121. Congress of the German Association for Internal Medicine
09.-12. April 2016, Mannheim
Development of novel therapeutic approaches in the DZD
Interview with Prof. Matthias Tschöp
German Centers of Health Research at Internal Medicine Conference
Major widespread diseases are the focus of the German Centers of Health Research (DZG), which are funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. From April 9 -12, 2016 DZG centers will for the first time participate jointly in the annual…
Transplantation of islet cells in a bioreactor
Interview with Prof. Stefan Bornstein, University Medical Center Dresden
Dietrich Monstadt MP: World Health Day Raises Social Awareness for Diabetes
Bundestag member Dietrich Monstadt (CDU) praised the thematic focus of this year’s World Health Day in his address at a press conference, saying it was “very welcome and urgently needed”. The kick-off event in Germany for World Health Day will take…
Professorship for DZD Scientist Tim Julius Schulz
Dr. Tim Julius Schulz has accepted the joint appointment of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science at the University of Potsdam and the DZD partner, the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE) to the W2 professorship…
DZD Professor Dan Ziegler Receives Honorary Doctorate from the University of Thrace
Professor Dan Ziegler, deputy director of the Institute for Clinical Diabetology at the German Diabetes Center (DDZ), a DZD partner, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by the Democritus University of Thrace. During the award ceremony,…
Great Interest in 2nd Middle German Diabetes Day in Dresden
On March 5th, the 2nd Middle German Diabetes Day was hosted by the DZD Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden (PLID) of Helmholtz Zentrum München at the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus of TU Dresden in cooperation with the self-help organization…
The Next Step in Preventing Diabetes
DZD scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München, in collaboration with Technische Universität München, have shown in a preclinical model that specifically modified insulin mimetopes may lead to an immune tolerance. The results, published in ‘Nature…
24. Annual Meeting Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychosomatische Medizin und Ärztliche Psychotherapie (DGPM) 67. Meeting Deutsches Kollegiums für Psychosomatische Medizin (DKPM)
16.-19. March 2016, Potsdam
DZD-Symposium: Stress and Type-2-Diabetes mellitus
18. March 2016, 10:00 - 11:30 Uhr
You Are What Your Parents Ate!
DZD scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München, in collaboration with researchers from Technical University of Munich, have shown that diet-induced obesity and diabetes can be epigenetically* inherited by the offspring via both the oocytes and the…
Keystone Symposium Islet Biology: From Cell Birth to Death (X5)
13.-17. März 2016, Keystone, USA
Eating Less Meat and White Bread Improves Metabolic Control in Diabetes
Dietary factors play an important role in the prevention of diabetes mellitus. While whole grain and fiber-rich foods, coffee, low-fat dairy products and green leafy vegetables protect against diabetes, an unbalanced diet increases the disease risk,…
Start for a Healthy Life with the Nutrition Pilot License
On the occasion of Healthy Nutrition Day on March 7, 2016, the initiative “SMS. Be smart. Join in. Be fit.” of the German Diabetes Center, a DZD partner, invited Düsseldorf primary school children to an interactive course on nutrition.
DZD Experts at 2nd Middle German Diabetes Day
At the 2nd Middle German Diabetes Day (2. Mitteldeutscher Diabetestag) on Saturday, March 5th, scientists of the DZD will hold talks and answer questions by the attendees, who will include both the interested public and people with diabetes. The…
Helmholtz Researchers Identify Genetic Switch Regulating Satiety and Body Weight
A team of researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technische Universität München and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) has identified a new mechanism that regulates the effect of the satiety hormone leptin. The study published in the…
The German Diabetes Center and Borussia Düsseldorf Team Up to Make Kids Fit
On Tuesday, February 23rd, Düsseldorf’s mayor Thomas Geisel officially launched CHECK! 2016, a fitness project for Düsseldorf primary schools. Third graders from the St. Rochus School were present at the launch ceremony, which took place in the…
Type 2 diabetes: Isomaltulose better than table sugar
Effects of Palatinose and Sucrose Intake on Glucose Metabolism and Incretin Secretion in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes. doi: 10.2337/dc15-1891. Diabetes Care. December 30, 2015
SMS Primary School Children Bake Olympics Bread
Children participating in the initiative “SMS. Sei schlau. Mach mit. Sei fit.” (in English: Be smart. Join in. Be fit.) of the German Diabetes Center, a DZD partner, baked wholemeal bread together with artisan bakers in Düsseldorf.
