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HI-MAG Group Leader Dr. Lucas Massier featured on Podcast "Forschungsquartett"

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.

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Myoglobin Identified as a Key Regulator of the Body’s Energy-Burning Fat

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…

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Three HI-MAG Doctoral Researchers won Research Prizes at the 19th Leipzig Research Festival

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…

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Antje Körner Receives Prestigious International Award for Research on Childhood Obesity

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

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Antje Körner Elected to the Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig

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

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Birte Winther received the Young Investigator’s Poster Award at the 9th AngioDynamics International LIFE Symposium

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…

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Translation: Where Medical Research Reaches People

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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Cholesterol-Lowering Drug Found to Target Key Metabolic Switch

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

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Adipose Tissue Under the Microscope: Funding for Two Metabolic Health Projects

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

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Not All Belly Fat Is the Same: Colon-Adjacent Fat Interacts With the Immune System

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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How Diet and Cold Rewire Brown Fat at the Epigenetic Level

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…

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New "Cool-Down" Hormone Found: Vaspin Slows the Body’s Heat-Producing Fat

A research team at Helmholtz Munich has uncovered a previously unknown “cool-down” signal within body fat. Led by PD Dr. John Heiker and Inka Rapöhn from the Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG) at Helmholtz…

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Eric Wenzel Receives the 2025 Jürgen-Bierich Research Award

Dr. Eric Wenzel, Clinician Scientist at the Leipzig University and the Helmholtz Institute for Metabolism, Obesity, and Vascular Research (HI-MAG) of Helmholtz Munich and the Medical Faculty of Leipzig University, has been awarded the Jürgen-Bierich…

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HI-MAG in 3Sat Nano Documentary: Update on Metabolism: What Pushes our Energy Expenditure?

The TV channel 3Sat visited our Metabolic Chambers as a part of their latest documentary on metabolic health in which they explore how the brain and hormones make human metabolism highly individual. Watch it here! (German only)

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Salivary Extracellular Vesicle-Derived microRNAs Are Linked to Obesity, Taste, and Eating Behavior

A research team at the Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG), an institute from Helmholtz Munich at the University of Leipzig and the University of Leipzig Medical Center, has identified that microRNAs derived from…