We would also like to share that Julia Mahamid, who was recently recognized with the Carl Zeiss Lecture Prize at the International Meeting of the German Society for Cell Biology, will also be awarded the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize in March. Congratulations! 👏
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Exciting news! We would like to congratulate @nataliekrahmer.bsky.social on her professorship 👏.

Prof. Dr. Krahmer will start a new position as Professor of Metabolic Cell Architecture at Technical University of Munich and Helmholtz Munich @tum.de @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social

Sincere thanks go to all participants and the local organizing team at the University of Heidelberg, and to the DFG for enabling this important initiative.

Our network unites expertise from fields including virology, cell biology, metabolism, advanced imaging, structural biology, and molecular profiling, fostering deep interdisciplinary exchange.

Supported by the DFG, FOR 5815 is an interdisciplinary research consortium dedicated to unveiling how #LipidDroplet (LD) heterogeneity contributes to fundamental cellular processes, health, and disease.

This event brought together principal investigators alongside PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from 8 German institutions: EMBL Heidelberg, DKFZ Heidelberg, Helmholtz Munich, BZH Heidelberg, University of Münster, University of Heidelberg, University of Marburg, and University of Lübeck.

The Lipid Droplets Heterogeneity (FOR 5815) consortium held its first retreat from October 13–15, 2025, at the University of #Heidelberg, a city celebrated for its strong scientific and academic tradition.

This bidirectional relationship allows cells to respond optimally to different conditions, especially to nutrient fluctuations and prevalent pathophysiological challenges. Thus, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝟱𝟴𝟭𝟱 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗹𝘂𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗗 𝗵𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲.

This LD heterogeneity occurs at multiple levels, resulting in the formation of specific subpopulations that differ across intracellular space, between neighboring cells of the same or different types, and between healthy and diseased conditions.

#LipidDroplets (LDs) are key organelles of cellular lipid homeostasis. They exhibit a remarkable dynamic plasticity in molecular composition, number, localization, and appearance.

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