Helmholtz Diabetes Center Institute for Metabolic, Obesity, and Vascular Research

Dr Lucas Massier has joined HI-MAG as a group leader on 1 September 2024 and will establish a young investigators group in the field of obesity research, entitled 'Adipose Tissue Microarchitecture and Metabolism'.

From September 2nd to 4th, 2024, the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1052 "Obesity Mechanisms" held its third international symposium at Leipzig University’s Felix-Klein lecture hall. Matthias Blüher, spokesperson of CRC 1052 and director of…

A team of researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG) of Helmholtz Munich in Leipzig and the University of Leipzig has uncovered a significant connection between the concentration of salivary…

Dr. Bilal Sheikh, group leader of the Young Investigator’s group “Vascular Epigenetics” at the Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research, has been selected as a Henriette-Herz Scout by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.…

At the Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG) in Leipzig, two metabolic chambers for humans have been constructed with the objective of determining the influence of obesity and other metabolic diseases on energy…

A recent study conducted by Helmholtz Munich and the German Center for Diabetes Research provides new insights into how fathers' diets and overweight can affect their children's health even before conception. The findings of the study can help…

Deutsches Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendgesundheit (DZKJ) wird ab 1. Juni 2024 neuer Partner der Deutschen Zentren der Gesundheitsforschung (DZG). Das bundesweit organisierte und vernetzte Forschungszentrum wird während der zweijährigen Aufbauphase…

Adel Ben-Kraiem, a postdoctoral researcher in the Jais Lab at HI-MAG, has been selected for the Early Career Training Programme (ECTP) of the FENS Forum 2024, a highly competitive initiative that recognizes and supports exceptional early-career…

Dr. Robert Stein hat eine der diesjährigen Allgemeinen Projektförderungen der Deutschen Diabetes Gesellschaft (DDG) in Höhe von 15.000€ für sein Projekt „Identifizierung von Subtypen von Kindern und Jugendlichen mit Diabetes-Risiko anhand von…

In der 2. Helmholtz Munich Expert Hour trafen sich am 10. April 2024 erneut Vertreter:innen aus Politik und Wissenschaft, um über drängende Gesundheitsthemen zu diskutieren und sich über die neuesten Entwicklungen in der Forschung zu informieren. Im…

Prof. Antje Körner, Head of the Metabolism Division at the Helmholtz Institute of Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG) at Helmholtz Munich and Professor of Metabolic Research at Leipzig University’s Faculty of Medicine, has been named...

Am 08 und 09. März 2024 fand das Wissenschaftsfestival der SPIN2030-Kampagne in den Technischen Sammlungen Dresden statt. Das HI-MAG war an beiden Tagen mit einem eigenen Stand vertreten, um seine Forschungen der breiten Öffentlichkeit zugänglich(er)…

Matthias Blüher wurde vom SWR Fernsehen zu Anwendung, Wirkweise und Nebenwirkungen sog. Abnehmspritzen bei der Behandlung von nicht-alkoholischer Fettleber interviewt. Hier geht es zum Beitrag auf der SWR-Homepage:

HI-MAG PostDocs Julia Schuller and Adel Ben-Kraiem, who both work at the research group of Dr. Alexander Jais titled “Diet-Induced Metabolic Alterations”, won the Research Prize at the 17th Leipzig Research Festival...

At this year’s Conference of the Lipedema Society (LipödemGesellschaft e. V.) HI-MAG PostDoc Pamela A. Nono Nankam received the society’s Science Award. The Annual Conference was held from October 27th and 28th, 2023 in the city hall of…

The Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG) of Helmholtz Munich, located in Leipzig, is part of the SPIN2030 initiative. The SPIN2030 campaign, initiated by the Saxon State Ministry of Science, Culture and Tourism,…

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.