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Helmholtz Pioneer Campus - your next career step

Situated within a thriving European R&D cluster, the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus serves as an innovation and accelerator hub, where interdisciplinary ideas ignite. We foster the unconventional, the groundbreaking, the research poised to transform the future of medicine.

Helmholtz PioneerCampus - your next career step

Situated within a thriving European R&D cluster, the Helmholtz PioneerCampus serves as an innovation and accelerator hub of Helmholtz Munich, where interdisciplinary ideas ignite. We foster the unconventional, the groundbreaking, the research poised to transform the future of medicine.

What we stand for

Who we are

PioneerCampus Principal Investigators

Nico Battich freigestellt
Nicolas Battich

PI "Quantitative Cell Biology"

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Bruns, Oliver
Oliver Bruns

NCT Dresden

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Jian Cui, Cui Lab, PI
Hintergrund: HDC Foyer
Dr. Jian Cui

Head of Research Unit and Principal Investigator, PBT

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Marion Jasnin freigestellt
Marion Jasnin

PI "The Cryoskeleton Lab"

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Meier, Matthias
Matthias Meier

PI "Bioengineering and Microfluidics"

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Celia Martinez Jimenez
Celia P. Martinez Jimenez

University of Valencia

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Janna Nawroth Porträt
Janna Nawroth

PI "Mechanobiology Lab"

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Where Ideas Intersect

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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?

Building 36.30

Where the science happens

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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PioneerCampus - 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

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Thomas Schwarz-Romond, PhD, MBA

Director of Operations, Helmholtz Pioneer Campus