Portrait Ele Zeggini

Awards & Grants, Computational Health, ITG,

Eleftheria Zeggini Appointed to ERC Scientific Council

The European Commission has appointed Prof. Eleftheria Zeggini, Director of the Institute of Translational Genomics at Helmholtz Munich, to the Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC). Alongside five newly selected members, she will…

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…

Verleihung des Bayerischen Maximiliansordens

Awards & Grants, Stem Cells, IES,

Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla Honored With the Maximiliansorden

Prof. Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla, this year’s Leibniz Prize winner, has received the Bavarian Maximiliansorden for Science and Art. Minister-President Dr. Markus Söder presented the distinguished state honor to her at the State Chancellery,…

STV Technology of EDGE Project

Awards & Grants, Stem Cells, IDG, ISF,

Funding Project Brings New Technology for Precise Therapeutic Delivery Closer to Clinical Application

According to the World Health Organization, around 300 million people worldwide suffer from genetic disorders – and for most of them, no effective treatments exist. A research team at the Institute of Stem Cell Research at Helmholtz Munich is…