Karl Oberdisse Award 2016 for DZD Scientist
Sofiya M. Gancheva, a clinical studies physician at the German Diabetes Center (DDZ), a DZD partner, is this year’s recipient of the Karl Oberdisse Award of the North Rhine-Westphalian Society for Endocrinology and Diabetology. In her prizewinning…
Height Influences Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Cancer
Divergent associations of height with cardiometabolic disease and cancer: epidemiology, pathophysiology, and global implications. Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 2016 [epub ahead of print]doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00474-X
All Sugars Are Not Alike: Isomaltulose Better Than Table Sugar for People with Type2 Diabetes
Like sucrose (table sugar), the natural disaccharide isomaltulose (PalatinoseTM) consists of glucose and fructose, but it is apparently more suitable for people with type 2 diabetes with regard to regulating blood glucose levels. This has now been…
Keystone Symposium Obesity and Adipose Tissue Biology (B2)
15.-19. February 2016, Banff, Canada
Honorary Doctorate for DZD Board Member
On February 2, 2016, Prof. Dr. Martin Hrabĕ de Angelis was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Tübingen.
Height Influences Risk of Cardiovascular Disease, Diabetes, and Cancer
Scientists at the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) and the Harvard School of Public Health describe the relationship of the worldwide increase in height with the development of leading chronic non-communicable diseases in the journal The…
When Food Alters Gene Function
In a new study on mice reported in Diabetes, scientists of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) led by Andreas Pfeiffer of the German Institute of Human Nutrition
(DIfE) showed that the maternal diet influences fat and glucose metabolism of…
Diabetes Prevention: Inspiring Children to Be Physically Active
Düsseldorf’s largest sports club, the SFD ’75, supports the initiative “SMS. Be smart. Join in. Be fit." of the German Diabetes Center, a partner in the DZD.
Januarsymposium (in German language) Pregnancy, Diabetes, PCOS - what's new?
27. January 2016, Munich
DZD Board Member Prof. Roden Appointed to the German Council of Science and the Humanities
Prof. Dr. Michael Roden, scientific director and executive board member of the German Diabetes Center (DDZ) and head of the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology at Düsseldorf University Hospital as well as board member of the German Center for…
2nd Middle German Diabetes Day in Dresden
On March 5th, the DZD partner Paul Langerhans Institute of Helmholtz Zentrum München at the University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus of TU Dresden (PLID) and the German Diabetes Aid – People with Diabetes, Regional Association Middle Germany…
High Jump Champion Trains with SMS Primary School Children
Hendrik Beyer is active in the health initiative “SMS. Be smart. Join in. Be fit." of the DZD partner German Diabetes Center Düsseldorf at primary schools in Düsseldorf.
Genetic fine mapping for decoding causal mechanisms in type 2 diabetes
Genetic fine mapping and genomic annotation defines causal mechanisms at type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci. Nature Genetics. doi: 10.1038/ng.3437. December 1, 2015
Merry christmas and a happy new year!
The German Center for Diabetes Research wishes you merry christmas and a happy new year.
SMS Primary School Children Participate in a Tennis “Taster” Training Session
The initiative “SMS. Be smart. Join in. Be fit." of the German Diabetes Center, a partner in the DZD, seeks to motivate the participating children to eat a balanced diet and to enjoy physical exercise.
