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EASD 2026 - Award Anette-Gabriele Ziegler

Awards & Grants, IDO, IDM, IDF,

Triple Recognition for Diabetes Research at Helmholtz Munich

Three scientists from Helmholtz Munich and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) were honored with prestigious awards at the annual meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) from September 28 to October 2, 2026, in…

13th Helmholtz Diabetes Conference 2026 | Day 1 Welcome to the Diabetes Conference 2026

Events, Diabetes, HI-MAG, IDC,

Diabetes Across the Lifespan: Highlights From the 13th Helmholtz Munich Diabetes Conference

From September 21–23, 2026, the 13th Helmholtz Munich Diabetes Conference brought together international experts and emerging researchers at the Helmholtz Munich Conference Center. Under this year's theme "Diabetes Across the Lifespan," the program…

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IDM,

Andreas Birkenfeld Featured as Expert in ZDF Documentary on Weight-Loss Injections

Weight-loss medications are transforming the treatment of obesity while also attracting considerable public attention. In a recent episode of ZDF’s documentary series 37°, Prof. Dr. Andreas L. Birkenfeld from IDM Tübingen provides a scientific and…

Professor Timo Müller

Awards & Grants, Diabetes, IDO,

Timo Müller Receives 2026 Gill Transformative Investigator Award

Timo Müller, Director of the Institute for Diabetes and Obesity (IDO) at Helmholtz Munich and Professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), has received the 2026 Gill Transformative Investigator Award. With this distinction, the Gill…

Diabetes: Over the Lifetime

Diabetes,

Understanding Metabolism from Beginning to End

Our metabolism is not a static system. It is shaped even before birth, adapts throughout life to nutrition and the environment, and can also fall out of balance. Researchers at Helmholtz Munich are investigating how metabolic risks can be identified…

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

HI-MAG,

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.

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