Interviews

Interviews

Prof. Stephan Herzig

Diabetes, IDC,

Fasting for Health: When Metabolism and Internal Clock are aligned

Prof. Stephan Herzig explains why intermittent fasting with conscious breaks of eating helps to bring the metabolism into harmony with the body's internal rhythm and thus improve health and prevent diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular diseases,…

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Stem Cells, ISF,

Curing the Brain With Cell Replacement Therapy

Prof. Magdalena Götz about the fascinating research on reprogramming glia cells and cell replacement therapy in the field of brain injuries

Eleftheria Zeggini Portrait

Computational Health, ITG,

“By working together, we can further shift the dial for women in science”

Prof. Eleftheria Zeggini about equity, diversity and inclusion in science

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Environmental Health, LHI,

Exploring the Links Between Ageing, Environmental Stress and Lung Diseases

How do ageing and environmental stress promote chronic inflammatory diseases? Maja Funk, new PI at the Institute of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI) at Helmholtz Munich is getting to the bottom of this question. Together with her team, she investigates…

Prof. Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla im Interview

Stem Cells, IES,

Empowering Cells’ and Scientists’ Potential for Cell Therapies

Prof. Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla about empowering a team and her enthusiasm for epigenetics.

Siegfried Ussar

Diabetes,

„We develop innovative prevention strategies to maintain metabolic health”

Dr. Siegfrid Ussar, Head of the new research unit “Adipocytes & Metabolism” at Helmholtz Munich, is researching ways to decouple obesity and its metabolic complications. This is particularly important given the significant health problems caused by…