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Helmholtz Munich Launches Collaboration on AI-Driven Kidney Disease Research

Mapping the Kidney at Single-Cell Resolution 🤖

#HelmholtzMunich and #Novartis Biomedical Research are launching a four-year collaboration to advance #KidneyDisease research with #AI-driven modeling, #VirtualCell simulations, & large-scale perturbation analysis.

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#CellAtlas

Early Detection of Adult Type 1 Diabetes Funded by Breakthrough T1D

Up to USD 900,000 from Breakthrough T1D will fund #HelmholtzMunich research on early-stage type 1 diabetes in adults.

Using data from 75,000 participants in #NAKO and Babydiab/Babydiet, the team aims to develop adult T1D screening.

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Why We Must Act Now in Biomedical Engineering Germany has the opportunity to extend its strength as an engineering powerhouse into medicine and the life sciences. Vasilis Ntziachristos

Germany has the opportunity to extend its strength as an engineering powerhouse into medicine and the life sciences. Vasilis Ntziachristos explains how this can be achieved using three key levers.

A comment by Vasilis Ntziachristos @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social

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How Are Early-Life Nutrition and Epigenetic Mechanisms Involved in the Development of Type 1 Diabetes and Obesity? Sandra Hummel Honored With the Research Award of the Dr. Heinz Bürger-Büsing Foundation

Prof. Sandra Hummel, #HelmholtzMunich, has received the Research Prize of the Dr. Heinz Bürger-Büsing Foundation for her work on early-life nutrition and epigenetics and their role in the development of type 1 diabetes and obesity.

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#DiabetesResearch #Type1Diabetes #Epigenetics

Summer School on Chromatin Biology 2026 Hands-on Expedition at Helmholtz Munich

The Epigenetics Community at #HelmholtzMunich, together with #Abcam, is hosting the 3rd #Chromatin #SummerSchool in Munich:

📆 17–29 August 2026
⏰ Apply by March 29, 2026

👉 Applications & info: bit.ly/4oGDR8f

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Big Data Make Hidden Genetic Drivers of Type 2 Diabetes Visible

Big Data Make Hidden Genetic Drivers of Type 2 Diabetes Visible 🧬

An international team led by Prof. Eleftheria Zeggini from #HelmholtzMunich used global genetic and multi-omic data to prioritize disease-relevant genes and proteins.

👉 Read more: t1p.de/oz0ux

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#Microbiome #ImmuneHealth #MorbusCrohn

More Than Just Gut Cohabitants: How Gut Bacteria Control Immune Responses

More Than Just Gut Cohabitants: How Gut Bacteria Control Immune Responses

New research led by #HelmholtzMunich shows that common gut bacteria can actively shape our immune system by injecting proteins directly into human cells.

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🔗 Original publication: t1p.de/v42xb

#Microbiome

🔗 To the original publication: t1p.de/a9ic3

#CardiovascularHealth #MedicalImaging #BiomedicalEngineering #FastRSOM

New Imaging Technology Detects Early Signs of Heart Disease Through the Skin

Detecting Heart Disease Early, Through the Skin

With #fastRSOM, researchers at #HelmholtzMunich & TUM can non-invasively detect tiny blood vessel changes before symptoms appear – opening new paths for earlier prevention & personalized care.

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To the original publication: t1p.de/lehtr

#BiomedicalResearch #DrugDiscovery #KnowledgeGraphs #OpenScience #Alzheimer

BioPathNet: New AI Uncovers Hidden Patterns in Biomedical Knowledge Graphs

BioPathNet: New AI Uncovers Hidden Patterns in Biomedical Knowledge Graphs

Researchers at #HelmholtzMunich & Mila have developed #BioPathNet, an #AI tool that systematically explores large biological data networks to reveal hidden connections between genes, diseases, and drugs.

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Adipose Tissue Under the Microscope: Funding for Two Metabolic Health Projects

Adipose Tissue Under the Microscope
Funding for Two Metabolic Health Projects 👏

Dr. Maria Keller, #HelmholtzMunich, has secured funding for two research projects focused on adipose tissue & its role in #MetabolicHealth in people with #obesity.

👉 t1p.de/jky9x

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#HIMAG

🔗 To the original publication: t1p.de/rgoep

Weight Loss in Cancer: Coordinated Multi-Organ Response

Weight Loss in Cancer: New research led by #HelmholtzMunich shows that #cachexia affects multiple organs in a coordinated metabolic way, not just muscles.

