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Under the title “Obesity – can we tackle the Epidemic?”, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina invited to this year’s Leopoldina Collegium.

Under the title “Obesity – can we tackle the Epidemic?”, the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina invited to this year’s Leopoldina Collegium. At the two-day event, held October 9–10, journalists from all over Germany had the opportunity to…

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

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…

Saxon's Minister of Science Sebastian Gemkow (left) and HI-MAG Director Prof. Matthias Blüher in conversation

On September 6, 2026, Dresden's government district opened its doors – and HI-MAG together with the Cluster of Excellence LeiCeM, hosted a booth full of hands-on activities and talks on fat, metabolism, and the much-discussed weight-loss injection.

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

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…

MA-Foto Lucas Massier 01.2025

Dr. Lucas Massier was recently featured on the "Forschungsquartett" podcast by detektor.fm, where he discussed his research group's ("Adipose Tissue Microarchitecture and Metabolism") latest work on the functional specialization of fat cells (podcast…

Adipocytes, also known as lipocytes and fat cells, are the cells that primarily compose adipose tissue, close-up view of cells.

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich have discovered that myoglobin, a protein traditionally associated with oxygen storage in muscle, also plays an essential role in thermogenic fat. Led by PD Dr. John Heiker and Christian Strehlau from the Helmholtz…

Collage: Die Gewinnerinnen des Posterpreises beim LRF 2026

Doctoral Researchers Asma Saidi, Helen Broghammer and Bárbara Dumrauf won Research Prizes in different categories at the 19th Leipzig Research Festival of Life Sciences. The festival took place on June 18th, 2026 at the Max-Bürger-Forschungszentrum…

Antje Körner Portait standing in nature

A major international distinction for Leipzig-based obesity research: Prof. Antje Körner has been awarded the Willendorf Award by the World Obesity Federation.

Mitarbeiterin-/PI-Foto Antje Körner

Physician and researcher Prof. Antje Körner has been elected as a new member of the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig. On April 10, 2026, she was officially admitted to the Academy’s Mathematical and Natural Sciences Class during…

Posterpreisverleihung AngioDynmaics Life Symposium 2026
Gewinnerin: Birte Winther (links)
rechts: Tim Wittig

Birte Winther, Clinician Scientist at HI-MAG, received the Young Investigator’s Poster Award at the 9th AngioDynamics International LIFE Symposium. As one of three invited finalists, she was awarded the first place for her presentation about the…

Nurse and patient in hospital bed with medical monitors

How can we bring new scientific insights to patients more quickly? At Helmholtz Munich, we work hand in hand with leading clinics across Germany to translate research findings directly and purposefully into new therapeutic approaches — and,…

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Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, and lowering blood lipids is a central strategy to reduce risk. Bempedoic acid, a recently approved cholesterol-lowering drug, has now been shown by researchers at Helmholtz Munich to…

Maria Keller mit einer Kollegin im Labor

Dr. habil. Maria Keller, team leader at the Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity, and Vascular Research (HI-MAG), an institute of Helmholtz Munich at the University of Leipzig and University of Leipzig Medical Center, has successfully secured…

A magnified view of the large intestine's surface, showing its muscular wall and fatty tissue

Abdominal fat is not a uniform tissue. A new study from Helmholtz Munich, Karolinska Institutet and Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen, published in Cell Metabolism, reveals that fat located close to the large intestine contains an unusually high…

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A team of researchers from the Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG), an institute of Helmholtz Munich at the Leipzig University, in collaboration with the University Hospital of Leipzig Medical Center and the…