Kiel University’s research focus Kiel Life Science (KLS) is founded on strategic investments in technological infrastructure excellence. KLS scientists work in research-driven networks without any borders in terms of disciplines or institutions. The cluster of excellence “Inflammation at Interfaces”, major collaborative research centers, priority programs, and an international Max Planck research school currently form the core facilities of KLS. Within this extensive framework, comprising further external partner organizations, fruitful scientific cooperation and productive exchange is enabled.

• Cluster of Excellence 2167 "Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation" (PMI): precisionmedicine.de
• Collaborative Research Center 1182: Origin and Function of Metaorganisms
• Collaborative Research Center 877: Proteolysis as a Regulatory Event in Pathophysiology
• Kiel Plant Center (KPC): plant-center.uni-kiel.de/en
• ZMB: Centre for Molecular Biosciences Kiel
• Research Training Group  „Translational Evolutionary Research“ (RTG 2501)
• Research Unit (FOR 5042) miTarget: The microbiome as a therapeutic target in inflammatory bowel diseases
• SYSCID: A systems medicine approach to chronic inflammatory diseases
• Interactive platform in evolutionary sciences: Kiel Evolution Center
• FoCus / Centre for preventive nutrition and food research (ZpEL): Competence network Food Chain Plus
• International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Evolutionary Biology
• Research Training Group 1743: Genes, Environment, Inflammation
• Bioinformatics Network
• Kiel Oncology Network
• UCCSH: Universitäres Cancer Center Schleswig-Holstein
• Kiel Network of Analytical Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry
• CCGA: Competence Centre for Genomic Analysis