Hochsicherheitslabor BSL3 S3 Labor

Events, Awards & Grants, IEM, VIRO,

Better Prepared in Future: Research Infrastructure for Pandemic Management and Prevention Expanded

From now on, an improved research infrastructure for pandemic management and prevention will be available in the Greater Munich area: on the 29th of March 2023 a new biosafety level 3 laboratory was introduced at Helmholtz Munich. The project could…

Awards & Grants, ITS,

EU-Project ISLET: Helmholtz Munich takes over coordination

The EU-funded ISLET project brings together leading experts in the field of stem cell research to discover a new advanced cell therapy in type 1 diabetes. The aim is to free patients from the daily use of an insulin pump by replacing the damaged…

Fabian Theis receives Leibnizpreis 2023

Awards & Grants, Computational Health, ICB,

Fabian Theis wins Leibniz Prize 2023

The German Research Foundation (DFG, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) awarded Fabian Theis the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize – the most prestigious research award in Germany. Fabian Theis is Head of the Computational Health Center at Helmholtz…

Awards & Grants, Computational Health, Health AI, ICB,

CLINSPECT-M: Clinical Mass Spectrometry Center for Molecular Brain Research goes into extension

Munich scientists from the fields of proteomics, informatics, and medicine are working together on a large-scale project to investigate the causes of diseases of the central nervous system, how they can be diagnosed, and how treatment can be…

The X-ray of the human brain closeup image

Transfer, Awards & Grants, SAT,

Targeting Brain Tumors: New Drug Candidate in Clinical Trial

Clinical trials are a milestone in the development of safe and effective drugs and therapies. An antibody developed by Helmholtz Munich is now entering a phase 1 clinical trial. Together with the radiopharmaceutical company ITM Isotope Technologies…

Awards & Grants, INET,

On the trail of the virus: New Grant supports INET project for preventing ALS

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a non-curable degenerative disease of the motor nervous system. The cause of the disease is largely unknown: In addition to genetic factors, viruses are also suspected to be involved in the development of the…