – Thursday and Friday all day

What does a pharmaceutical biologist actually do?

Dr Claudia Vilhena

Junior Research Group Bacterial Interface Dynamics
Department Biology, Room 02.588
Phone: +49 9131 85-28240

Email: claudia.vilhena@fau.de

Prof Dr Wolfgang Kreis (Emeritus)

Division of Pharmaceutical Biology
Department Biology
Email: wolfgang.kreis@fau.de

Address

Chair for Pharmaceutical Biology
Department Biology
Staudtstr. 5
91058 Erlangen

Building B1/Biologikum