Saxon's Minister of Science Sebastian Gemkow (left) and HI-MAG Director Prof. Matthias Blüher in conversation

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HI-MAG Goes Dresden: Hands-On Metabolic Research at the Open Government Quarter 2026

On September 6, 2026, Dresden's government district opened its doors – and HI-MAG together with the Cluster of Excellence LeiCeM, hosted a booth full of hands-on activities and talks on fat, metabolism, and the much-discussed weight-loss injection.

World Diabetes Awareness: Blue Ribbon, Sugar Cubes, and Globe on Blue Background.

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Experts Recommend Systematic Screening of Children for Type 1 Diabetes

An international team of experts has issued specific recommendations for population-wide screening of children for type 1 diabetes. The consensus paper, published in the journal Diabetologia, sets out when children should be tested and how a…

Gruppenbild im Treppenhaus des Roten Hausesv. l. n. r.: Michael Stumvoll, Michael Frieser, Cristina Petersen, Bilal Sheikh, Matthias Blüher, Babett Gläser, Antje Körner, Ulrike Poller, Sarah Frenzel, Theda Wessel, Gefion Liebau, Angela Dargel, Konstanze Julich-Gruner

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How Clinical Research at HI-MAG Is Shaping the Future of Obesity Prevention

How can research help prevent obesity before disease develops? This question was a key focus during the visit by representatives from the German Federal Ministry of Health (BMG) and the Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism (SMWK) to…

Rise up! funding program Daniel Kotlarz

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Funding to Advance Precision Medicine for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children

Daniel Kotlarz, group leader at the Institute of Translational Genomics at Helmholtz Munich and Heisenberg Professor of Precision Medicine of Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases at LMU University Hospital Munich receives around 600,000 Euros…

FEBS|EMBO Women in Science Prize for Eleftheria Zeggini

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Eleftheria Zeggini Receives FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award 2027

Prof. Eleftheria Zeggini has been awarded the FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award 2027 for her pioneering contributions to human genomics and the translation of large-scale genetic discoveries into biological and clinical insights, alongside her…

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Leontine Sandforth Receives Funding Through the DZD Young Talent Program

Leontine Sandforth from the Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases (IDM) in Tübingen has been selected for funding through the DZD Young Talent Program for the 2027–2028 funding period. The program supports promising early-career…