Wissenschaftler

Prof. Dr. Peter Achenbach
DZD Research:Type 1 Diabetes Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Pathogenesis, prediction, and prevention of T1D
- Characterization of humoral islet autoimmunity

Prof. Dr. em. Jerzy Adamski
DZD Research:(Epi)Genetics Academy,Metabolomics
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Metabolism and signal transduction pathways
- Biomarkers of disease and therapy monitoring
- Development of safe and specific drugs

Prof. Dr. Hadi AI-Hasani
RCB
DZD Research:(Epi)Genetics Academy
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Complex genetics
- Glucose metabolism
- Muscle and fat cell biology

Dr. Tiago Cardoso Alves
DZD Research:Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der TU Dresden (PLID)
- Metabolic regulation
- Islet function
- Metabolism of T2D

Prof. Dr. Ferruh Artunc
DZD Research:Complications Academy
Location:
Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)
- Edema formation in proteinuric kidney disease
- Proteasuria
- Hemodynamics and biomarkers in hemodialysis

Dr. Mostafa Bakhti
DZD Research:Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Endocrine lineage formation
- Islet formation and regeneration
- Cell biology
- Developmental biology

Prof. Dr. Johannes Beckers
DZD Research:(Epi)Genetics Academy,Genomics
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Functional genomics
- Epigenomics
- Diabetes

Dr. Bengt Belgardt
DZD Research:Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Beta cell dysfunction
- Beta cell loss
- Non-Coding RNA

Dr. Mauricio Berriel Diaz
DZD Research:Complications Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Metabolic dysfunction, diabetes and cancer
- Pathophysiology of cancer-associated cachexia
- Tumor metabolism

Prof. Dr. Andreas Birkenfeld
DZD Speaker, RCB, Clinical Study Board
DZD Research:Prevention Academy,Fatty Liver Academy
Location:
Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)
- Lipid and glucose metabolism
- Obesity, T2D, ageing
- Mitochondrial dysfunction

Prof. Dr. Matthias Blüher
DZD Research:Prevention Academy,Complications Academy,Biobanking
Location:
Universitätsklinikum Leipzig
- Obesity
- Adipose tissue
- Type 2 diabetes
- Insulin resistance
- Pharmacotherapies

Prof. Dr. Ezio Bonifacio
RCB
DZD Research:Type 1 Diabetes Academy
Location:
Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der TU Dresden (PLID)
- Immunology
- Biomarkers
- Genetics

Prof. Dr. Stefan R. Bornstein
RCB
DZD Research:Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der TU Dresden (PLID)
- Endocrinology, Metabolism
- Biochemistry, molecular biology
- Genetic heredity
- Cell Biology
- Neurosciences, Neurology

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jens C. Brüning
RCB
DZD Research:Brain Academy
Location:
Universitätsklinikum und MPI für Stoffwechselforschung, Köln
- Insulin action and resistance
- CNS-control of metabolism

Prof. Dr. Volker Burkart
DZD Research:Beta Cells Academy,Biobanking
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Immunomodulation
- Innate immunity

Dr. Ingo Burtscher
DZD Research:Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Mouse embryo development
- Generation of mouse models
- Confocal imaging

Dr. Alexandra Chadt
DZD Research:(Epi)Genetics Academy
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Pathophysiology of obesity and T2D
- Mouse genetics
- Lipid metabolism
- Glucose metabolism

Prof. Dr. Triantafyllos Chavakis
DZD Research:Fatty Liver Academy
Location:
Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der TU Dresden (PLID)
- Inflammation
- Immunology
- Metabolism – insulin resistance – T2D
- Obesity
- Cardiovascular system

Prof. Dr. Claus Claussen
DZD Research:Prevention Academy
Location:
Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)

Prof. Dr. Ünal Coskun
RCB, DZD NEXT Board
DZD Research:Fatty Liver Academy,Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der TU Dresden (PLID)
- Membrane biochemistry & biophysics
- Cell biology
- Lipidomics
- Synthetic proteoliposomal systems

Prof. Dr. Carolin Daniel
DZD Research:Type 1 Diabetes Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Immunology
- Diabetes
- Immunometabolism

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Eckel
DZD Research:(Epi)Genetics Academy
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Obesity
- Adipose tissue biology
- Organ crosstalk

Prof. Dr. Andreas Fritsche
Academy Head, RCB, Clinical Study Board
DZD Research:Brain Academy,Prevention Academy
Location:
Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)
- Insulin secretion and action
- Clinical studies T2D
- Prevention of diabetes

