Marcus Conrad Elected to the Leopoldina

Awards & Grants, Molecular Targets and Therapeutics, MCD,

Marcus Conrad Elected to the Leopoldina

Prof. Marcus Conrad has been elected a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. With this prestigious scientific honor, the Academy recognizes his outstanding contributions to the study of regulated cell death and its…

Porträt Marcus Conrad_KI_Erweiterung für Typo3

Awards & Grants, Molecular Targets and Therapeutics, MCD,

Marcus Conrad Receives Fondation ARC Léopold Griffuel Award

Prof. Marcus Conrad, Director of the Institute of Metabolism and Cell Death at Helmholtz Munich, has been honored with the 54th Fondation ARC Léopold Griffuel Award for Translational and Clinical Research. The award recognizes his pioneering…

Electron micrograph of apoptotic cells showing the formation of membranebound apoptotic bodies a hallmark of programmed cell death

Molecular Targets and Therapeutics, MCD,

Mapping How Cancer Cells Die – and Survive: A 25-Year Update on a Defining Hallmark of Cancer

A new review in Cell by Helmholtz Munich researchers and international collaborators reframes regulated cell death as a roadmap for the next generation of precision oncology. Publication coincides with the 25th anniversary of the seminal Hallmarks of…

Porträt Marcus Conrad Hochformat Background: HDC Indoor

Awards & Grants, Molecular Targets and Therapeutics, MCD,

Marcus Conrad Receives German Cancer Award 2026

Prof. Marcus Conrad, Director of the Institute of Metabolism and Cell Death at Helmholtz Munich was awarded the German Cancer Award 2026 in the category “Experimental Research”, together with Prof. José Pedro Friedmann Angeli of the University of…

Bloodstream Flow 3D Render of Red Blood Cells in Vessel Lumen

Awards & Grants, Environmental Health, LHI, Molecular Targets and Therapeutics, MCD,

Funding for Cell Death Research Extended

Research into a novel form of cell death is entering its next phase and could soon help reduce complications after heart attacks or organ transplants. The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR) is providing continued support for…

Neural Cells Interaction

New Research Findings, Molecular Targets and Therapeutics, MCD,

Single Enzyme Failure Found to Drive Neuron Loss in Dementia

Researchers at Helmholtz Munich, the Technical University of Munich and the LMU University Hospital Munich uncovered a mechanism that protects nerve cells from premature cell death, known as ferroptosis. The study provides the first molecular…