Porträt Steffen Schneider

Awards & Grants, Computational Health, ICB,

Steffen Schneider Admitted to the Young Academy

Dr. Steffen Schneider of Helmholtz Munich and KI macht Schule gGmbH has been admitted as a new member of the Young Academy. Working at the interface of artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and statistical modelling, Schneider joins the Academy's…

MA-Foto Lucas Massier 01.2025

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HI-MAG Group Leader Dr. Lucas Massier featured on Podcast "Forschungsquartett"

Dr. Lucas Massier was recently featured on the "Forschungsquartett" podcast by detektor.fm, where he discussed his research group's ("Adipose Tissue Microarchitecture and Metabolism") latest work on the functional specialization of fat cells (podcast…

Microscopic view of glioblastoma tumor cells

Transfer, Molecular Targets and Therapeutics, STB,

Helmholtz Munich and Partners Report Phase 1 Results for Targeted Glioblastoma Therapy

Helmholtz Munich, together with the University of Münster and ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE (ITM), has reported updated preliminary results from a Phase 1 clinical trial evaluating ITM-31, a targeted radiotherapy for glioblastoma. The treatment…

Portrait of Dr. Michael Frieser

Michael Frieser Appointed Administrative Vice President of the Helmholtz Association

As of July 1, Dr. Michael Frieser will take on the role of Administrative Vice-President of the Helmholtz Association. Together with Diana Stiller – also Administrative Vice-President – from Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, he will represent the…

Portrait of Prof. Heiko Lickert

Awards & Grants, Diabetes, IDR,

Heiko Lickert Receives ERC Proof of Concept Grant for Diabetes Research

Prof. Heiko Lickert has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept (PoC) Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The funding is intended to advance a novel regenerative therapeutic approach for type 2 diabetes from basic research into clinical…

Adipocytes, also known as lipocytes and fat cells, are the cells that primarily compose adipose tissue, close-up view of cells.

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Myoglobin Identified as a Key Regulator of the Body’s Energy-Burning Fat

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich have discovered that myoglobin, a protein traditionally associated with oxygen storage in muscle, also plays an essential role in thermogenic fat. Led by PD Dr. John Heiker and Christian Strehlau from the Helmholtz…