Portrait Jian Cui

Awards & Grants, Pioneer Campus,

Jian Cui Wins Prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant

Dr. Jian Cui, principal investigator at the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus, has been awarded an ERC Consolidator Grant for his project PhotonSignaling. As part of Helmholtz Munich’s innovation hub, Cui belongs to a generation of “Pioneers” turning bold…

Blood flow

Awards & Grants, Environmental Health, LHI, Molecular Targets and Therapeutics, MCD,

Funding for Cell Death Research Extended

Research into a novel form of cell death is entering its next phase and could soon help reduce complications after heart attacks or organ transplants. The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR) is providing continued support for…

Raffaele Teperino

Awards & Grants, Diabetes,

PRO-SCIENTIA Award for Raffaele Teperino

Dr. Raffaele Teperino, Principal Investigator of the Environmental Epigenetics Group at Helmholtz Munich, has been honored with the PRO-SCIENTIA Award 2025 of the Eckhart-Buddecke Foundation. The award, endowed with 10,000 euros, recognizes…

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Featured Publication, Computational Health, ITG,

Tracking Metabolic Clues Years Before Type 2 Diabetes Develops

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich have found that the body begins signaling the risk of type 2 diabetes many years before the disease is diagnosed. In a long-term study, the team examined hundreds of blood metabolites – small molecules that reflect…

Neural Cells Interaction

New Research Findings, Molecular Targets and Therapeutics, MCD,

Single Enzyme Failure Found to Drive Neuron Loss in Dementia

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich, the Technical University of Munich and the LMU University Hospital Munich uncovered a mechanism that protects nerve cells from premature cell death, known as ferroptosis. The study provides the first molecular…

Distribution of proteins in cells

AI, New Research Findings, Diabetes, IDO,

C-COMPASS: AI-Based Software Maps Proteins and Lipids Within Cells

A new tool developed by Helmholtz Munich and the German Center for Diabetes Research and the University of Bonn makes spatial proteomics and lipidomics easier to use – no coding required. C-COMPASS allows scientists to profile where proteins and…