In order to combat the pandemic and pandemic impact of COVID-19 infections, additional needs are needed at various levels. In the field of research, the following four fields of need have emerged in the departments of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Giessen, which range from basic research and animal model-oriented experiments to the analyses of patient samples and clinical trials, in the sense of translation: Molecular and cellular phenotyping of COVID-19 infections; Research on the patho-mechanisms of the coronavirus in the animal model; Expansion of the biobank for COVID-19 patient samples and establishment of ex-vivo models; Storage of COVID-19-based patient data and analyses.