Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler

Prof. Dr. Peter Achenbach
Prof. Dr. Peter Achenbach

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Type 1 Diabetes Academy

Clinical Study Board

Research Interest:

  • Pathogenesis, prediction, and prevention of T1D
  • Characterization of humoral islet autoimmunity
Prof. Dr. em. Jerzy Adamski
Prof. Dr. em. Jerzy Adamski

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy, Metabolomics

Research Interest:

  • Metabolism and signal transduction pathways
  • Biomarkers of disease and therapy monitoring
  • Development of safe and specific drugs
Prof. Dr. Hadi Al-Hasani
Prof. Dr. Hadi Al-Hasani

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy

RCB, Data Management Board

Research Interest:

  • Complex genetics
  • Glucose metabolism
  • Muscle and fat cell biology
Dr. Tiago Cardoso Alves
Dr. Tiago Cardoso Alves

Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden (PLID)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy

Research Interest:

  • Metabolic regulation
  • Islet function
  • Metabolism of T2D
Dr. David Ambrosek
Dr. David Ambrosek

Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)

Research Area: Bioinformatics

Data Management Board

Research Interest:

  • Strategy and guidelines
  • Development of workflows and processes for RDM
PD Dr. Sita Arjune
PD Dr. Sita Arjune

Universitätsklinikum und MPI für Stoffwechselforschung, Köln

Research Area: Metabolomics, Proteomics

Clinical Study Board

Research Interest:

  • Obesity
  • Biomarkers 
  • Metabolism
Prof. Dr. Ferruh Artunc
Prof. Dr. Ferruh Artunc

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Complications Academy

Research Interest:

  • Edema formation in proteinuric kidney disease
  • Proteasuria
  • Hemodynamics and biomarkers in hemodialysis
Dr. Mostafa Bakhti
Dr. Mostafa Bakhti

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy

Research Interest:

  • Endocrine lineage formation
  • Islet formation and regeneration
  • Cell biology
  • Developmental biology
Prof. Dr. Alexander Bartelt
Prof. Dr. Alexander Bartelt

Technische Universität München (TUM)

Research Area: Complications Academy, Lipidomics, Metabolomics, Proteomics

Research Interest:

  • Lipid metabolism
  • Adipocytes
  • Proteostasis
  • Inflammation
Prof. Dr. Johannes Beckers
Prof. Dr. Johannes Beckers

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy, Genomics

Academy Head

Research Interest:

  • Functional genomics
  • Epigenomics
  • Diabetes
Dr. Bengt Belgardt
Dr. Bengt Belgardt

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy

Research Interest:

  • Beta cell dysfunction
  • Beta cell loss
  • Non-Coding RNA
Prof. Dr. Andreas Birkenfeld
Prof. Dr. Andreas Birkenfeld

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Prevention Academy, Liver Academy

DZD Speaker, RCB, Academy Head, Clinical Study Board

Research Interest:

  • Lipid and glucose metabolism
  • Obesity, T2D, ageing
  • Mitochondrial dysfunction
Prof. Dr. Matthias Blüher
Prof. Dr. Matthias Blüher

Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Leipzig

Research Area: Prevention Academy, Complications Academy, Biobanking

RCB, Clinical Study Board

Research Interest:

  • Obesity
  • Adipose tissue
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • Insulin resistance
  • Pharmacotherapies
Dr. Gidon Bönhof
Dr. Gidon Bönhof

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Complications Academy

Research Interest:

  • Diabetic peripheral neuropathy
  • Diabetic autonomic neuropathy
  • Neuropathic pain
Prof. Dr. Ezio Bonifacio
Prof. Dr. Ezio Bonifacio

Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden von Helmholtz Munich an der TU Dresden (PLID)

Research Area: Type 1 Diabetes Academy

RCB, Academy Head

Research Interest:

  • Immunology
  • Biomarkers
  • Genetics
Prof. Dr. Jan Born
Prof. Dr. Jan Born

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Brain Academy

Research Interest:

  • Eating behavior
  • Sleep
  • Memory
Prof. Dr. Stefan Bornstein
Prof. Dr. Stefan Bornstein

Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden von Helmholtz Munich an der TU Dresden (PLID)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy

RCB

Research Interest:

  • Endocrinology, Metabolism
  • Biochemistry, molecular biology
  • Genetic heredity
  • Cell Biology
  • Neurosciences, Neurology
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jens Brüning
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jens Brüning

Universitätsklinikum und MPI für Stoffwechselforschung, Köln

Research Area: Brain Academy

RCB, Academy Head

Research Interest:

  • Insulin action and resistance
  • CNS-control of metabolism
PD Dr. Volker Burkart
PD Dr. Volker Burkart

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy, Biobanking

Research Interest:

  • Immunomodulation
  • Innate immunity
Dr. Ingo Burtscher
Dr. Ingo Burtscher

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy

Research Interest:

  • Mouse embryo development
  • Generation of mouse models
  • Confocal imaging
Prof. Dr. Cristina García Cáceres
Prof. Dr. Cristina García Cáceres

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Brain Academy

Academy Head

Research Interest:

  • CNS-control of metabolism
  • Astrocyte-neuron signaling
  • Obesity
  • T2D
Dr. Anne Caniard
Dr. Anne Caniard

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Bioinformatics

Data Management Board

Research Interest:

