Institute of Allergy Research, IAF, Environmental Health Center, Helmholtz Munich

The Institute of Allergy Research (IAF) is conducting basic to applied research to discover the origins of allergies in order to identify novel preventive strategies as well as targets for innovative therapies. The ZAUM is also providing new technologies for partners within the pharmaceutical industry for allergy friendly products and Environments.

The Institute of Allergy Research (IAF) is conducting basic to applied research to discover the origins of allergies in order to identify novel preventive strategies as well as targets for innovative therapies. The Institute of Allergy Research is also providing new technologies for partners within the pharmaceutical industry for allergy friendly products and environments.

The research of the Institute of Allergy Research (IAF) is focused on the understanding of mechanisms involved in the development of allergies and allergen tolerance in the context of genetic predisposition, immune system and environmental factors. As part of the Center of Allergy & Environment (ZAUM) the IAF conducts applied, clinical and basic research. The aim of the research is to understand the mechanisms of allergic diseases, to assess risks for the onset of allergy as well as to develop novel strategies for prevention und therapy.

3D Rendering of Bacteria in Human Intestine

3d illustration proteins with lymphocytes , t cells or cancer cells

Antibody, immunoglobulin, Y-shaped protein produced mainly by plasma cells

Carsten Schmidt-Weber, Director of the Institute of Allergy Research at Helmholtz Munich, has been honored with the EAACI Clinical Fellow Award 2025. The prestigious European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) presented him with the…

A study led by Dr. Caspar Ohnmacht from the Center of Allergy and Environment (ZAUM) and Prof. Dietmar Zehn from the Technical University of Munich has provided new insights into how gut bacteria – collectively known as the microbiome – shape the…

Helminth Worm In Macrophage Generated By AI

A research team led by Prof. Julia Esser-von Bieren from the Center of Allergy and Environment (ZAUM) at Helmholtz Munich and the Technical University of Munich, as well as the University of Lausanne (UNIL) has uncovered a molecular strategy employed…

How does the immune system maintain the delicate balance between attacking harmful invaders and avoiding harmful overreactions? Special immune cells called regulatory T cells (Tregs) play a vital role in this process by helping to keep the immune…

Knowledge bites about the impact of high-salt diet on allergic asthma and the driving force of these new insights on personalized medicin. Learn about the latest findings in an interview with Prof. Francesca Alessandrini.

The research results…

Scientists have reached a milestone in the research of childhood asthma. For the first time, they have clarified how a certain genetic defect in children initially leads to frequent infections and later to asthma. The study, published in the American…

On September 9 Sonja Heine from the Lab Blank (Molecular & Translational Allergology Group) was awarded the Joachim Ganzer Award for Allergen Immunotherapy at the German Allergy Congress in Wiesbaden, Germany.

Simon Blank (Head of the Molecular and Translational Allergology group) contributed to two chapters (Bee Venom Allergy & Vespid Venom Allergy) of the second edition the "EAACI Molecular Allergology User's Guide", the world’s first comprehensive…