Dr. Helmut Fuchs
DZD Research:German Mouse Clinic
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Mouse phenotyping
- Large scale biology
- Mutagenesis

Dr. Sofiya Gancheva
Academy Head
DZD Research:Prevention Academy
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Mitochondrial function in obesity and diabetes
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Prof. Dr. Cristina Garcia Caceres
DZD Research:Brain Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- CNS-control of metabolism
- Astrocyte-neuron signaling
- Obesity
- T2D

Prof. Dr. Anthony Gavalas
RCB
DZD Research:Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der TU Dresden (PLID)
- Stem Cells
- Developmental biology
- Pancreas development

Dr. Raffaele Gerlini
DZD Research:(Epi)Genetics Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Metabolic disease
- Obesity
- Epigenetic inheritance of metabolic disorders

Dr. Felicia Gerst
DZD Research:Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)
- Beta cell function
- Molecular mechanisms of beta cell failure
- Organ crosstalk

Dr. Harald Grallert
DZD Research:(Epi)Genetics Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Molecular epidemiology
- Diabetes
- Biomarkers

Dr. Stefanie Hauck
DZD Research:Proteomics
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- proteomics
- biomarkers
- risk prediction

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans Ulrich Häring
DZD Emeritus of Excellence
DZD Research:Brain Academy
Location:
Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)
- Pathogenesis of prediabetes and diabetes

Prof. Dr. Hans Hauner
Clinical Study Board
DZD Research:Prevention Academy
Location:
Technische Universität München (TUM)
- Obesity/T2D
- Nutrition
- Functional genetics

Dr. Silke Heinzmann
DZD Research:(Epi)Genetics Academy,Metabolomics
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Metabolomics
- NMR spectroscopy
- Clinical cohorts
- Host-microbiome interactions
- Metabolite identification
- Environmental impact on the metabolome

Prof. Dr. Christian Herder
RCB, DZD NEXT Board
DZD Research:Complications Academy
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- T2D
- Molecular epidemiology
- Inflammation

Prof. Dr. Stephan Herzig
Academy Head, RCB
DZD Research:Complications Academy,Fatty Liver Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Metabolic syndrome and cancer
- Brown adipose tissue
- Transcriptional regulation

Dr. Susanna Hofmann
DZD Research:Complications Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Gender differences in Diabetes
- Lipoprotein metabolism
- Mechanisms of exercise-induced improvements on metabolic disease

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.mult. Martin Hrabé de Angelis
DZD Speaker, RCB
DZD Research:(Epi)Genetics Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Functional Genetics and Epigenetics of Diabetes
- Metabolism
- Diabetes

Dr. Jong-Hee Hwang
DZD Research:Fatty Liver Academy
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Insulin resistance
- Mitochondrial function
- Clinical diabetes
- MR spectroscopy and MRI in humans and animals

Prof. Dr. Dr. Andrea Icks MBA
RCB
DZD Research:Prevention Academy,Complications Academy,Fatty Liver Academy
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Epidemiology
- Health services and health outcome research
- Health economic evaluation
- Topical focus: chronic diseases, especially diabetes

Dr. Wenke Jonas
DZD Research:Fatty Liver Academy
Location:
Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Pathophysiology of obesity and T2D
- Genetics

Prof. Dr. Dr. Hans-Georg Joost
RCB, DZD Emeritus of Excellence
DZD Research:Prevention Academy,(Epi)Genetics Academy
Location:
Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)
- Diabetes mellitus
- Metabolism
- Genetics

Prof. Dr. Reiner Jumpertz-von Schwartzenberg
RCB, Clinical Study Board
DZD Research:Prevention Academy
Location:
Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)
- Nutrient absorption in diabetes
- Energy metabolism of gut microbes
- Translational gnotobiotics

Dr. Sabine Kahl
DZD Research:Fatty Liver Academy
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Lipid-induced insulin resistance
- SGLT2 inhibitors / GLP-1 receptor agonists

Prof. Dr. Henriette Kirchner
DZD NEXT Board
DZD Research:(Epi)Genetics Academy
Location:
Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Universität zu Lübeck
- Insulin resistance
- Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes
- Epigenetics
- Biomarkers

Dr. Maximilian Kleinert
Location:
Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)
- Insulin resistance
- Exercise metabolism
- Exercise-induced insulin sensitivity
- Skeletal muscle metabolism

