13th Helmholtz Diabetes Conference 2026 | Day 1 Welcome to the Diabetes Conference 2026

Events, Diabetes, HI-MAG, IDC,

Diabetes Across the Lifespan: Highlights From the 13th Helmholtz Munich Diabetes Conference

From September 21–23, 2026, the 13th Helmholtz Munich Diabetes Conference brought together international experts and emerging researchers at the Helmholtz Munich Conference Center. Under this year's theme "Diabetes Across the Lifespan," the program…

Professor Timo Müller

Awards & Grants, Diabetes, IDO,

Timo Müller Receives 2026 Gill Transformative Investigator Award

Timo Müller, Director of the Institute for Diabetes and Obesity (IDO) at Helmholtz Munich and Professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), has received the 2026 Gill Transformative Investigator Award. With this distinction, the Gill…

Diabetes: Over the Lifetime

Diabetes,

Understanding Metabolism from Beginning to End

Our metabolism is not a static system. It is shaped even before birth, adapts throughout life to nutrition and the environment, and can also fall out of balance. Researchers at Helmholtz Munich are investigating how metabolic risks can be identified…

World Diabetes Awareness: Blue Ribbon, Sugar Cubes, and Globe on Blue Background.

Diabetes, IDF,

Experts Recommend Systematic Screening of Children for Type 1 Diabetes

An international team of experts has issued specific recommendations for population-wide screening of children for type 1 diabetes. The consensus paper, published in the journal Diabetologia, sets out when children should be tested and how a…

Gruppenbild im Treppenhaus des Roten Hausesv. l. n. r.: Michael Stumvoll, Michael Frieser, Cristina Petersen, Bilal Sheikh, Matthias Blüher, Babett Gläser, Antje Körner, Ulrike Poller, Sarah Frenzel, Theda Wessel, Gefion Liebau, Angela Dargel, Konstanze Julich-Gruner

Diabetes, HI-MAG,

How Clinical Research at HI-MAG Is Shaping the Future of Obesity Prevention

How can research help prevent obesity before disease develops? This question was a key focus during the visit by representatives from the German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) and the Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism (SMWK) to…

Closeup timelapse of layered muscle fibers diminishing over time illustrating severe muscle atrophy in cancer cachexia.

New Research Findings, Diabetes, IDC,

Cancer Cachexia: How a Tumor Protein Drives Wasting in the Body

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich, the Heidelberg Faculty of Medicine at Heidelberg University, the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) and the Technical University of Munich (TUM), have identified a previously unknown mechanism that can drive…