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Awards & Grants, Diabetes, IDR,

Heiko Lickert Receives ERC Proof of Concept Grant for Diabetes Research

Prof. Heiko Lickert has been awarded an ERC Proof of Concept (PoC) Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). The funding is intended to advance a novel regenerative therapeutic approach for type 2 diabetes from basic research into clinical…

Helmholtz Munich Expert Hour at German Bundestag

Events, Diabetes, IDR, Computational Health, Health AI,

Helmholtz Munich Expert Hour: Bringing Research Effectively into Healthcare

How can scientific breakthroughs reach the people more quickly? This question was the focus of the Helmholtz Munich Expert Hour on March 25 in the German Bundestag. Under the title “From Research to Patients – Translation and AI in Medicine”,…

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Featured Publication, Diabetes, IDR,

Comparing Pancreas Development Across Species to Advance Translational Research and Diabetes Therapies

Pancreas development in pigs resembles humans much more closely than does the established mouse model. An international team headed by Helmholtz Munich and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) has now produced a comprehensive evolutionary…

Islets of langerhans (left side) in pancreatic tissue, magnification 400x.

AI, Awards & Grants, Diabetes, IDR, Computational Health,

Helmholtz Munich Receives Grant to Improve Stem Cell Islet Transplants for Type 1 Diabetes

Helmholtz Munich has been awarded a prestigious grant from Breakthrough T1D, a leading global type 1 diabetes (T1D) research and advocacy organization, to enhance the effectiveness of stem cell-derived islet transplantation for T1D. By integrating…

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3 IDR winners for the DZD Outstanding Young Investigator Award 2024

Congratulations to Nicole Rogers, Mireia Molina van den Bosch and Falk Farkas for winning the DZD Outstanding Young Investigator Award 2024

A highly magnified view of a human pancreas, focusing on the pancreatic islets. The islets are depicted with their clusters of endocrine cells, including alpha and beta cells.

Awards & Grants, Diabetes, IDR,

Helmholtz Munich Receives Funding from la Caixa Foundation to Develop Regenerative Diabetes Therapy

Helmholtz Munich is partnering with Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) in Barcelona, Spain, on a research project aimed at advancing treatments for type 1 diabetes (T1D). Sponsored by the la Caixa Foundation with nearly one million Euros in funding, the…