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@helmholtz.de

#HappyHolidays #HappyNewYear #AIinHealth #InnovationInScience
🧬 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.

👉 t1p.de/pkpgl

@dzhk.de
December 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
🌟 Happy Holidays From Helmholtz Munich! 🌟

@helmholtz.de

#HappyHolidays #HappyNewYear #AIinHealth #InnovationInScience
December 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Normalizing Blood Sugar Can Halve Heart Attack Risk 🩺

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

@diabresearch-dzd.bsky.social
#Diabetes #Prediabetes #CardiovascularHealth #DZD
December 15, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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
December 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🎉 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

@erc.europa.eu
December 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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

@helmholtz.de
Forschen für einen lebenswerten Planeten: Prof. Dr. Manuel Spannagl arbeitet bei @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social an klimaresistenten Nutzpflanzen. #SustainableAgriculture #FoodSecurity

Weitere #Helmholtz -Forschende, die mit ihrer Arbeit die Ziele des #ParisAgreement unterstützen:

➡️ bit.ly/4nrVgC0
December 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Congratulations to Dr. Jian Cui, Principal Investigator at the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus, on receiving an #ERC Consolidator Grant for his project #PhotonSignaling. 👏

👉 t1p.de/d9sz8

@pioneercampus.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu

#ERCGrant #ERCCoG #HorizonEurope
December 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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

@epihmgu.bsky.social @diabresearch-dzd.bsky.social @epitep.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Great news for the #FERROPath consortium! The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR) is extending funding for two more years.

👉 t1p.de/taddg

@onderyildirimcpc.bsky.social @uniregensburg.bsky.social @tudresden.bsky.social @unidue.bsky.social

#CellDeath
December 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Tracking Metabolic Clues Years Before Type 2 Diabetes Develops

Researchers at #HelmholtzMunich have identified early biological changes that occur long before #Type2Diabetes is diagnosed.

👉 t1p.de/cx97k

@comphealthmunich.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
#HelmholtzMunich at #NeurIPS2025

Our researchers contributed 15 papers to NeurIPS 2025.

👉 Explore the papers: t1p.de/6ej6i

@neuripsconf.bsky.social @comphealthmunich.bsky.social @helmholtzai.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Researchers from #HelmholtzMunich, TUM & LMU University Hospital Munich have uncovered the first molecular evidence that #ferroptosis can directly drive #neurodegeneration in the human brain. 🧠

👉 t1p.de/2n0u2

@tum.de @lmu-klinikum.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
C-Compass – Ai-Based Software Maps Proteins and Lipids Within Cells

Developed by #HelmholtzMunich, DZD & University of Bonn, C-COMPASS makes spatial proteomics & lipidomics easier to use – no coding needed.

👉 t1p.de/2gn5c
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 AM
👏 Prof. Maria-Elena Torres-Padilla, this year’s Leibniz Prize laureate, has now been honored with the Bavarian #Maximiliansorden for Science and Art.

👉 Read more: t1p.de/d5vq0

@metorrespadilla.bsky.social
@epihmgu.bsky.social
@pioneercampus.bsky.social

#StemCells #Epigenetics
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 AM
🔬Funding Project #EDGE Brings New Technology for Precise Therapeutic Delivery Closer to Clinical Application

👉Read more: t1p.de/mu60p
December 1, 2025 at 12:54 PM
#HelmholtzMunich joins #PROBE – a new EU initiative to transform #osteoarthritis diagnosis and treatment. Funded by Horizon Europe with €26M, including €1.4M for Helmholtz Munich.

👉 t1p.de/64zie

@ihieurope.bsky.social @fabiantheis.bsky.social
@ja-schnabel.bsky.social @comphealthmunich.bsky.social
December 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
🌍 The #HelmholtzMunich Talent Forum 2025 brought together exceptional early-career scientists in #epigenetics & nucleic acids research to foster exchange, collaboration & research excellence. 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

👉 t1p.de/3dsix

@boyanbonev.bsky.social @epihmgu.bsky.social
#TalentForum
November 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
🥇 Dr. Eric Wenzel (HI-MAG, #HelmholtzMunich, Leipzig University & Medical Faculty of Leipzig University) receives the 2025 Jürgen-Bierich Research Award for uncovering a novel genetic cause of severe early-onset #obesity and advancing targeted treatments.

👉 t1p.de/7bhvt

@unileipzig.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
#HelmholtzMunich to Advance AI Benchmarking With Three Newly Funded Projects

Shaping the next generation of trustworthy, scientifically robust #AI across research domains.

👉 t1p.de/ubzam

@helmholtz.de @helmholtzai.bsky.social @comphealthmunich.bsky.social @helmholtzimaging.bsky.social @stes.io
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
🫁 How can Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) be prevented and effectively treated?

Over 120 clinicians, researchers, and patient advocates met at the ERS–COPD-iNET Research Symposium in Prague to discuss innovative approaches.

👉 t1p.de/kwjrt

#COPD
November 19, 2025 at 11:41 AM
#WorldCOPDDay
“Short of Breath, Think COPD”

🫁#HelmholtzMunich Drives Research for New Diagnostics, Therapies and Prevention Strategies

👉 t1p.de/2sxmc

@onderyildirimcpc.bsky.social @lmu-klinikum.bsky.social
@dzg-forschen.bsky.social

#COPDAwareness, #LungHealth #ThinkCOPD #COPDDay
November 19, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Stem Cell Stories – the hands-on exhibition at the Deutsches Museum was a huge success! 🎉

👏 Thanks to everyone who visited and joined!

@epicrossborders.bsky.social @carstenmarr.bsky.social @tum.de @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
#StemCells #Epigenetics #AIinScience #ScienceCommunication #HelmholtzMunich
Wrapping up a great weekend of “Stem Cell Stories” at the Deutsches Museum.
Science doesn’t exist in isolation. We are committed to engaging with society, exchanging ideas, and building trust through transparency. Let’s keep the conversation going.
#ScienceOutreach #Epigenetics #AIinBiomedicine
November 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Fine-Tuning #Immunity: The Role of #Ubiquitination in T cell Activation 🔬

A new study by researchers at #HelmholtzMunich reveals how two molecular players, LUBAC and TRAF6, work together to fine-tune immune signaling in #Tcells.

👉 t1p.de/ejpf7
November 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
One-Hour Glucose Level: A New Way to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes 🩸

A single blood glucose measurement one hour after an oral glucose tolerance test can reveal diabetes risk even before prediabetes develops, as researchers from #HelmholtzMunich, the University of Tübingen & the DZD show.

👉 t1p.de/dq0ia
November 14, 2025 at 11:07 AM
#WorldDiabetesDay
#WeFightDiabetes

At #HelmholtzMunich, researchers from different scientific backgrounds are closely connected to find new innovative approaches to prevent, treat & ultimately cure #diabetes & #obesity.

👉Discover more: t1p.de/16rz8

@helmholtz.de @diabresearch-dzd.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 8:37 AM