  • Biochemistry
PD Dr. Alexandra Chadt
PD Dr. Alexandra Chadt

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy

Research Interest:

  • Pathophysiology of obesity and T2D
  • Mouse genetics
  • Lipid metabolism
  • Glucose metabolism
Prof. Dr. Triantafyllos Chavakis
Prof. Dr. Triantafyllos Chavakis

Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden von Helmholtz Munich an der TU Dresden (PLID)

Research Area: Liver Academy

Research Interest:

  • Inflammation
  • Immunology
  • Metabolism – insulin resistance – T2D
  • Obesity
  • Cardiovascular system
Prof. Dr. Ünal Coskun
Prof. Dr. Ünal Coskun

Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden von Helmholtz Munich an der TU Dresden (PLID)

Research Area: Liver Academy, Beta Cell Academy

RCB

Research Interest:

  • Membrane biochemistry & biophysics
  • Cell biology
  • Lipidomics
  • Synthetic proteoliposomal systems
Prof. Dr. Carolin Daniel
Prof. Dr. Carolin Daniel

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Type 1 Diabetes Academy

Academy Head

Research Interest:

  • Immunology
  • Diabetes
  • Immunometabolism
Dr. Bedair Dewidar
Dr. Bedair Dewidar

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Liver Academy

Research Interest:

  • Insulin resistance
  • Mitochondrial function
  • Metabolic-related fatty liver diseases
  • Obesity and diabetes
Dr. Mauricio Berriel Diaz
Dr. Mauricio Berriel Diaz

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Complications Academy

Research Interest:

  • Metabolic dysfunction, diabetes and cancer
  • Pathophysiology of cancer-associated cachexia
  • Tumor metabolism
Prof. Dr. Marius Distler, FACS, MHBA
Prof. Dr. Marius Distler, FACS, MHBA

University Hospital Dresden

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy

Research Interest:

  • Pancreatic Cancer
  • Cystic pancreatic tumors
  • Minimally invasive and complex robot assisted surgery
  • Surgical Training and Performance Assessment
  • Oncological Visceral Surgery
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Daniel Dörr
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Daniel Dörr

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Liver Academy

Data Management Board

Research Interest:

  • Algorithmic bioinformatics
  • Multimodal data integration
  • Metabolic network analysis
  • Pangenomics
Dr. Kenneth Dyar
Dr. Kenneth Dyar

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Complications Academy, Lipidomics, Metabolomics, Genomics

Research Interest:

  • Circadian metabolism
  • Endocrinology
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Physiology
  • Aging
  • Neurodegenerative diseases
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Eckel
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Eckel

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy

Research Interest:

  • Obesity
  • Adipose tissue biology
  • Organ crosstalk
Dr. Fabian Eichelmann
Dr. Fabian Eichelmann

Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy, Lipidomics, Metabolomics, Genomics, Proteomics

Research Interest:

  • Biomarkers of T2D-Risk
  • Nutritional Epidemiology
  • Omics
Dr. Bilgen Ekim Üstünel
Dr. Bilgen Ekim Üstünel

Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

Research Area: Complications Academy

Research Interest:

  • Molecular mechanisms of type 2 diabetes and its late complications
  • Signaling pathways
  • Liver fibrosis
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fritsche
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fritsche

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Brain Academy, Prevention Academy

RCB, Academy Head, Clinical Study Board

Research Interest:

  • Insulin secretion and action
  • Clinical studies T2D
  • Prevention of diabetes
Dr. Helmut Fuchs
Dr. Helmut Fuchs

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: German Mouse Clinic

Research Interest:

  • Mouse phenotyping
  • Large scale biology
  • Mutagenesis
PD Dr. Sofiya Gancheva
PD Dr. Sofiya Gancheva

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Prevention Academy

Research Interest:

  • Mitochondrial function in obesity and diabetes
  • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Prof. Dr. Anthony Gavalas
Prof. Dr. Anthony Gavalas

Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden von Helmholtz Munich an der TU Dresden (PLID)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy

RCB

Research Interest:

  • Stem Cells
  • Developmental biology
  • Pancreas development
Dr. Gita Gemulla
Dr. Gita Gemulla

Universitätsklinikum Dresden

Research Area: Type 1 Diabetes Academy

Research Interest:

  • Pathogenesis, prediction, and prevention of T1D
  • Follow up of children with early stage T1D
Dr. Anastasia Georgiadi
Dr. Anastasia Georgiadi

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Complications Academy

Research Interest:

  • Insulin resistance
  • Energy expenditure
  • Obesity
Dr. Felicia Gerst
Dr. Felicia Gerst

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy

Research Interest:

  • Beta cell function
  • Molecular mechanisms of beta cell failure
  • Organ crosstalk
Dr. Harald Grallert
Dr. Harald Grallert

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy

Research Interest:

  • Molecular epidemiology
  • Diabetes
  • Biomarkers
Dr. Anne Grapin-Botton
Dr. Anne Grapin-Botton

Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy

Research Interest:

  • Beta cell development
  • Pancreas organoids
  • Endocrine cell engineering
  • Diabetes modelling
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Tilman Grune, MAE
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Tilman Grune, MAE

Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy, Proteomics

RCB

Research Interest:

  • Postmitic senescent cells (ß cells)
  • Redox homeostasis 
  • Proteostasis
  • Energy metabolism
Prof. Dr. Martina Guthoff
Prof. Dr. Martina Guthoff

