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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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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

@epihmgu.bsky.social @metorrespadilla.bsky.social @robertife.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 9:47 AM
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

@tum.de
January 29, 2026 at 7:54 AM
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.

👉 t1p.de/g2b98
🔗 Original publication: t1p.de/v42xb

#Microbiome
January 26, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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.

👉 t1p.de/ds5is

@munichimaging.bsky.social @tum.de
January 22, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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.

👉 t1p.de/hmoin
January 20, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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

@diabresearch-dzd.bsky.social
#HIMAG
January 15, 2026 at 12:37 PM
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

@ondrej-kuda.bsky.social
@iphys-cas.bsky.social
@diabresearch-dzd.bsky.social
@dzhk.de
January 15, 2026 at 10:09 AM
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
January 13, 2026 at 4:17 PM
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

@epihmgu.bsky.social @robertife.bsky.social
#Epigenetics
January 12, 2026 at 11:31 AM
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.

👉 t1p.de/mmdg2
🔗Original publication: t1p.de/hpc7t

@unileipzig.bsky.social
#Epigenetics #Obesity #BrownFat#HIMAG
January 12, 2026 at 8:59 AM
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.

👉 t1p.de/3n22e

@elezeggini.bsky.social
#Genomics #Proteomics #GlobalHealth #PrecisionMedicine
January 8, 2026 at 10:10 AM
🧬 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