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Ultrasound examinations are a less invasive, comparatively quick and simple and therefore frequently used diagnostic procedure. However, the accuracy of conventional ultrasound probes is limited in patients with obesity.

At the 10th Helmholtz Diabetes Conference, Martha Hanschkow received the "Helmholtz Best EMBO J Flash-Talk Award". This year's Helmholtz Diabetes Conference, organized and hosted by Prof. Stephan Herzig, focused in particular on young scientists.

Clarifying a debated issue in clinical practice:

Thousands of patients are injected with contrast media every day, particularly in the fields of radiology and internal medicine. It has long been debated whether, and if so to what extent, there is a…

Prof. Dr. Antje Körner started as head of the Metabolism Division at the Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG) on July 1, 2023.

Antje Körner, a renowned scientist and pediatrician, has joined HI-MAG...

Why “Eating Your Greens” Represents a Major Aspect of Lifestyle Driven Obesity Treatment.

Researchers headed by Dr. Maria Keller (HI-MAG) and Prof. Iris Shai (Ben-Gurion University) investigated the underlying epigenetic effects of a so-called…

Am vergangenen Freitag, 23.06.2023, fand die Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften in Leipzig erstmals nach 5 Jahren wieder live vor Ort(en) statt und das HI-MAG war dieses Mal dabei. In unseren Räumlichkeiten in der Philipp-Rosenthal-Str. 27 haben wir die…

HI-MAG held a symposium to celebrate its 5th anniversary. A large number of guests participated in the event to collectively celebrate previous achievements in the field of health research related to obesity, metabolic, and vascular diseases.

Am Freitag, dem 03.02.2023, konnte das HI-MAG sich und seine Arbeit auf der SPIN2030 in der Kongresshalle des Leipziger Zoos mit einem eigenen Messestand in Kooperation mit der Universität Leipzig vorstellen.

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, a division of the Allen Institute, announced today the names of the 16 new Allen Distinguished Investigators for 2022. Bilal Sheikh from the Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG)…

How is a muscle protein related to energy production in brown adipose tissue (BAT)? And could this be a possible starting point in the fight against obesity? A team of researchers led by John Heiker from the Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity…

Through the course of the last several decades, the rate of obesity has progressively increased and is now one of the leading causes of death worldwide – according to the World Health Organization (WHO) 650 million adults are classified as obese. The…

Anlässlich des Weltdiabetestages am 14. November wurden Kathrin Landgraf und Robert Stein, die beide in der Arbeitsgruppe von Antje Körner im Pädiatrischen Forschungszentrum der Universitätsmedizin Leipzig tätig und Gastwissenschaftlerin bzw.…

Diabetes research: At this year's congress of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Helmholtz Munich scientists received several awards for pioneering ideas and ways to fight the disease.

To unravel the effects of the newly approved cholesterol lowering drug Bempedoic Acid on the epigenome, Dr. Bilal Sheikh has been awarded a DFG project grant..