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Discovering Future Health.

We are Helmholtz Munich. We discover breakthrough solutions for better health in a rapidly changing world.

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Matthias Tschöp Awarded Lichtenberg Medal 2025

Alexander-von-Humboldt Professor Matthias Tschöp was awarded the esteemed Lichtenberg medal on…

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Start of the M1 Munich Medicine Alliance

The M1 Munich Medicine Alliance has officially launched, bringing together the two Munich-based…

Start of the M1 Munich Medicine Alliance

m4 Award 2025 Goes to Helmholtz Munich for RNA Therapy Innovation

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich received the pre-seed competition m4 Award 2025 for their…

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Honoring Doctoral Researchers and Supervisors at Helmholtz Munich

Outstanding achievements in early-career research and academic mentoring were celebrated at an…

HELENA Award Ceremony July 2

AI That Thinks Like Us – and Could Help Explain How We Think

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich have developed an artificial intelligence model that can…

Digital brain interface

Helmholtz Munich Joins European Vaccines Hub for Pandemic Readiness

The European Commission has launched the European Vaccines Hub (EVH) for Pandemic Readiness, a…

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Zeynep Akata Receives 2025 ZukunftsWissen Award

Professor Zeynep Akata has been awarded the 2025 ZukunftsWissen Prize by the German National…

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Cancer Plasticity Atlas To Improve Cancer Therapies

Helmholtz Munich, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, and Parse Biosciences have announced a…

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Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Honors Janna Nawroth as Henriette Herz Scout

Dr. Janna Nawroth, Principal Investigator at the Helmholtz Munich Pioneer Campus, has been…

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Upcoming Events

12th Helmholtz Diabetes Conference | Diabetes and Liver Health

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The 12th Helmholtz Diabetes Conference will be hosted by Stephan Herzig (Helmholtz Diabetes Center) and Anja Zeigerer (Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University), with a special focus on liver health.

September 22 - 24, 2025, Munich

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Rethinking COPD Research: International Seminar

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As part of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) congress, the seminar “Regenerating the Lung – A Multidisciplinary Approach to Combat COPD” will take place on November 6-7, 2025, in Prague, Czech Republic, providing a unique platform to explore key challenges and advance lung regeneration strategies.

November 6-7, 2025, in Prague

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Talent Forum

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Helmholtz Munich hosts emerging global talents in the fields of Epigenetics and Nucleic Acids Research. Join our talent forum: 1.5 days of inspiring talks by international junior group leaders at the forefront of cutting-edge research. A call for speakers' applications is now open!

November 18-19, 2025, Helmholtz Munich Conference Center, Neuherberg Campus

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Spotlights

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Women at Helmholtz Munich

Science is better when everyone is included. Yet, only about a third of researchers worldwide are women. It’s time to change that. Helmholtz Munich celebrates inspiring careers and female leaderhip.

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"An apple a day..." is not enough. Prevention starts with research.

Imagine a world where diseases are detected before they even emerge – a world where individual health risks are detected early, enabling precise interventions to maintain health. This is exactly what we are working on at Helmholtz Munich.

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The Future of Medicine is Personalized

We are investigating the scientific fundamentals that will shape the medicine of tomorrow. Discover how new technologies like AI and bioengineering are accelerating the future of personalized medicine.

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We Fight Diabetes!

Thanks to basic research, groundbreaking innovations against obesity as well as in the field of diabetes prevention and therapy are emerging at Helmholtz Munich.

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Passionate about AI in Health

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the exceptional potential to improve human health: Advanced data analysis and machine learning methods developed by our experts are revolutionizing medical research.

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Our Research

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Diabetes & Obesity

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Computational Health

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Stem Cells

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Environmental Health

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Bioengineering

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Molecular Targets and Therapies

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Helmholtz Pioneer Campus

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Transfer

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Our cutting-edge research forms the basis for medical innovations. Together with our partners, we are accelerating the transfer of our research to bring new ideas from the laboratories to application even faster. In addition to implementing innovative diagnostics, medical technologies, sustainable prevention measures and personalized therapeutics, we are shaping a dialogical and interactive transfer of knowledge. In this way, we make a valuable contribution to a healthier society.

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Our Researchers

Eleftheria Zeggini

"We discover breakthrough solutions for better health in a rapidly changing world."

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Prof. Dr. Eleftheria Zeggini

Program Director ENABLE

Stephan Herzig

"It is my vision to successfully drive a mechanistic finding into clinical application in the area of obesity-related metabolic dysfunction as well as cancer cachexia."

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Prof. Dr. Stephan Herzig

Department Head Diabetes Center, Scientific Director

Martin Hrabě de Angelis

"Leading science means guiding discovery toward public good – with excellence, integrity, and impact."

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Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Martin Hrabě de Angelis

Director of the Institute of Experimental Genetics, Scientific Director

Fabian Theis

"With AI we can imagine a future where diagnosing and treating diseases is more affordable, widely available, and thus more democratic."

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Prof. Dr. Fabian Theis

Department Head Computational Health Center

Erika von Mutius

"I am a passionate pediatrician scientist. My research focusses on the roots of asthma and allergy development with the aim of ultimately preventing these diseases in children at risk."

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Prof. Dr. Erika von Mutius

Department Head Environmental Health Center

Vasilis Ntziachristos

"Our research at Helmholtz Munich is driven by our interest to provide solutions that address critical unmet medical need and positively impact healthcare and the well-being of society."

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Prof. Dr. Vasilis Ntziachristos

Department Head Bioengineering Center

Magdalena Götz

"My vision is to explore the mechanisms of neurogenesis to use it for instructing neurogenesis for replacement of lost neurons."

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Prof. Dr. Magdalena Götz

Department Head Stem Cell Center

Michael Sattler

"We combine integrative structural biology to elucidate molecular mechanisms of biological pathways, highlighting the essential roles of dynamics and transient regulatory interations to enable innovative structure-based drug discovery."

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Prof. Dr. Michael Sattler

Department Head Molecular Targets & Therapeutics Center

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Scientific Talent and Career Development

Discovering future health by promoting early career scientists: We attract, train and support passionate scientists for outstanding careers in research and beyond.

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Helmholtz Munich Graduate School

The Graduate School Environmental Health serves as an ideal career springboard through excellent research, training and networks. It provides exceptional opportunities for graduate students.

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Benefits for Our Employees

A job at Helmholtz Munich offers you many personal benefits to achieve an optimum balance between your professional and private life, for example flexible working hours, childcare and 30 days annual leave.

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Diversity and Inclusion

Helmholtz Munich has signed the "Diversity Charter". We have thereby set a clear signal to create a working environment at our organisation that is free of prejudice and exclusion.

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