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Honoring Doctoral Researchers and Supervisors at Helmholtz Munich

Outstanding achievements in early-career research and academic mentoring were celebrated at an award ceremony held on July 2 at Helmholtz Munich. Two Doctoral Researcher Awards and the Best Supervisor Award were presented – prestigious honors that…

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AI, New Research Findings, Environmental Health, LHI, Computational Health, ICB,

Open Problems: Cracking Cell Complexity with Collective Intelligence

Researchers from more than 50 international institutions have launched Open Problems (https://openproblems.bio) a collaborative open-source platform to benchmark, improve, and run competitions for computational methods in single-cell genomics. Co-led…

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Environmental Health, LHI,

What Plants Can Teach Us About Lung Health: A Cross-Kingdom Look at Trained Immunity

May the future of lung health be rooted, quite literally, in botany? The scientists Christian Lindermayr and Önder Yildirim (LHI, Helmholtz Munich and DZL, German Center for Lung Research) are drawing surprising parallels between the immune systems…

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Environmental Health, LHI,

New Research Project ARCTIC Explores How Aging Disrupts Lung Cell Communication

LHI scientists Mareike Lehmann and Maja Funk receive DFG grant to investigate age-related epithelial-immune cell interactions in the lung

 

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Environmental Health, LHI,

ATS Assembly Award for LHI Director Ali Önder Yildirim

American Thoracic Society awards Önder Yildirim for “Research Excellence and Service by an International Member” for his high impact research, contributing to the understanding and treatment of lung diseases

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Rethinking COPD Research: International Seminar on November 6-7, 2025, in Prague

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects over 400 million people worldwide, posing a major global health challenge. With no curative therapy available and a staggering socio-economic burden, the need for innovative solutions has never…