Challenges of the Diabetes Epidemic – Expertise of the DZD is in Demand
Diabetes is on the rise. On November 25, 2015 high-ranking representatives from the political arena, science and the economy discussed in the German Bundestag how to stop this development. Hermann Gröhe, Federal Minister of Health, Christian Schmidt,…
University Hospitals of the DZD Ranked among the Top Diabetes Clinics in Germany
In the “Best Hospitals List 2016” of the news magazine “Focus”, partners, associated partners and project partners of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) are ranked at the top. In the area of diabetes, the DZD study centers in Dresden,…
New approach for the study of metabolic diseases
Forcisi S, Moritz F, Lucio M, Lehmann R, Stefan N, Schmitt-Kopplin P. Solutions for Low and High Accuracy Mass Spectrometric Data Matching: A Data-Driven Annotation Strategy in Nontargeted Metabolomics.
doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b02049. Analytical…
Importance of insulin in the human brain
Linder K, Schleger F, Kiefer-Schmidt I, Fritsche L, Kümmel S, Heni M, Weiss M, Häring HU, Preissl H, Fritsche A. Gestational Diabetes Impairs Human Fetal Postprandial Brain Activity.
doi: 10.1210/jc.2015-2692. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. October 14,…
The DZD Shows Support for World Diabetes Day
On World Diabetes Day on November 14th, landmark buildings across the globe will be lit up in blue. In Germany the Brandenburg Gate, the Munich Allianz Arena, and the TV tower and the Tonhalle Concert Hall in Düsseldorf will be illuminated blue. The…
DZD Young Scientist Receives Prize for Prevention Research
On November 4, 2015, the Forschungsverbund Berlin will award the Young Female Scientist Award, which is endowed with EUR 3000, to Dr. Kristin Mühlenbruch for her dissertation at the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE), a…
Primary School Children Experience the Fascination of Rowing
The initiative “SMS. Be smart. Join in. Be fit." of the German Diabetes Center, a partner in the DZD, seeks to motivate the participating children to eat a balanced diet and to enjoy physical exercise.
Gestational Diabetes Affects the Brain Response of the Unborn Child
In a newly published study, researchers led by Professor Hubert Preissl and Professor Andreas Fritsche of the German Center for Diabetes Research, Tübingen University Hospital, and the Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases at…
Calcineurin: Key molecule in energy metabolism
Pfluger PT, Kabra DG, Aichler M, Schriever SC, Pfuhlmann K, García VC, Lehti M, Weber J, Kutschke M, Rozman J, Elrod JW, Hevener AL, Feuchtinger A, Hrabě de Angelis M, Walch A, Rollmann SM, Aronow B, Müller TD, Perez-Tilve D, Jastroch M, De Luca M,…
Simple test to detect diabetes risk after pregnancy
Gestational diabetes is one of the most common conditions that can occur during pregnancy. Although the symptoms generally disappear after delivery, women suffering from gestational diabetes are at increased risk of developing postpartum diabetes in…
The DZD at the DAG Congress: New Approaches to Obesity Prevention and Therapy
At the 31st annual meeting of the German Obesity Society (DAG) in Berlin on October 15-17, 2015, researchers of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) presented their latest research results on the prevention and treatment of obesity. Two…
Diabetes prevention: Who benefits from lifestyle modification?
Stefan N, Staiger H, Wagner R, Machann J, Schick F, Häring HU, Fritsche A. A high-risk phenotype associates with reduced improvement in glycaemia during a lifestyle intervention in prediabetes.
