News-Archive 2016 to 2020

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Potsdam: Open Positions at the DIfE

At the DZD partner German Institute for Human Nutrition (DIfE) in Potsdam-Rehbrücke, various scientific positions are to be filled as of 01.01.2021. We are looking for two doctoral candidates and a postdoc.

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Virtual DZD Diabetes Research School (DRS): International Diabetes Experts in Online Lecture Series for Talented Young Researchers

More than 100 young diabetes researchers from all over the world took part in the virtual DZD Diabetes Research School (DRS) this autumn. In the online lecture series of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), six international experts gave an…

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More Infections than Reported: New Study Demonstrates Importance of Large-Scale SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Screenings

A new study lead by DZD partner Helmholtz Zentrum München indicates a six-fold higher SARS-CoV-2 exposure rate among children in Bavaria, Germany, than reported cases. This highlights the value of population-based antibody screenings for pandemic…

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SMS Initiative Receives Award for Special Commitment

The SMS initiative was awarded 2nd prize in the Charity Awards 2020 sponsored by Springer Medizin. With the Charity Award, Springer Medizin honors foundations, organizations and institutions that show outstanding social commitment to healthcare in…

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Potsdam: Open Positions for PhD Student and Postdocs

At the DZD partner German Institute for Human Nutrition (DIfE) in Potsdam-Rehbrücke, various scientific positions are to be filled as of 01.01.2021. We are looking for a doctoral candidate and two postdocs.

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Experts from the Fields of Diabetology and Endocrinology Call for More Capacities in Training and Continuing Education

On July 3, 2020, the German Bundestag adopted the National Diabetes Strategy with the aim of achieving a lasting improvement in patient care and expanding translational research. To achieve this, first of all the personnel resources that have been…

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Initial Results of the Life & Covid Study: Overweight and Obesity May Be Key Lifestyle Factors for a Severe Course of Covid-19

The online study Life & Covid investigates the influence of various lifestyle factors on the severity of Covid-19 disease. Severe disease courses are usually characterized by the occurrence of pneumonia. The factors that lead to the development of…

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DZD Researchers on the Subject of Abdominal Fat in BR Television

Why is visceral abdominal fat so dangerous to health? And what helps against it? In its "Health" program, the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation (Bayerischer Rundfunk) investigated these questions and interviewed DZD experts Prof. Norbert Stefan and…

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Prize for DZD Scientist Jens Brüning

Professor Jens Brüning, director of the Max Planck Institute for Metabolic Research in Cologne and associated partner in the German Center for Diabetes Research, has been honored with the EASD/Novo Nordisk Foundation Diabetes Prize for Excellence at…

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Award for Young DZD Scientist

Dr. Natalie Krahmer of the DZD partner Helmholtz Zentrum München has received a Future Leaders Award from the European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (ESFD) / Novo Nordisk Foundation at the Annual Meeting of the European Association for the…

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Ernst Schering Prize for DZD Scientist Jens Brüning

The Ernst Schering Foundation honors Jens Claus Brüning with the Ernst Schering Prize 2020. The physician and metabolism researcher receives the prize for his research work on identifying pathological processes in the development of insulin…

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Epigenetic Changes Precede Onset of Diabetes

Epigenetic* changes in the islets of Langerhans of the pancreas can be detected in patients several years before the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes (T2D). These changes are responsible for the altered methylation activity of specific genes which…

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DZD Scientists in BR Abendschau on Diabetes Remission

Can type 2 diabetes be reversed? Under the title "Hope for Diabetics" the Abendschau of the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation reported on a case study. The DZD scientist PD Dr. Andreas Lechner from the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich was the…

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High Quality Lecturers at the 8th DZD Diabetes Research School

For the first time, the DZD Diabetes Research School (DRS) of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) will take place as a free online seminar series from September 29 to October 15, 2020. Doctoral students, postdocs and physician researchers…

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New Funding for Pioneering Health Research at Helmholtz Zentrum München

The DZD partner Helmholtz Zentrum München wins four so-called ERC Starting Grants for young researchers in the new financing round of the European Research Council (ERC). Diabetes research will also benefit from the fact that all short-listed…

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