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Complications Academy

Research Interest:

  • Diabetic kidney disease
  • Glucose metabolism in CKD
  • Crosstalk kidney-metabolism
  • Posttransplantation diabetes
Prof. Dr. Manfred Hallschmid
Prof. Dr. Manfred Hallschmid

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Brain Academy

Research Interest:

  • Neuroendocrinology
  • Sleep
  • Eating behavior
Dr. Ruth Hanssen
Dr. Ruth Hanssen

Universitätsklinikum und MPI für Stoffwechselforschung, Köln

Research Area: Brain Academy

Clinical Study Board

Research Interest: 

  • Pathogenesis of obesity and type 2 diabetes
  • Gut-brain interactions in obesity and diabetes
  • Prevention and treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes
Dr. Stefanie Hauck
Dr. Stefanie Hauck

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Proteomics

Research Interest:

  • proteomics
  • biomarkers
  • risk prediction
Prof. Dr. Matthias Hebrok
Prof. Dr. Matthias Hebrok

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy

RCB

Research Interest:

  • Stem cells
  • Islets
  • Stem cell therapy
Dr. Silke Heinzmann
Dr. Silke Heinzmann

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy, Metabolomics

Research Interest:

  • Metabolomics
  • NMR spectroscopy
  • Clinical cohorts
  • Host-microbiome interactions
  • Metabolite identification
  • Environmental impact on the metabolome
Prof. Dr. Martin Heni
Prof. Dr. Martin Heni

Uni Ulm

Research Area: Brain Academy

Research Interest:

  • Patophysiology of T2D and obesity
  • Brain control of human metabolism
  • Regulation of insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion in humans
  • Clinical diabetes
  • Biomarker
Prof. Dr. Christian Herder
Prof. Dr. Christian Herder

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Complications Academy

RCB

Research Interest:

  • T2D
  • Molecular epidemiology
  • Inflammation
Prof. Dr. Stephan Herzig
Prof. Dr. Stephan Herzig

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Complications Academy, Liver Academy

RCB, Academy Head

Research Interest:

  • Metabolic syndrome and cancer
  • Brown adipose tissue
  • Transcriptional regulation
Dr. Susanna Hofmann
Dr. Susanna Hofmann

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Complications Academy

Research Interest:

  • Gender differences in Diabetes
  • Lipoprotein metabolism
  • Mechanisms of exercise-induced improvements on metabolic disease
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Holl
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Holl

Uni Ulm

Research Area: Type 1 Diabetes Academy

Research Interest:

  • Pediatric diabetes
  • Type-1 diabetes
  • Modern treatment options
  • Healthcare research
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Martin Hrabě de Angelis
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Martin Hrabě de Angelis

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy

DZD Speaker, RCB, Academy Head

Research Interest:

  • Functional Genetics and Epigenetics of Diabetes
  • Metabolism
  • Diabetes
Prof. Dr. Sandra Hummel
Prof. Dr. Sandra Hummel

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Type 1 Diabetes Academy

Research Interest:

  • Prediction and prevention of type 1 diabetes
  • Lifestyle
  • Gestational diabetes
Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Andrea Icks, MBA
Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. Andrea Icks, MBA

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Prevention Academy, Complications Academy, Liver Academy

RCB, Academy Head

Research Interest:

  • Epidemiology
  • Health services and health outcome research
  • Health economic evaluation
  • Topical focus: chronic diseases, especially diabetes
Markus Jähnert, M.Sc.
Markus Jähnert, M.Sc.

Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy, Liver Academy, Beta Cell Academy, Bioinformatics

Data Management Board

Research Interest:

  • Obesity

  • Type 2 Diabetes

  • Epigenetics

Dr. Alexander Jais
Dr. Alexander Jais

Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Leipzig

Research Area: Brain Academy

Research Interest:

  • Impact of diet on CNS
  • CNS control of metabolism
  • Energy homeostasis
  • Obesity
  • Type 2 diabetes
Dr. Wenke Jonas
Dr. Wenke Jonas

Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)

Research Area: Liver Academy

Research Interest:

  • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
  • Pathophysiology of obesity and T2D
  • Genetics
Prof. Dr. Reiner Jumpertz-von Schwartzenberg
Prof. Dr. Reiner Jumpertz-von Schwartzenberg

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Prevention Academy

RCB, Clinical Study Board

Research Interest:

  • Nutrient absorption in diabetes
  • Energy metabolism of gut microbes
  • Translational gnotobiotics
Dr. Stefan Kabisch
Dr. Stefan Kabisch

Charité Berlin

Research Area: Prevention Academy, Liver Academy, Biobanking

Biobanking Board

Research Interest:

  • Dietary prevention
  • Nutritional therapy
  • Factors of dietary compliance
  • Nutrigenetics
  • GI hormone regulation
Dr. Sabine Kahl
Dr. Sabine Kahl

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Liver Academy

RCB, Clinical Study Board

Research Interest:

  • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
  • Lipid-induced insulin resistance
  • SGLT2 inhibitors / GLP-1 receptor agonists
PD Dr. Zoltan Kender
PD Dr. Zoltan Kender

Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

Research Area: Clinical Studies

Clinical Study Board

Research Interest:

