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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.

👉 t1p.de/g2b98
🔗 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.

👉 t1p.de/hmoin

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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#Epigenetics

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

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#Epigenetics #Obesity #BrownFat #HIMAG

🔗 To the original publication: t1p.de/9qgha

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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.

👉 t1p.de/3n22e

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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.

👉 t1p.de/pkpgl

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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.

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Great news for the #FERROPath consortium! The Federal Ministry of Research, Technology, and Space (BMFTR) is extending funding for two more years.

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#CellDeath

Tracking Metabolic Clues Years Before Type 2 Diabetes Develops

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

Helmholtz Munich Researchers at NeurIPS 2025

#HelmholtzMunich at #NeurIPS2025

Our researchers contributed 15 papers to NeurIPS 2025.

👉 Explore the papers: t1p.de/6ej6i

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A fin-loop-like structure in GPX4 underlies neuroprotection from ferroptosis A fin-like structural loop in GPX4 is critical for anchoring the enzyme to cellular membranes, thereby preventing ferroptosis. A patient-associated R152H mutation destabilizes this loop, leading to fe...

🔗To the original publication in Cell: t1p.de/i5i9j

Single Enzyme Failure Found to Drive Neuron Loss in Dementia

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

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🔗To the original publication: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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C-Compass – Ai-Based Software Maps Proteins and Lipids Within Cells

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