 The CPC is also one of five DZL (German Center for Lung Research) sites, initiated by the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) DZG (German Health Research Centres) facilities.On 12 July 2010 the Federal Research Minister Annette Schavan and the Bavarian Science Minister Wolfgang Heubisch opened the Lung Research Center [1].The CPC is headed by a scientific director Prof. Oliver Eickelberg, MD and a clinical director Prof. Jürgen Behr, MD.