doi: 10.1007/s00125-015-3760-z. Diabetologia.…
31st Annual Meeting of the DAG: Joining Forces against the Obesity Epidemic
On October 15-17, 2015 more than 500 experts will meet at the 31st annual meeting of the German Obesity Society (DAG) in the Urania in Berlin in order to exchange information and to present and discuss the latest results of obesity research. This…
Official Opening of the New KORA Study Center in the “Glass Palace”
The new Study Center of the Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg (KORA) was officially opened in a festive ceremony on October 6, 2015, followed by an Open House Day. The study leaders, staff and participants were enthusiastic about…
Media Prize for BR Broadcast with DZD Scientists
This year’s media prize of the foundation RUFZEICHEN GESUNDHEIT! [Call Sign Health] in the category Radio/TV was awarded to the TV program “Diabetes – Our Self-Made Disease” (produced by BR television in the series “Fascination Knowledge”). In a…
Lifestyle Changes May Not Always Reduce Elevated Blood Glucose Levels
In the “Prediabetes Lifestyle Intervention Study (PLIS)” of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), researchers are currently investigating whether and how intervention programs for lifestyle changes in people with prediabetes can be better…
Crosslinked cellular power plants for a slim look
Neuherberg, 30.09.2015. Our body consistently adjusts its energy management to changes in the supply of nutrients or physical activity. Malfunctioning in this process plays an essential role in the genesis of metabolic disorders like adiposity and…
Study on healthy aging: Knockdown of Indy/CeNac2 extends Caenorhabditis elegans life span
Schwarz F, Karadeniz Z, Fischer-Rosinsky A, Willmes DM, Spranger J, Birkenfeld AL. Knockdown of Indy/CeNac2 extends Caenorhabditis elegans life span by inducing AMPK/aak-2.
Aging. August 20, 2015
Type 1 diabetes prevention: insulin vaccine undergoes second trial
A vaccination against type 1 diabetes will soon also be available to young children: the Pre-POINTearly vaccination study will involve children between the ages of six months and two years from across Germany who have a first-degree relative with…
3rd Diabetes “Branchentreff” Meeting – Challenges of the National Diabetes Strategy
Despite all achievements and progress in the treatment of diabetes, our health system faces major challenges in view of demographic trends. Sustainable approaches are needed for health promotion and disease prevention. At the third diabetes…
3rd Helmholtz-Nature Medicine Diabetes Conference a great success
The 3rd Helmholtz-Nature Medicine Diabetes Conference, held at Lenbach Palais in Munich from September 19 to 21, 2015, followed on seamlessly from the success of the first two events in the series. Top international researchers and up-and-coming…
FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award – Nominations until October 15, 2015
The DZD draws attention to the FEBS | EMBO Women in Science Award. Nominations for outstanding women scientists from the field of Life Sciences can be submitted until October 15, 2015.
Stool microbiota of high-risk people for type 2 diabetes
Fugmann M, Breier M, Rottenkolber M, Banning F, Ferrari U, Sacco V, Grallert H, Parhofer KG, Seissler J, Clavel T, Lechner A. The stool microbiota of insulin resistant women with recent gestational diabetes, a high risk group for type 2 diabetes.…
Friedmund Neumann Prize 2015 Goes to DZD Scientist
In recognition of her outstanding contributions to the study of molecular genetic mechanisms of endocrine and metabolic diseases the Schering Foundation has awarded the Friedmund Neumann Prize 2015 to the DZD scientist Dr. Nina Henriette Uhlenhaut of…
Testen und analysieren: Spektrometrie-Workshop für Nachwuchs-Wissenschaftler
Chemiker, Molekularbiologen und Mediziner haben sich am Deutschen Diabetes-Zentrum (DDZ) über die neuesten Verfahren im Bereich der Bioanalytik informiert. Beim einwöchigen Rainbow-Workshop in Düsseldorf ging es den Wissenschaftlern vor allem um die…
Outstanding Awards for DZD Researchers at the EASD Third DZD Research School Is Great Success
Scientists of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) are well represented in the presentation and poster program of the 51st Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), which is currently taking place in…
Four Genes Influence the Ability of Insulin-Producing Cells to Divide
Within the framework of a cooperative project funded by the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), a team of scientists led by Annette Schürmann of the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DifE) has identified four genes that in obese mice…
220,000 Cells and Surgery Give Leonie Back Her Joy in Life
In August 2014 an interdisciplinary team of experts at Dresden University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus implanted approximately 220,000 endogenous islet cells into a then 10-year-old girl. Now extensive tests have confirmed that this method, which in…
FutureNight "Rethinking Health": Citizens’ Dialogue with Federal Minister Wanka
At the FutureNight event of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) on September 8, 2015, around 200 guests discussed the question "Rethinking Health – Well-Being through High-Tech Medicine and Self-Optimization?".
