The Helmholtz PioneerCampus

The Helmholtz Pioneer Campus (HPC) is an innovation campus with a startup culture at Helmholtz Munich. The Pioneer Campus stands for the intelligent fusion of biomedical sciences, engineering, and digitization. Teams of top scientific talents from around the world collaborate on developing novel solutions that make a difference in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases. The Pioneer Campus aspires to the values of Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-*1894), a physician, physicist, polymath, and science pioneer. 

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The Helmholtz Pioneer Campus (HPC) is an innovation campus with a startup culture at Helmholtz Munich. The Pioneer Campus stands for the intelligent fusion of biomedical sciences, engineering, and digitization. Teams of top scientific talents from around the world collaborate on developing novel solutions that make a difference in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases. The Pioneer Campus aspires to the values of Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-*1894), a physician, physicist, polymath, and science pioneer. 

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Our Mission

Principal Investigators

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Apoorva Baluapuri

Principal Investigator Helmholtz Pioneer Campus

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Nico Battich freigestellt
Nicolas Battich

PI "Quantitative Cell Biology"

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Paolo Casale freigestellt
Francesco Paolo Casale

PI "Systems Genetics and Machine Learning", Helmholtz Pioneer Campus

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Marion Jasnin freigstellt
Marion Jasnin

PI "The Cryoskeleton Lab", Helmholtz Pioneer Campus

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Matthias Meier freigestellt
Matthias Meier

PI "Bioengineering and Microfluidics", Helmholtz Pioneer Campus

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Janna Nawroth freigestellt
Janna Nawroth

PI "Mechanobiology Lab", Helmholtz Pioneer Campus

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PioneerCampus Alumni

Building 36.30

Our new Building

The Pioneer Campus has begun the next chapter and has moved into the new building. Discover the unique concept and design of the new Pioneer Campus.

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News

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Matthias Meier Bioscience

Pioneer Campus,

New Platform Tracks Insulin Secretion in Real Time

Researchers from Helmholtz Munich and Leipzig University jointly develop a bioelectronic method to assess stem cell–derived islets more precisely and efficiently.

12.07.2023, Neuherberg: Helmholtz Pioneer Campus Opening. Foto: Matthias Balk/Helmholtz Zentrum München

Stem Cells, IES, Computational Health, ICB, Bioengineering, IBMI, Pioneer Campus,

Three Helmholtz Munich Researchers Elected to Bavarian Academy

At its most recent plenary session, the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW) elected 13 distinguished scholars as new members. Among them are three researchers from Helmholtz Munich: Prof. Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla, Prof. Fabian Theis,…

Helmholtz Biomedical Engineering Initiative

AI, Transfer, Bioengineering, IBMI, Pioneer Campus,

Helmholtz Biomedical Engineering Initiative: Shaping the Future of Health

The Helmholtz Association is launching a nationwide biomedical engineering initiative to accelerate technology development and transfer activities. Led by its established Health Centers, “Helmholtz Biomedical Engineering” brings together cutting-edge…

Jian Cui, Cui Lab, PI
Hintergrund: HDC Foyer

Awards & Grants, Pioneer Campus,

Jian Cui Wins Prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant

Dr. Jian Cui, principal investigator at the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus, has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for his project PhotonSignaling. As part of Helmholtz Munich’s innovation hub, Cui belongs to a generation of “Pioneers” turning bold…

Abbildung Nature Materials Paper Marion Jasnin

Pioneer Campus,

Creating lipid-like structures with DNA origami

In collaboration with Prof. Friedrich Simmel’s lab at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Helmholtz Pioneer Campus PI Dr Marion Jasnin and her postdoc Dr Brice Beinsteiner imaged self-assembled containers made from DNA origami building blocks…

Single Cell Symposium Ötztal Oktober 2025

Pioneer Campus,

From Cells to Systems: A Vibrant Exchange of Ideas in Biomedical Science

What happens when leading minds from imaging, -omics, and AI come together to rethink how we study cells?

Podcasts Series

Publications

iScience 29:116731 (2026)

Peraki, I. ; Zhang, L. ; Botskaris, D. ; Stagaki, M. ; Deligiannis, I.K. ; Kontaki, H. ; Deligianni, E. ; Giannoulakis, I. ; Hazapis, O. ; Lavigne, M. ; Martinez Jimenez, C.P. ; Talianidis, I.

Setdb1 safeguards proper differentiation of adult intestinal stem cells by controlling chromatin accessibility and transcriptome variability.
Genome Biol. 27:228 (2026)

Térmeg, A. ; Storozhuk, V. ; Kliesmete, Z. ; Edenhofer, F.C. ; Geuder, J. ; Dietl, T. ; Vieth, B. ; Janssen, P. ; Richter, D. ; Bonev, B. ; Hellmann, I.

CroCoNet: A framework for the quantitative comparison of gene regulatory networks across species.
2026 in
In: (The 9th International Conference on Medical Imaging with Deep Learning). 2026. 3443-3463 ( ; 315)

Sens, D. ; Shilova, L. ; Dalca, A.V. ; Schnabel, J.A. ; Casale, F.P.

GEMCONT:Genetics-based Multimodal Contrastive Learning Enhances Phenotypic embeddings and Boosts Genetic Discovery.
2026 in
In: (23rd IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, ISBI 2026, 8-11 April 2026, London). 2026. ( ; 2026-April)

Liu, Y. ; Ma, R. ; Navab, N. ; Cui, J. ; Peng, T.

CURVFUSE: Field-Curvature-Aware Multi-Focus Fusion for Bioluminescence Imaging.
J. Am. Chem. Soc. 148, 23530-23539 (2026)

Liu, Y. ; Arus, B.A. ; Mishra, K. ; Wang, T. ; Zhang, K. ; Luciano, M.P. ; Bandi, V.G. ; Kumar, A. ; Guo, Z. ; Guan, Y. ; Bick, M.J. ; Xu, M. ; Lingg, J.G.P. ; Bae, J. ; Kang, A. ; Gerben, S.R. ; Bera, A.K. ; Vaughan, J.C. ; Manton, J.D. ; Derivery, E. ; Schnermann, M.J. ; Stiel, A.-C. ; Bruns, O.T. ; Xu, C. ; Baker, D.

De novo design of near-infrared fluorescence-activating proteins.

Board of Di­rec­tors

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Prof. Dr. Vasilis Ntziachristos

Director of Bioengineering, Helmholtz Pioneer Campus

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Prof. Dr. Maria Elena Torres Padilla

Director of Biomedicine, Helmholtz Pioneer Campus

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Prof. Dr. Dr. Fabian Theis

Director of Biomedical AI

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Thomas Schwarz-Romond, PhD, MBA

Director of Operations, Helmholtz Pioneer Campus

Contact

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Thomas Schwarz-Romond, PhD, MBA

Director of Operations, Helmholtz Pioneer Campus