Dr. André Kleinridders
DZD Research:Brain Academy
Location:
Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)
- Brain insulin and leptin signaling
- Mitochondrial function
- Lipotoxicity
- Pathophysiology of obesity and T2D
Dr. Birgit Knebel
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Insulin resistance
- Lipid metabolism
- Functional genomics
- Gene regulation

Dr. Stefan Kopf
DZD Research:Fatty Liver Academy
Location:
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
- Development and progression of diabetic late damage
- Fibrosis of organs during senescence
- DNA damage and repair as mechanism of aging of diabetic late damage

Dr. Natalie Krahmer
DZD Research:Fatty Liver Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Metabolic signaling by phosphoproteomics
- Cellular process underlying metabolic diseases by proteomics
- Systems biology approaches to identify novel drug targets

Prof. Dr. Karsten Kretschmer
DZD Research:Type 1 Diabetes Academy
Location:
Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der TU Dresden (PLID)
- Immune regulation
- Autoimmunity / diabetes
- Lymphocyte development
- Regulatory T cells

PD Dr. Stephanie Kullmann
DZD Research:Brain Academy
Location:
Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)
- Insulin action of the human brain
- Neurobiology of prediabetes
- Exercise interventions in prediabetes

Prof. Dr. Eckhard Lammert
RCB
DZD Research:Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Pancreatic beta cells
- Vascular endothelial cells
- Pathomechanisms

Prof. Dr. Michael Laxy
DZD Research:Prevention Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Analysis of health determinates
- Burden of disease analysis
- Economic evaluations of interventions and health policies

PD Dr. Andreas Lechner
Clinical Study Board
DZD Research:Prevention Academy
Location:
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
- human pathophysiology of T2D
- T2D risk prediction
- early prevention of T2D
- gestational diabetes

Prof. Dr. Rainer Lehmann
DZD Research:Metabolomics,Lipidomics,Clinical Chemistry
Location:
Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)
- Pre-diabetic metabolism
- Metabolomics / lipidomics
- Clinical chemistry / preanalytical aspects
- Insulin signaling

Dr. Stefan Lehr
DZD Research:Proteomics
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Functional proteomics
- Secretome analysis
- Metabolic diseases

Prof. Dr. Heiko Lickert
RCB
DZD Research:Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Beta cell development
- Beta cell regeneration
- Insulin signaling
- Endocrine recruitment from gut stem cells

Dr. Rachel Lippert
DZD Research:Brain Academy
Location:
Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)
- Brain development
- Maternal programming
- Maternal nutrition (obesity and diabetes)
- Neural circuit interaction

Prof. Dr. Barbara Ludwig
RCB
DZD Research:Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der TU Dresden (PLID)
- Transplantation
- Molecular biology
- Science technology

Dr. Haifa Maalmi
DZD Research:Complications Academy
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Clinical epidemiology
- Diabetes
- Biomarkers

PD Dr. Jürgen Machann
DZD Research:Prevention Academy,Fatty Liver Academy
Location:
Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS)
- Tissue segmentation
- Metabolic imaging of ectopic lipids

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Meyhöfer
Clinical Study Board
DZD Research:Brain Academy
Location:
Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Universität zu Lübeck
- CNS control of energy metabolism
- Clinical diabetes
- Chronobiology of glucose metabolism
- Brown adipose tissue

Dr. Timo Müller
DZD Research:Complications Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Obesity
- Diabetes

Prof. Dr. Nikolay Ninov
DZD Research:Type 1 Diabetes Academy,Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der TU Dresden (PLID)
- Biochemistry, molecular biology
- Developmental biology
- Cell biology

Prof. Dr. Margriet Ouwens
DZD Research:Proteomics
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Insulin action
- Adipose tissue biology
- Intra organ cross talk

Prof. Dr. Soyoung Park
RCB
DZD Research:Brain Academy
Location:
Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)
- Gut-brain interaction
- Type 2 Diabetes

Dr. Fabiana Perocchi
DZD Research:(Epi)Genetics Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- 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
RCB, Biobanking Board
DZD Research:Fatty Liver Academy,Clinical Chemistry
Location:
Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)
- Pre-diabetic metabolismmetabolism
- Hepatokines / NAFLD and insulin signaling
- Lipid profiling / fatty acid metabolism
- Clinical chemistry / preanalytical aspects

