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Gruppenfoto mit Prof. Dr. Martin M. Hrabě de Angelis

Public Engagement,

From "Mission Cool" to Veggie Day: Bavarian Students Win clever.gesund Competition With Ideas for a Healthier School Day

"Mission Cool" against stress and a health day for fifth graders: The winners of the clever.gesund school competition 2025/26 have been announced. Students from all over Bavaria developed projects for a healthier everyday school life — creative,…

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.

A daily routine for children with type 1 diabetes: monitoring blood glucose.

New Research Findings, Diabetes, IDF,

From the Lab to the Patient: Four Clinical Trials on Type 1 Diabetes

Research fully realizes its value where it reaches people – when findings translate into new treatment options from which those affected can benefit. How this can be achieved in practice for type 1 diabetes is demonstrated by the Institute of…

Arzt mit Stethoskop und geöffneten Händen. Über den Händen schwebt eine schematische Grafik der Lunge. Daneben verschiedene Icons zu medizinischen Leistungen

Transfer, Environmental Health, LHI,

Helmholtz Munich and Khumbu Start Joint Program on COPD

Helmholtz Munich and Khumbu are collaborating on a new research program led by Prof. Ali Önder Yildirim, Director of the Institute of Lung Health and Immunity at Helmholtz Munich. The collaboration aims to develop a novel therapeutic approach for…

Doctor working with AI Consultans

AI, Transfer, Computational Health, AIH,

Helmholtz Munich Launches M1 Clinical AI Consultants to Bring AI Research to Patient Care

A new interdisciplinary team at Helmholtz Munich aims to bridge one of healthcare AI's longstanding challenges: translating promising algorithms into tools that perform reliably in clinical practice. The M1 Clinical AI Consultants, based at the…

T-cells in the alveolar region

New Research Findings, Environmental Health, LHI,

SARS-CoV-2: Real-time Imaging Reveals Unexpectedly Fast Immune Response in the Lung

Using advanced intravital microscopy, Helmholtz Munich researchers have been able to observe early immune reactions in the living lung in real time. The images show that specific T cells are activated within hours after contact with components of…

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Rise up! funding program Daniel Kotlarz

Awards & Grants, Computational Health, ITG,

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

Awards & Grants, Computational Health, ITG,

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…

Dancing Protein

Awards & Grants, Computational Health, ICB, Molecular Targets and Therapeutics, STB,

Reid Alderson Receives ERC Starting Grant for Protein-DANCE

Dr. Reid Alderson from the Institute of Structural Biology and the Institute of Computational Biology at Helmholtz Munich has received a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). Through the Protein-DANCE project, he will develop a new…

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