👉 Read more: t1p.de/q0ukw

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🔗Original publication in Cell Metabolism: t1p.de/hbest

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#MetabolicResearch #ObesityResearch #GutMicrobiome

Colon-Adjacent Fat Interacts With the Immune System

Colon-Adjacent Fat Interacts With the Immune System

A new study by researchers from #HelmholtzMunich, Karolinska Institutet & Steno Diabetes Center Copenhagen shows that fat located next to the colon plays a unique role in immune regulation.

👉 t1p.de/4wq67

How Do Metabolic Changes Influence Our Genes?

How Do Metabolic Changes Influence Our Genes? 🧬

Researchers at #HelmholtzMunich have discovered new mechanisms by which metabolism impacts our genes through epigenetic regulation.

🔗Original publication: t1p.de/uh7j8

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How diet and cold rewire brown fat – at the epigenetic level

Researchers from #HelmholtzMunich & partners show how #diet & #cold exposure reshape the genetic activity of #BrownFat.

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🔗Original publication: t1p.de/hpc7t

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#Epigenetics #Obesity #BrownFat #HIMAG

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Mapping Proteins in African Genomes – New Clues for Type 2 Diabetes 🧬

Mapping Proteins in African Genomes – New Clues for Type 2 Diabetes🧬

A study led by #HelmholtzMunich, links 18 blood plasma proteins to #T2D in a Ugandan cohort – some already targeted by existing drugs.

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#Genomics #Proteomics #GlobalHealth #PrecisionMedicine

Mapping Carotid Artery Plaques at Single-Cell Resolution

🧬 Researchers from #HelmholtzMunich & @tum.de mapped carotid artery plaques at single-cell resolution, revealing how cell types and structures change as disease progresses.

Insights may help improve #stroke risk assessment and guide future diagnostics & treatments.

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🌟 Happy Holidays From Helmholtz Munich! 🌟

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#HappyHolidays #HappyNewYear #AIinHealth #InnovationInScience

Normalizing Blood Sugar Can Halve Heart Attack Risk

Normalizing Blood Sugar Can Halve Heart Attack Risk 🩺

👉 Learn more in our news: t1p.de/x4f0q
🔗 To the original publication: t1p.de/pe52s

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#Diabetes #Prediabetes #CardiovascularHealth #DZD

New "Cool-Down" Hormone Found: Vaspin Slows the Body’s Heat-Producing Fat

Researchers led by Dr. John Heiker, Inka Rapöhn (HI-MAG, #HelmholtzMunich) & Dr. Juliane Weiner (CRC1052) identified vaspin as a “cool-down” hormone that slows heat-producing fat.

Vaspin acts as a brake on thermogenesis & may open new paths for obesity therapies.

👉 t1p.de/fs0rw

#MetabolicHealth

Prof. Eleftheria Zeggini Appointed to the ERC Scientific Council

🎉 Eleftheria Zeggini Appointed to the ERC Scientific Council

The European Commission has appointed Prof. Eleftheria Zeggini to the Scientific Council of the European Research Council (ERC) – the ERC’s governing and decision-making body.

👉 Read more: t1p.de/0k3y2

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Fit trotz Klimawandel – Das Genom ist der Schlüssel zur Widerstandsfähigkeit von Nutzpflanzen🌾

👉 Mehr über die #HelmholtzMunich Forschung an Pflanzen-Genomen für klimaresistentere Getreidesorten:
t1p.de/s27xl

👉 Weitere Forschende, die das #ParisAgreement unterstützen: t1p.de/oogn6

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Jian Cui Wins Prestigious ERC Consolidator Grant

Congratulations to Dr. Jian Cui, Principal Investigator at the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus, on receiving an #ERC Consolidator Grant for his project #PhotonSignaling. 👏

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#ERCGrant #ERCCoG #HorizonEurope

Dr. Raffaele Teperino Honored With the Pro-Scientia Award of the Eckhart-Buddecke Foundation

Dr. Raffaele Teperino, #HelmholtzMunich, receives the PRO-SCIENTIA Award of the Eckhart-Buddecke Foundation for his #Nature study showing how a father’s diet & weight can impact his future children’s health.

👉 t1p.de/av5p9

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