Prof. Dr. Annette Peters
RCB
DZD Research:Complications Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Environmental Epidemiology
- T2D and Cardiovascular disease
- Aging

Prof. Dr. Andreas F.H. Pfeiffer
RCB, Clinical Study Board
DZD Research:Fatty Liver Academy
Location:
Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)
- Nutrition & metabolism
- Diabetes & endocrinology
- Ageing

Prof. Dr. Paul Pfluger
DZD Research:Brain Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Neurobiology of T2D
- Hypothalamic leptin signaling
- REDOX control of metabolism

Prof. Dr. Hubert Preißl
Academy Head, RCB
DZD Research:Brain Academy
Location:
Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)
- Neuroimaging
- Cerebral insulin sensitivity
- Metabolic programming

Dr. Gerhard Przemeck
DZD Research:(Epi)Genetics Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Developmental genes in adult pancreas
- Mouse genetics
- Insulin secretion

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Rathmann
DZD Research:Prevention Academy
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- T2D epidemiology
- Prediction of T2D and diabetes complications

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Michael Roden
DZD Speaker, Academy Head, RCB, Clinical Study Board
DZD Research:Fatty Liver Academy
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Insulin resistance
- Mitochondrial function
- Clinical diabetes
- MR spectroscopy

Dr. Teresa Rodriguez-Calvo
DZD Research:Type 1 Diabetes Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- T1D and autoimmunity
- Pathology and image analysis
- Virology and immunology

Dr. Maria Rohm
DZD Research:Complications Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Lipid and glucose metabolism
- Tissue crosstalk
- Body weight regulation
Dr. Joachim Rosenbauer
DZD Research:Type 1 Diabetes Academy
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Incidence of T1D in young age
- Risk factors of T1D
- Diabetes care in T1D
- Clinical and psychosocial outcomes in T1D

Prof. Dr. Dr. Fritz Schick
DZD Research:Prevention Academy,Fatty Liver Academy
Location:
Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)
- Insulin resistance
- MR imaging and spectroscoy
- Muscle and liver physiology

Dr. Silvia Schirge
DZD Research:Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Generation of mouse models
- Developmental Biology
- Humanized mouse models

Prof. Dr. Erwin Schleicher
DZD Research:Prevention Academy,Fatty Liver Academy
Location:
Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)
- Endocrine regulation of metabolism
- Fatty acid metabolism
- Diabetic vascular diseases

Dr. Sabrina Schlesinger
DZD Research:Prevention Academy
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Epidemiology
- Nutrition
- Meta-analysis

Prof. Dr. Dr. Philippe Schmitt-Kopplin
DZD Research:Metabolomics
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Meta-metabolomes
- Analytical chemistry
- Novel biomarkers

Prof. Dr. Robert Schneider
RCB
DZD Research:(Epi)Genetics Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Epigenetics
- Inheritance
- Metabolic impact on gene expression

Prof. Dr. Tim Julius Schulz
RCB
DZD Research:(Epi)Genetics Academy
Location:
Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)
- Brown adipose tissue
- Ageing
- Metabolic diseases

Prof. Dr. Matthias Schulze
RCB
DZD Research:Prevention Academy,Complications Academy
Location:
Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)
- Nutritional Epidemiology
- T2D Epidemiology
- Risk Prediction Modeling

Prof. Dr. Annette Schürmann
DZD Speaker, Academy Head, RCB
DZD Research:Complications Academy,(Epi)Genetics Academy,Fatty Liver Academy,Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)
- Pathophysiology of obesity and T2D
- Mouse genetics
- Beta cell failure
- Lipid metabolism
- Lipid storage

Prof. Dr. Peter Schwarz
Clinical Study Board
DZD Research:Prevention Academy
Location:
Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der TU Dresden (PLID)
- Endocrinology, Metabolism
- Biochemistry, Molecular biology
- Genetics, heredity
- Pharmacology
- Cardiovascular system

Prof. Dr. Jochen Seißler
DZD Research:Prevention Academy,Complications Academy,Fatty Liver Academy
Location:
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
- Clinical studies
- Islets and beta cells

Prof. Dr. Henrik Semb
DZD Research:Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Organogenesis (B)
- Islet development (B)
- Stem cell-based cell therapy in T1D (F)

Prof. Dr. Dorothea Siegel-Axel
DZD Research:Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)
- 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
DZD Speaker, Academy Head, RCB
DZD Research:Type 1 Diabetes Academy,(Epi)Genetics Academy,Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der TU Dresden (PLID)
- Cell biology, endocrinology and metabolism
- Biochemistry, neurosciences, immunology