  • Peripheral and autonomic neuropathy
  • Neuropathic pain
  • Precision medicine 
  • Complications of prediabetes and diabetes
Prof. Dr. Henriette Kirchner
Prof. Dr. Henriette Kirchner

Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Universität zu Lübeck

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy

DZD NEXT Board

Research Interest:

  • Insulin resistance
  • Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
  • Epigenetics
  • Biomarkers
Prof. Dr. Maximilian Kleinert
Prof. Dr. Maximilian Kleinert

Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)

Research Area: Liver Academy

Research Interest:

  • Insulin resistance
  • Exercise metabolism
  • Exercise-induced insulin sensitivity
  • Skeletal muscle metabolism
Dr. André Kleinridders
Dr. André Kleinridders

Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)

Research Area: Brain Academy

Research Interest:

  • Brain insulin and leptin signaling
  • Mitochondrial function
  • Lipotoxicity
  • Pathophysiology of obesity and T2D
Dr. Birgit Knebel

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy

Research Interest:

  • Insulin resistance
  • Lipid metabolism
  • Functional genomics
  • Gene regulation
Prof. Dr. Stefan Kopf
Prof. Dr. Stefan Kopf

Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Universität zu Lübeck

Research Area: Liver Academy

RCB, Clinical Study Board

Research Interest:

  • Development and progression of diabetic late damage
  • Fibrosis of organs during senescence
  • DNA damage and repair as mechanism of aging of diabetic late damage
Prof. Dr. Antje Körner
Prof. Dr. Antje Körner

Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Leipzig

Research Area: Prevention Academy, Complications Academy, (Epi)Genetics Academy

Research Interest:

  • Childhood obesity
  • Adipose tissue
  • Glucose metabolism and insulin resistance in children
  • Pharmacotherapies
  • Genetic background of obesity
Dr. Natalie Krahmer
Dr. Natalie Krahmer

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Liver Academy

Research Interest:

  • Metabolic signaling by phosphoproteomics
  • Cellular process underlying metabolic diseases by proteomics
  • Systems biology approaches to identify novel drug targets
Prof. Dr. Nils Krömer
Prof. Dr. Nils Krömer

Uni Bonn

Research Area: Brain Academy

Research Interest:

  • Insulin resistance
  • Mental health
  • Brain stimulation
  • fMRI
Prof. Dr. Stephanie Kullmann
Prof. Dr. Stephanie Kullmann

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Brain Academy

Use & Access Committee

Research Interest:

  • Insulin action of the human brain
  • Neurobiology of prediabetes
  • Exercise interventions in prediabetes
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Kulzer
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Kulzer

Diabetes Akademie Bad Mergentheim

Research Area: Brain Academy

Research Interest:

  • Mental disorders
  • Diabetes Distress
  • Digital twins
  • Technology
Prof. Dr. Eckhard Lammert
Prof. Dr. Eckhard Lammert

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy, Liver Academy

RCB

Research Interest:

  • Pancreatic beta cells
  • Vascular endothelial cells
  • Pathomechanisms
PD Dr. Stefanie Lanzinger
PD Dr. Stefanie Lanzinger

Uni Ulm

Research Area: Type 1 Diabetes Academy

Research Interest:

  • Epidemiology
  • Type 1 diabetes
  • Type 2 diabetes
  • Obesity
PD Dr. Katharina Laubner
PD Dr. Katharina Laubner

Uni Freiburg

Research Area: Complications Academy

Research Interest:

  • Clinical diabetes
  • Clinical Trial Center Diabetes and Obesity
  • Novel Medications for Diabetes, Obesity and Comorbidities
  • Gestational diabetes/Diabetes in Pregnancy
  • Translational Research Diabetes and Obesity
Prof. Dr. Michael Laxy
Prof. Dr. Michael Laxy

Technische Universität München (TUM)

Research Area: Prevention Academy

Research Interest:

  • Analysis of health determinates
  • Burden of disease analysis
  • Economic evaluations of interventions and health policies
Prof. Dr. Rainer Lehmann
Prof. Dr. Rainer Lehmann

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Metabolomics, Lipidomics, Clinical Chemistry

Research Interest:

  • Pre-diabetic metabolism
  • Metabolomics / lipidomics
  • Clinical chemistry / preanalytical aspects
  • Insulin signaling
Dr. Stefan Lehr
Dr. Stefan Lehr

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Proteomics

Research Interest:

  • Functional proteomics
  • Secretome analysis
  • Metabolic diseases
Dr. Linna Li
Dr. Linna Li

Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)

Research Area: Clinical Studies

Clinical Study Board

Research Interest:

  • Weight loss maintenance
  • Dietary interventions
  • Food patterns
Prof. Dr. Heiko Lickert
Prof. Dr. Heiko Lickert

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy

RCB, Academy Head

Research Interest:

  • Beta cell development
  • Beta cell regeneration
  • Insulin signaling
  • Endocrine recruitment from gut stem cells
Dr. Rachel Lippert
Dr. Rachel Lippert

Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)

Research Area: Brain Academy

Research Interest:

  • Brain development
  • Maternal programming
  • Maternal nutrition (obesity and diabetes)
  • Neural circuit interaction
Dr. Sebastian Lobentanzer
Dr. Sebastian Lobentanzer

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Computational Biology

Research Interest:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Knowledge Representation
  • Research Software Engineering
  • Pharmacology
Dr. Estela Lorza-Gil
Dr. Estela Lorza-Gil

