Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Matthias H. Tschöp, wissenschaftlicher Geschäftsführer Helmholtz Zentrum München

IDO,

Matthias Tschöp successfully completed the ERC Project “Targeting Hypothalamic inFlammation in obesity and diabetes (HypoFlam)”

The key objective of this proposal was to further dissect and characterize the cell-specific neuroendocrine signaling mechanisms that underlie the development of obesity, diabetes, and their co-morbidities, with a special emphasis on hypothalamic…

IDO, Institute for Diabetes and Obesity

Awards & Grants, Diabetes, IDO,

Timo Müller receives the Galenus-von-Pergamon Award 2022

Timo Müller and his team have been working for many years on the development of new therapeutic options for diabetes and obesity. Among other things, they decoded a brain receptor that plays a crucial role in the regulation of body weight and food…

DAG 2022 Preisverleihung (3)

Awards & Grants, IDO,

Cristina García-Cáceres receives the DAG research award 2022

Prof. Cristina García-Cáceres (second left) receives the DAG research award 2022 for her scientific contribution in the field of obesity research. The prize, she shares with Dr. Anne Lautenbach from the University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf, was…

Interior design laboratory

Transfer, New Research Findings, Diabetes, IDO,

New Drug Candidate Developed to Treat Type 2 Diabetes

A team of researchers from Helmholtz Munich, the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) and Novo Nordisk have developed a new hormone combination for the future treatment of type 2 diabetes. The scientists have combined the blood sugar-reducing…

IDO, Institute for Diabetes and Obesity

Awards & Grants, Diabetes, IDO, Pioneer Campus,

Two-Pack of Success – Timo Müller and Ben Engel Receive ERC Consolidator Grant

Helmholtz Munich obtains two ERC Consolidator Grants: Timo Müller from the Institute for Diabetes and Obesity with "TRUSTED", and Ben Engel, formerly of the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus, with "cryOcean". They are among the successful 12 percent to…

Paul Pfluger and André Stiel

Awards & Grants, IDO, IBMI,

ERC Grant Success Continues for Helmholtz Zentrum München

Helmholtz Zentrum München won two ERC Consolidator Grants for pioneering biomedical research in the fields of metabolic health and bioengineering. In 2020, the European Research Council (ERC) awarded the center with a total of eight ERC Grants. This…