Genetic Factors Drive Roles of Gut Bacteria in Diabetes and Obesity
A study of scientists at DZD partner Helmholtz Zentrum München and Joslin Diabetes Center examines how bacterial and mammalian genomics interact to boost insulin resistance and other metabolic disorders. The results were published in the journal Cell…
SMS Primary School Children Experience Variety of Apples Up Close
The children participating in the initiative “SMS. Be smart. Join in. Be fit." led by DZD Professor Karsten Müssig had the opportunity to learn about the benefits of the apple for a balanced diet at Apfelparadies Wittlaer (Apple Paradise Wittlaer).
New diabetes-related genes discovered
Hrabě de Angelis, M. et al. Analysis of mammalian gene function through broad-based phenotypic screens across a consortium of mouse clinics.
Nature Genetics. doi: 10.1038/ng.3360. September 1, 2015
Multinational analysis shows diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) rates still high among pediatric patients
In the largest multinational analysis of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) in pediatric type 1 diabetes patients DZD scientists found in cooperation with T1D Exchange researchers consistently high rates and common risk factors for DKA across five…
New surgically reversible diabetes subtype
Ehehalt F, Sturm D, Rösler M, Distler M, Weitz J, Kersting S, Ludwig B, Schwanebeck U, Saeger HD, Solimena M, Grützmann R. Blood Glucose Homeostasis in the Course of Partial Pancreatectomy – Evidence for Surgically Reversible Diabetes Induced by…
Positive side effect: Metformin lowers LDL cholesterol levels
Xu T, Brandmaier S, Messias AC, Herder C, Draisma HH, Demirkan A, Yu Z, Ried JS, Haller T, Heier M, Campillos M, Fobo G, Stark R, Holzapfel C, Adam J, Chi S, Rotter M, Panni T, Quante AS, He Y, Prehn C, Roemisch-Margl W, Kastenmüller G, Willemsen G,…
DZD Annual Report 2014 Published
The Annual Report 2014 of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) has been published.
New Diabetes Type Shown to Be Reversible after Partial Pancreatic Resection
Findings of a current study have for the first time specified in more detail which patients with pancreatic tumors that develop hyperglycemia and diabetes have improved blood glucose homeostasis after a partial pancreatic resection. The results may…
Diabetes drug modulates cholesterol levels
Besides affecting the blood sugar levels, the substance Metformin, also has an impact on blood fat levels. This was elucidated by an interdisciplinary team of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) headed by Dr. Rui Wang-Sattler of the…
Major European mouse study reveals the role of genes in disease
Neuherberg, 31. Juli 2015. The role of over 300 genes has been revealed by DZD scientists in cooperation with colleagues across Europe in a major initiative to understand the part they play in disease and biology. The results have now been published…
Stress and Type 2 Diabetes: Latest Research Results Presented
At the 2015 annual meeting of the European Association of Psychosomatic Medicine (EAPM) in Nuremberg in July, the symposium “New Insights into Stress Regulation and Stress Related Risk Factors for Incident Type 2” took place under the direction of…
Intake of Lactobacillus reuteri improves incretin and insulin secretion
Simon MC, Strassburger K, Nowotny B, Kolb H, Nowotny P, Burkart V, Zivehe F, Hwang JH, Stehle P, Pacini G, Hartmann B, Holst JJ, MacKenzie C, Bindels LB, Martinez I, Walter J, Henrich B, Schloot NC, Roden M. Intake of Lactobacillus reuteri Improves…
Diabetes expert John Todd receives Helmholtz International Fellow Award
John Andrew Todd, Professor of Medical Genetics and Director of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, is one of five scientists selected to receive the 2015 Helmholtz International Fellow Award.…
EIT Health Summer School on Innovation
11.-15. July and 25.-29. July
EIT Health Summer School on Innovation and Business Creation in Dublin and Barcelona
Effects of aging on insulin in the brain
Sartorius T, Peter A, Heni M, Maetzler W, Fritsche A, Häring HU, Hennige AM. The brain response to peripheral insulin declines with age: a contribution of the blood-brain barrier? doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0126804.