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy

Research Interest:

  • Beta cell function
  • Pancreatic adipose tissue
  • 3D cell culture
  • Islet-adipocyte crosstalk
  • T2D and obesity
Prof. Dr. Barbara Ludwig
Prof. Dr. Barbara Ludwig

Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden von Helmholtz Munich an der TU Dresden (PLID)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy

RCB

Research Interest:

  • Transplantation
  • Molecular biology
  • Science technology
Dr. Dominik Lutter
Dr. Dominik Lutter

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Prevention Academy, (Epi)Genetics Academy, Computational Biology, Lipidomics, Metabolomics, Proteomics

Data Management Board

Research Interest:

  • Insulin resistance and T2D
  • Systems Metabolomics
  • Computational Health
Apl. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Machann
Apl. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Machann

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Prevention Academy, Liver Academy

Research Interest:

  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
  • Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS)
  • Tissue segmentation
  • Metabolic imaging of ectopic lipids
Prof. Dr. Knut Mai
Prof. Dr. Knut Mai

Charité Berlin

Research Area: Prevention Academy, Liver Academy

RCB, Clinical Study Board

Research Interest:

  • Insulin resistance
  • Nutrition and metabolism
  • Adipose tissue function
  • MASLD
PD Dr. Svenja Meyhöfer
PD Dr. Svenja Meyhöfer

Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Universität zu Lübeck

Research Area: Clinical Studies

Clinical Study Board

Research Interest:

  • Obesity and type 2 diabetes: mechanisms and therapeutic approaches
  • Predictors of weight loss and metabolic therapy effects
  • Clinical metabolic phenotyping and innovative imaging
  • Chronobiology, sleep, and meal timing in metabolic diseases
  • Chronic inflammation and immune regulation in obesity and T2D
Prof. Dr. Timo Müller
Prof. Dr. Timo Müller

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Complications Academy

RCB

Research Interest:

  • Metabolic Syndrome
  • Obesity
  • Diabetes
Prof. Dr. Nikolay Ninov
Prof. Dr. Nikolay Ninov

Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden von Helmholtz Munich an der TU Dresden (PLID)

Research Area: Type 1 Diabetes Academy, Beta Cell Academy

DZD NEXT Board

Research Interest:

  • Biochemistry, molecular biology
  • Developmental biology
  • Cell biology
Dr. Meriem Ouni
Dr. Meriem Ouni

Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy

DZD NEXT Board

Research Interest:

  • Epigenetic
  • Obesity/type 2 diabetes
  • Markers
  • Bioinformatic
Prof. Dr. Margriet Ouwens
Prof. Dr. Margriet Ouwens

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Proteomics

Research Interest:

  • Insulin action
  • Adipose tissue biology
  • Intra organ cross talk
Dr. Kalliopi Pafili
Dr. Kalliopi Pafili

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Biobanking

Use & Access Committee

Research Interest:

  • Obesity
  • Adipose tissue
  • Mitochondrial dysfunction
  • Cardiometabolic regulation
Prof. Dr. Soyoung Park
Prof. Dr. Soyoung Park

Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)

Research Area: Brain Academy

RCB

Research Interest:

  • Gut-brain interaction
  • Type 2 Diabetes
Prof. Dr. Nikolaos Perakakis
Prof. Dr. Nikolaos Perakakis

Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden von Helmholtz Munich an der TU Dresden (PLID)

Research Area: Prevention Academy

RCB, Clinical Study Board, Use & Access Committee, Data Management Board

Research Interest:

  • Metabolism – T2D – NAFLD
  • Obesity – Anorexia
  • Pharmacotherapy
  • Immunology – Infection
Dr. Fabiana Perocchi
Dr. Fabiana Perocchi

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy

Research Interest:

  • Interplay between metabolic dysfunction and neurodegeneration
  • Role of mitochondria in neurometabolic diseases
  • Cell-type specific mitochondrial diversity and markers
  • Integration of mitochondria in cell signaling
Prof. Dr. Andreas Peter
Prof. Dr. Andreas Peter

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Liver Academy, Clinical Chemistry, Biobanking

RCB, Biobanking Board

Research Interest:

  • Pre-diabetic metabolismmetabolism
  • Hepatokines / NAFLD and insulin signaling
  • Lipid profiling / fatty acid metabolism
  • Clinical chemistry / preanalytical aspects
Prof. Dr. Annette Peters
Prof. Dr. Annette Peters

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Complications Academy

RCB, Academy Head

Research Interest:

  • Environmental Epidemiology
  • T2D and Cardiovascular disease
  • Aging
Prof. Dr. Paul Pfluger
Prof. Dr. Paul Pfluger

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Brain Academy

Research Interest:

  • Neurobiology of T2D
  • Hypothalamic leptin signaling
  • REDOX control of metabolism
Prof. Dr. David Poitz
Prof. Dr. David Poitz

Universitätsklinikum Dresden

Research Area: Biobanking, Clinical Chemistry

Biobanking Board

Research Interest:

  • Hypoxia signaling in arteriosclerosis
  • Eph/ephrin-system in arteriosclerosis
  • Acute myeloid leucemias
Prof. Dr. Hubert Preißl
Prof. Dr. Hubert Preißl

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Brain Academy

RCB, Academy Head, Data Management Board

Research Interest:

