The biomedical research institutions in Jena:
Medical Faculty of FSU Faculty of Biology and Pharmacy at FSU Leibniz Institute for Age Research - Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology e.V. - Hans-Knöll-Institute (HKI)
BioRegio e.V.
have assembled in the VBMF to promote further cooperations and coherence in an effort to develop Jena as a prominent address for biomedical research.