Research at the Institute of Food Safety and Hygiene in the Department of Veterinary Medicine focuses on food microbiology. Researchers study how to isolate and characterize viral agents in order to reduce the risk of infectious diseases in humans. They also develop strategies to fight certain infectious diseases within the food chain and to find possible measures of optimization and intervention.

The bee working group at the Institute for Veterinary Biochemistry deals with the health of honey bees. Combating parasites such as the varroa mite is crucial to its activities. In order to analyze the honey bee’s environmental stressors, the working group cooperates with federal and state institutions as well as beekeeper associations.