Prof. Stephan Speier
RCB
DZD Research:Type 1 Diabetes Academy,Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der TU Dresden (PLID)
- Physiology
- Cell biology
- Diabetes
- Islets of Langerhans
- Endocrinology
- Metabolism

Prof. Dr. Norbert Stefan
RCB, Clinical Study Board
DZD Research:Prevention Academy,Complications Academy,Fatty Liver Academy
Location:
Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)
- Causes and con-sequences of T2D
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
- Metabolically healthy obesity

Prof. Dr. Kerstin Stemmer
DZD Research:Brain Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Extracellular vescicles / Exosomes
- Disease Biomarkers
- Bariatic surgary
- Drug safety / toxicology and cancer
- Pathophysiology of obesity and T2D

Prof. Dr. Michael Stumvoll
RCB
DZD Research:Prevention Academy
Location:
Universitätsklinikum Leipzig
- 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
DZD Research:Complications Academy
Location:
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
- Diabetic nephropathy
- Nutrition metabolism

Prof. Dr. Julia Szendrödi
RCB, Clinical Study Board
DZD Research:Prevention Academy,Complications Academy
Location:
Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg
- Insulin resistance
- Mitochondria
- Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Dr. Raffaele Teperino
DZD Research:(Epi)Genetics Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)

Prof. Dr. Dr. Fabian Theis
DZD Research:Computational Biology
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Systems medicine
- Gene regulation and dynamical modeling
- Biostatistics and network analyses

PD Dr. Barbara Thorand
DZD Research:Prevention Academy,Complications Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Coronary Heart Disease
- Nutrition

Dr. Sandra Trenkamp
Biobanking Board
DZD Research:Biobanking
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Metabolomics
- Clinical chemistry

Prof. Dr. Henriette Uhlenhaut
DZD Research:(Epi)Genetics Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Nuclear hormone receptors

Dr. Siegfried Ussar
DZD Research:Prevention Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Adipose Tissue
- Insulin Resistance
- Environment/ Host interactions
- Organ cross-talk

PD Dr. Heike Vogel
DZD Research:(Epi)Genetics Academy
Location:
Deutsches Institut für Ernährungsforschung Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE)
- Pathophysiology of obesity and T2D
- Genetics
- Food-reward behavior

Prof. Dr. Robert Wagner
DZD Research:Prevention Academy
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Phenotypic heterogeneity of Type 2 Diabetes
- Glucagon secretion and action
- Genetic causes of disturbed insulin secretion

Dr. Rui Wang-Sattler
DZD Research:Prevention Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Metabolism
- Diabetes
- Biomarkers

Prof. Dr. Cora Weigert
RCB, DZD NEXT Board
DZD Research:Prevention Academy
Location:
Institut für Diabetesforschung und Metabolische Erkrankungen des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der Universität Tübingen (IDM)
- Biochemistry of exercise
- Insulin signal transduction
- Functional,Metabolomics

Dr. Jürgen Weiß
Location:
Deutsches Diabetes-Zentrum Düsseldorf (DDZ)
- Cell Biology
- Ultrastructure of cells and tissues
- Transmission Electron Microscopy
- Confocal Imaging

Prof. Dr. Juergen Weitz
DZD Research:Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der TU Dresden (PLID)
- Surgery
- Oncology
- Gastroenterology
- Transplantation

Prof. Dr. Thilo Welsch
DZD Research:Beta Cells Academy
Location:
Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden des Helmholtz Zentrum München an der TU Dresden (PLID)
- Gastroenterology, pancreatology, surgical oncology
- Endocrinology, metabolism
- Cell biology

Prof. Dr. Eckhard Wolf
RCB
DZD Research:Brain Academy,Beta Cells Academy,Large Animal Models
Location:
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
- Diabetes
- Early development
- Pig models of human diseases

Dr. Anja Zeigerer
DZD Research:Fatty Liver Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- Intracellular regualtion of metabolism
- Insulin Resistance
- Mitochondria function
- Hepatocellular lipid and glucometabolism

Prof. Dr. Anette-Gabriele Ziegler
Academy Head, RCB, Clinical Study Board
DZD Research:Type 1 Diabetes Academy
Location:
Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU)
- T1D
- Gestational diabetes
- Immunophenotyping