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Empowering women: Start of the Women@HelmholtzMunich awareness month

The campaign “Women@HelmholtzMunich” aims to increase the visibility of women in science and to empower and support women at Helmholtz Munich in their work. With a series of events and social media presence, the campaign will be running between the…

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Awards & Grants, Computational Health, Health AI,

Making machine learning models less data-hungry: Vincent Fortuin acquires Branco Weiss Fellowship

Helmholtz Munich researcher Dr Vincent Fortuin is one of the young investigator group leaders at Helmholtz AI. His work focuses on the interface between Bayesian inference and deep learning. Bayesian inference is a statistical method to learn from…

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Featured Publication, IDM,

NAFLD - Hepatokines mediate its Impact on Metabolic Diseases and help to identify Subtypes

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is an important risk factor for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. In a Perspective in Cell Metabolism, Norbert Stefan from Helmholtz Munich, the German Center for Diabetes Research and the…

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Featured Publication, AHS,

Identification of two cancer genes for targeted leukemia therapy

Modern cancer therapy aims to tailor treatment to each individual patient's needs by identifying specific molecular targets with essential functions in the tumor of these patients. Leukemia, or blood cancer, is a common tumor in children and occurs…

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Featured Publication, Bioengineering, IBMI, Pioneer Campus,

Bioengineering: the driving force to accelerate clinical translation

How can the clinical translation of research findings be accelerated to improve human health? What role does bioengineering play in driving the development of medicine and biology solutions? Matthias Tschöp, CEO at Helmholtz Munich and Alexander von…

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Interview with Prof. Önder Yildirim - What You Eat Is What You Breathe

Did you know? What you eat is what you breathe. Knowledge bites about the connection of nutrition and COPD.

 

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Marie Curie Statue

Awards & Grants, Diabetes, IDOT, Stem Cells,

Two MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships Awarded to Researchers at Helmholtz Munich

Dr. Robert Frömel and Dr. Hossam Montaser have been awarded Marie Skłodowska Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships. Over a period of two years, the EU funded fellowships will support their independent research projects on gene regulation in brain…

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Core Facilities, Awards & Grants,

Michael Witting Receives Metabolomics Society Medal 2026

Dr. Michael Witting has been awarded the Metabolomics Society Medal 2026. The international scientific society recognizes his contributions to the advancement and application of metabolomics methodologies. The medal was presented during the opening…

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Awards & Grants, Computational Health, ICB,

Steffen Schneider Admitted to the Young Academy

Dr. Steffen Schneider of Helmholtz Munich and KI macht Schule gGmbH has been admitted as a new member of the Young Academy. Working at the interface of artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and statistical modelling, Schneider joins the Academy's…

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