German Medical Award 2025 for Prof. Ulrike Protzer

Awards & Grants, Molecular Targets and Therapeutics, VIRO,

Ulrike Protzer Receives the German Medical Award 2025

Prof. Ulrike Protzer, Director of the Institute of Virology at Helmholtz Munich and Chair for Virology at the Technical University of Munich, has been awarded the German Medical Award 2025 in the category "Female Doctor of the Year". The honor…

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Awards & Grants, Pioneer Campus,

Supporting Creative Science: Janna Nawroth Awarded VW Night Science Grant

Dr. Janna Nawroth, Principal Investigator at the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus at Helmholtz Munich, has been awarded a grant from the VolkswagenStiftung’s Night Science Initiative, a program designed to foster creativity as a driver of scientific…

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Featured Publication, Computational Health, ICB,

Investigating a Fundamental Biological Process in Vaccinated Individuals

When immune system killer cells detect signs of infection, some of them rapidly multiply, forming a large defensive force to fight the pathogen. However, this response does not occur in every killer cell. What determines whether a cell will…

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Featured Publication, Environmental Health, PGSB,

New Wheat Diversity Discovery Could Help Secure Global Food Supplies

A new study, led by Helmholtz Munich and the Earlham Institute as part of a global collaboration, has generated the first wheat pan-transcriptome – a comprehensive map of gene activity across multiple wheat varieties.

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Leadership Transition at Helmholtz Munich: Hrabě de Angelis Appointed Member and Spokesperson of the Executive Board

Effective October 1, 2025, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Martin Hrabě de Angelis will take on the role of Member and Spokesperson of the Executive Board (acting) at Helmholtz Munich. He succeeds Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Matthias Tschöp, who on the same day…

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Events, Stem Cells, IES, Molecular Targets and Therapeutics, IFE,

Exhibition on Cell Identity at the Deutsches Museum

How do the many different cells in the human body emerge from a single stem cell – and what makes each one unique? The Epigenetics Community at Helmholtz Munich explores these questions in a special exhibition at the Deutsches Museum. From 14. to 16.…