  • Neuroimaging
  • Cerebral insulin sensitivity
  • Metabolic programming
Dr. Gerhard Przemeck
Dr. Gerhard Przemeck

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy

Research Interest:

  • Developmental genes in adult pancreas
  • Mouse genetics
  • Insulin secretion
Prof. Dr. Olga Ramich
Prof. Dr. Olga Ramich

Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)

Research Area: Prevention Academy

RCB, Use & Access Committee

Research Interest:

  • Obesity and type 2 diabetes
  • Adipose tissue
  • Metainflammation
  • Nutrition and chrononutrition
  • Circadian rhythms of metabolism
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Michael Roden
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Michael Roden

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Liver Academy

DZD Speaker, RCB, Academy Head, Clinical Study Board

Research Interest:

  • Insulin resistance
  • Mitochondrial function
  • Clinical diabetes
  • MR spectroscopy
Dr. Teresa Rodriguez-Calvo
Dr. Teresa Rodriguez-Calvo

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Type 1 Diabetes Academy

Research Interest:

  • T1D and autoimmunity
  • Pathology and image analysis
  • Virology and immunology
Dr. Maria Rohm
Dr. Maria Rohm

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Complications Academy

Research Interest:

  • Lipid and glucose metabolism
  • Tissue crosstalk
  • Body weight regulation
Dr. Joachim Rosenbauer

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Type 1 Diabetes Academy

Research Interest:

  • Incidence of T1D in young age
  • Risk factors of T1D
  • Diabetes care in T1D
  • Clinical and psychosocial outcomes in T1D
Dr. Gencer Sancar
Dr. Gencer Sancar

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Prevention Academy, Lipidomics, Metabolomics, Proteomics

Research Interest:

  • Adipose tissue dysfunction
  • Growth factor signaling
  • Insulin resistance
  • Lipolysis
Dr. Tatiana Sandoval-Guzmán
Dr. Tatiana Sandoval-Guzmán

Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden (PLID)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy, Lipidomics, Proteomics

Research Interest:

  • Regeneration
  • Metabolism
  • Organ and complex structure regeneration
Dr. Julia Sbierski-Kind
Dr. Julia Sbierski-Kind

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Prevention Academy

DZD NEXT Board

Research Interest:

  • Insulin resistance
  • Metabolically associated fatty liver disease
  • Adipose inflammation
  • Innate immune system
Prof. Dr. Ingmar Schäfer
Prof. Dr. Ingmar Schäfer

Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden (PLID)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy, Lipidomics, Proteomics

Research Interest:

  • Structural membrane biology of beta cells
  • Cryo-electron microscopy
Prof. Dr. Dr. Fritz Schick
Prof. Dr. Dr. Fritz Schick

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Prevention Academy, Liver Academy

Research Interest:

  • Insulin resistance
  • MR imaging and spectroscoy
  • Muscle and liver physiology
Dr. Silvia Schirge
Dr. Silvia Schirge

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy

Research Interest:

  • Generation of mouse models
  • Developmental Biology
  • Humanized mouse models
Prof. Dr. Erwin Schleicher
Prof. Dr. Erwin Schleicher

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Prevention Academy, Liver Academy

Research Interest:

  • Endocrine regulation of metabolism
  • Fatty acid metabolism
  • Diabetic vascular diseases
PD Dr. Sabrina Schlesinger
PD Dr. Sabrina Schlesinger

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Prevention Academy

RCB

Research Interest:

  • Epidemiology
  • Nutrition
  • Meta-analysis
Prof. Dr. Dr. Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin
Prof. Dr. Dr. Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Metabolomics

Research Interest:

  • Meta-metabolomes
  • Analytical chemistry
  • Novel biomarkers
Prof. Dr. Robert Schneider
Prof. Dr. Robert Schneider

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy

Research Interest:

  • Epigenetics
  • Inheritance
  • Metabolic impact on gene expression
Dr. Martin Schön
Dr. Martin Schön

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy

Research Interest:

  • Insulin resistance
  • Mitochondrial function
  • Clinical diabetes
Eyke Schöniger, B.Sc.

Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden von Helmholtz Munich an der TU Dresden (PLID)

Research Area: Biobanking, Metabolomics

Biobanking Board

Research Interest:

  • Longitudinal metabolic phenotyping via preoperative oral glucose tolerance testing (oGTT) as the basis for paired blood and tissue biobanking in living donors
  • Insulin resistance
  • Prediabetes
  • Lipid metabolism
  • Cardiovascular risk
Prof. Dr. Patrick Schrauwen
Prof. Dr. Patrick Schrauwen

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Prevention Academy

Research Interest:

  • Insulin resistance
  • Human translational (energy) metabolism
  • Mitochondrial function
  • Exercise
  • Lipotoxicity
  • Cold exposure
Dr. Benjamin Schubert
Dr. Benjamin Schubert

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Type 1 Diabetes Academy

Research Interest:

  • T-cell biology in healthy and diseased
  • Computer-aided immunotherapy development
  • Computational methods development for immunological data
Prof. Dr. Tim Julius Schulz
Prof. Dr. Tim Julius Schulz

Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy, Complications Academy

RCB

Research Interest:

  • Brown adipose tissue
  • Ageing
  • Metabolic diseases
Prof. Dr. Matthias Schulze
Prof. Dr. Matthias Schulze

Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)

Research Area: Prevention Academy, Complications Academy

RCB, Academy Head

Research Interest:

  • Nutritional Epidemiology
  • T2D Epidemiology
  • Risk Prediction Modeling
Prof. Dr. Annette Schürmann
Prof. Dr. Annette Schürmann

Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)

Research Area: Complications Academy, (Epi)Genetics Academy, Liver Academy, Beta Cell Academy

DZD Speaker, RCB, Academy Head

Research Interest:

  • Pathophysiology of obesity and T2D
  • Mouse genetics
  • Beta cell failure
  • Lipid metabolism
  • Lipid storage
Prof. Dr. Peter Schwarz
Prof. Dr. Peter Schwarz

Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden von Helmholtz Munich an der TU Dresden (PLID)

Research Area: Prevention Academy

Clinical Study Board

Research Interest:

  • Endocrinology, Metabolism
  • Biochemistry, Molecular biology
  • Genetics, heredity
  • Pharmacology
  • Cardiovascular system
Prof. Dr. Jochen Seißler
Prof. Dr. Jochen Seißler

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)

Research Area: Prevention Academy, Complications Academy, Liver Academy

Clinical Study Board

Research Interest:

  • Clinical studies
  • Islets and beta cells
Prof. Dr. Henrik Semb
Prof. Dr. Henrik Semb

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy

Research Interest:

  • Organogenesis (B)
  • Islet development (B)
  • Stem cell-based cell therapy in T1D (F)
Dr. Isabelle Serr
Dr. Isabelle Serr

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Type 1 Diabetes Academy

Research Interest:

  • Humanized translational models for T1D research
  • Treg-based immune modulation in islet autoimmunity
  • Immune-cell / Beta-cell crosstalk in islet autoimmunity
Prof. Dr. Jochen Seufert
Prof. Dr. Jochen Seufert

Uni Freiburg

Research Area: Complications Academy

Research Interest:

  • Clinical Trial Center Diabetes and Obesity
  • Novel Medications for Diabetes, Obesity and Comorbidities
  • Clinical Diabetes
  • Translational Research Diabetes and Obesity
Dr. Bilal Sheikh
Dr. Bilal Sheikh

Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Leipzig

Research Area: Complications Academy, Lipidomics, Metabolomics, Proteomics

Research Interest:

  • Obesity
  • Blood vessels
  • Epigenetics
  • Metabolism
Prof. Dr. Dorothea Siegel-Axel
Prof. Dr. Dorothea Siegel-Axel

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy

Research Interest:

  • Vascular and perivascular cells
  • Fat cells
  • Adipokines, chemokines, angiogenic proteins
  • Renal fat cells, podocytes and renal complications of diabetes and obesity
Prof. Dr. Dr. Michele Solimena
Prof. Dr. Dr. Michele Solimena

Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden von Helmholtz Munich an der TU Dresden (PLID)

Research Area: Type 1 Diabetes Academy, (Epi)Genetics Academy, Beta Cell Academy

DZD Speaker, RCB, Academy Head

Research Interest:

  • Cell biology, endocrinology and metabolism
  • Biochemistry, neurosciences, immunology
Dr. Thilo Speckmann
Dr. Thilo Speckmann

Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy

Research Interest:

  • Molecular mechanisms of beta cell (dys)function
  • Islet cell biology
  • Pathophysiology of T2D
  • Transcription factors & transcriptomics
Prof. Stephan Speier
Prof. Stephan Speier

Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden von Helmholtz Munich an der TU Dresden (PLID)

Research Area: Type 1 Diabetes Academy, Beta Cell Academy

Research Interest:

  • Physiology
  • Cell biology
  • Diabetes
  • Islets of Langerhans
  • Endocrinology
  • Metabolism
Prof. Dr. Norbert Stefan
Prof. Dr. Norbert Stefan

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Prevention Academy, Liver Academy

RCB, Academy Head, Clinical Study Board

Research Interest:

  • Causes and con-sequences of T2D
  • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
  • Metabolically healthy obesity
Prof. Dr. Sabine Steffens
Prof. Dr. Sabine Steffens

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Complications Academy

Research Interest:

  • Cardiovascular Biology/Circadian Biology
  • Metabolic Diseases
  • Inflammation & Immunometabolism
  • Lipid Signalling
Prof. Dr. Kerstin Stemmer
Prof. Dr. Kerstin Stemmer

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Brain Academy

Research Interest:

  • Extracellular vescicles / Exosomes
  • Disease Biomarkers
  • Bariatic surgary
  • Drug safety / toxicology and cancer
  • Pathophysiology of obesity and T2D
Dr. Alexander Strom
Dr. Alexander Strom

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Complications Academy, Brain Academy

Research Interest:

  • Diabetic polyneuropathy
  • DSPN risk factors and biomarkers
  • Carbonyl/oxidative stress and DSPN
Prof. Dr. Michael Stumvoll
Prof. Dr. Michael Stumvoll

Medizinische Fakultät der Universität Leipzig

Research Area: Prevention Academy

Research Interest:

  • Genetics of diabetes and obesity
  • Predictors and regulators of insulin resistance and ß cell function
  • Neuroimaging studies in obesity and its complications
Dr. Alba Sulaj
Dr. Alba Sulaj

Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

Research Area: Complications Academy

Research Interest:

