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AI, Awards & Grants, LHI,

Mini-Organs and Big Data: How AI Is Advancing Organoid Research

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding the SCOPE-AI project with approximately €330,000. Researchers from Helmholtz Munich, Helmholtz AI, Philipps-Universität Marburg, and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) aim to create one of the…

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EUS-Symposium zu Ehren der Forschungsgruppe Experimentelle Umweltsimulation & Prof. Dr. Jörg-Peter Schnitzler am 05.10.2026

Environmental Health,

Symposium in honour of the Research Unit Environmental Simulation & Professor Jörg-Peter Schnitzler

On October 5th, 2026 we recapped the scientific journey and celebrated the farewell of Jörg-Peter Schnitzler and the Research Unit of Environmental Simulation (EUS) in a scientific symposium. Many national and international collaborators and…

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Wolfgang Kreyling

Environmental Health,

High Honor for Wolfgang Kreyling

Wolfgang Kreyling (formerly of the Institute of Inhalation Biology and the Institute of Epidemiology) has received the 2026 Fuchs Memorial Award.

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Prof. Dr. Annette Peters, Dr. Alexandra Schneider

Climate & Health, Events, Environmental Health, EPI,

ISEE 2026 in Munich Presents New Research on Environmental Health

Under the theme "Understanding and Responding to Global and Local Challenges in a Changing World," researchers at the 38th Annual Conference of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE) presented new work on how air pollution,…

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Lung fibroblasts under microscope

Environmental Health, LHI,

Why does idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis progress faster?

Researchers from the Institute of Lung Health and Immunity investigated the role of an age-related phenomenon in the blood-forming system in lung fibrosis.

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The "farm effect" can protect against allergies, asthma, and hay fever.

Environmental Health, IAP,

Immune System: The Farm Effect – Clearer Than Ever

An international research team has identified for the first time which bacteria in barn air are responsible for the "farm effect" that can protect against allergies, asthma, and hay fever.

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