PLoS One. May 12, 2015
DZD Professor Wins German Liver Foundation Award
The German Liver Foundation has awarded Professor Stephan Herzig, director of the Institute for Diabetes and Cancer at the DZD partner Helmholtz Zentrum München, the German Liver Foundation Award 2015.
Ghana: People with High Blood Pressure and T-2-D Have Elevated Blood Levels of Vitamin A (Retinol)
Ghanaians who suffer from high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes have comparatively higher levels of the vitamin A marker retinol in their blood than healthy individuals. This was the result of a study of an international research team led by Ina…
"SMS Primary School Children" Learn via Sports to Show Mutual Respect for Each Other
The children participating in the initiative “SMS. Sei schlau. Mach mit. Sei fit.“ (Be smart. Join in. Be fit.) were invited to take part in a training session of Judo Club 71 Düsseldorf, where they also learned about the philosophy of the sport.
DZD Scientist Receives MTZ Award 2015 of the University of Düsseldorf
Dr. Maren Carstensen-Kirberg, a young researcher at the German Diabetes Center Düsseldorf, has been awarded the MTZ Award 2015 of the University of Düsseldorf for her excellent research on novel inflammatory proteins as risk factors for diabetes.
3rd Diabetes Patients’ Day – Expert First-Hand Information
As in previous years, the 3rd Diabetes Patients’ Day on June 20, 2015 attracted great interest. This time, the event was organized by the Diabetes Information Service Munich and took place in Nuremberg. Around 100 people with diabetes and other…
The Future of Medicine Is Personalized
Personalized approaches in prevention and therapy are becoming an increasingly important focus in medicine. How can patients receive better treatment, taking into consideration their genetics and their individual metabolism? To achieve this,…
DZD in Diabetes TV
The current program of “Das Diabetes TV” contains a live broadcast with a report from the largest national diabetes congress with representatives of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD). An additional report is devoted to the 50th…
Primary Schoolchildren Participating in the Diabetes Initiative Are Guests of Cologne Artisan Bakers
The primary schoolchildren participating in the initiative “SMS. Sei schlau. Mach mit. Sei fit.” (in English: Be smart. Join in. Be fit.) baked bread together with artisan bakers in Cologne and learned about the importance of wholemeal bread as part…
3. Patiententag Diabetes 2015
[Translate to Englisch:]
Am 20. Juni 2015 hielt der Diabetesinformationsdienst des Helmholtz Zentrums München seinen 3. Patiententag Diabetes erstmals in Nürnberg ab. Rund 100 Betroffene und Interessierte folgten der Einladung, um sich ausführlich…
Current Annual Report of the DZD Partner DIfE Now Online
The new Annual Report for 2013-2014 of the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE) is now online. The report provides information on current research projects and other activities of the Institute. From the beginning of July 2015…
Visualization of digestion and microbial metabolism – better understanding of metabolic diseases
Heinzmann SS, Schmitt-Kopplin P. Deep metabotyping of the murine gastrointestinal tract for the visualization of digestion and microbial metabolism. doi: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.5b00034.
J Proteome Res. May 1, 2015
DZD Scientist Receives Friedmund Neumann Prize 2015
Dr. Nina Henriette Uhlenhaut of Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, is this year’s recipient of the Friedmund Neumann-Prize. She was awarded the prize in recognition of her outstanding contributions to the…
"SMS Children" Train with Fortuna Düsseldorf
Children participating in the initiative “SMS. Sei schlau. Mach mit. Sei fit.” (in English: Be smart. Join in. Be fit.) took part in a training session at the Youth Academy Center of Fortuna Düsseldorf at Flinger Broich.