  • Diabetic nephropathy
  • Nutrition metabolism
Prof. Dr. Julia Szendrödi
Prof. Dr. Julia Szendrödi

Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg

Research Area: Prevention Academy, Complications Academy

RCB, Academy Head, Clinical Study Board, Use & Access Committee

Research Interest:

  • Insulin resistance
  • Mitochondria
  • Magnetic resonance spectroscopy
Dr. Raffaele Teperino
Dr. Raffaele Teperino

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy

Research Interest:

  • Epigenetic control of metabolism
  • Metabolism/epigenome crosstalk in somatic and germ cells
  • Paternal epigenetic control of offspring prenatal disease risk in mice and humans
Prof. Dr. Dr. Fabian Theis
Prof. Dr. Dr. Fabian Theis

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Computational Biology

Research Interest:

  • Systems medicine
  • Gene regulation and dynamical modeling
  • Biostatistics and network analyses
PD Dr. Barbara Thorand
PD Dr. Barbara Thorand

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Prevention Academy, Complications Academy

Research Interest:

  • Type 2 Diabetes
  • Coronary Heart Disease
  • Nutrition
Prof. Dr. Marc Tittgemeyer
Prof. Dr. Marc Tittgemeyer

Universitätsklinikum und MPI für Stoffwechselforschung, Köln

Research Area: Brain Academy, Biobanking, Computational Biology

Research Interest:

  • Insulin resistance
  • Neural control of metabolism
  • Human behaviour
  • Imaging
  • Homeostatic regulation
Dr. Sandra Trenkamp
Dr. Sandra Trenkamp

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Biobanking

Biobanking Board

Research Interest:

  • Metabolomics
  • Clinical chemistry
Dr. Nina Trinks
Dr. Nina Trinks

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Prevention Academy

Research Interest:

  • Insulin resistance
  • Mitochondrial function
  • Clinical diabetes
  • Exercise
Prof. Dr. Henriette Uhlenhaut
Prof. Dr. Henriette Uhlenhaut

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy

Research Interest:

  • Nuclear hormone receptors
Dr. Siegfried Ussar
Dr. Siegfried Ussar

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Prevention Academy, Complications Academy

DZD NEXT Board, Use & Access Committee

Research Interest:

  • Adipose Tissue
  • Insulin Resistance
  • Environment/ Host interactions
  • Organ cross-talk
PD Dr. Heike Vogel
PD Dr. Heike Vogel

Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy

Research Interest:

  • Pathophysiology of obesity and T2D
  • Genetics
  • Food-reward behavior
Dr. Merly Vogt
Dr. Merly Vogt

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: (Epi)Genetics Academy, Brain Academy

Research Interest:

  • Insulin Signaling
  • Metabolic Programming
  • Nervous System Development and Function
  • Ageing
  • Interaction between Metabolism and Epigenetics
Prof. Dr. Robert Wagner
Prof. Dr. Robert Wagner

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Complications Academy, Prevention Academy

Academy Head, Clinical Study Board, Data Management Board

Research Interest:

  • Phenotypic heterogeneity of Type 2 Diabetes
  • Glucagon secretion and action
  • Genetic causes of disturbed insulin secretion
Dr. Rui Wang-Sattler
Dr. Rui Wang-Sattler

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Prevention Academy

Research Interest:

  • Metabolism
  • Diabetes
  • Biomarkers
Prof. Dr. Cora Weigert
Prof. Dr. Cora Weigert

Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen von Helmholtz Munich an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Research Area: Prevention Academy

RCB

Research Interest:

  • Biochemistry of exercise
  • Insulin signal transduction
  • Functional,Metabolomics
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Weitz
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Weitz

Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden von Helmholtz Munich an der TU Dresden (PLID)

Research Area: Beta Cell Academy

Research Interest:

  • Surgery
  • Oncology
  • Gastroenterology
  • Transplantation
Prof. Dr. Eckhard Wolf
Prof. Dr. Eckhard Wolf

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)

Research Area: Brain Academy, Beta Cell Academy, Large Animal Models

RCB

Research Interest:

  • Diabetes
  • Early development
  • Pig models of human diseases
Dr. Oana Patricia Zaharia
Dr. Oana Patricia Zaharia

Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)

Research Area: Liver Academy, Complications Academy

DZD NEXT Board

Research Interest:

  • Insulin resistance
  • Obesity
  • Clinical diabetes
  • Precision medicine
Prof. Dr. Eleftheria Zeggini
Prof. Dr. Eleftheria Zeggini

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Computational Biology, Genomics, Metabolomics, Proteomics

Research Interest:

  • Type 2 Diabetes
  • Human Genetics
  • Digital Health
  • Translational Genomics
  • Diabetes Complications
  • Comorbidity
Dr. Anja Zeigerer
Dr. Anja Zeigerer

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Liver Academy

Research Interest:

  • Intracellular regualtion of metabolism
  • Insulin Resistance
  • Mitochondria function
  • Hepatocellular lipid and glucometabolism
Prof. Dr. Anette-Gabriele Ziegler
Prof. Dr. Anette-Gabriele Ziegler

Helmholtz Munich (HMGU)

Research Area: Type 1 Diabetes Academy

RCB, Academy Head, Clinical Study Board

Research Interest:

  • T1D
  • Gestational diabetes
  • Immunophenotyping