Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases (IDM)
The primary research objective of the Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases (IDM) is diabetes prevention and its personalized therapy
The IDM has access to data from well-phenotyped cohort and multicenter studies involving people with an increased risk of diabetes. Organ crosstalk—the interaction and role of the brain, liver and pancreas in the development of prediabetes and diabetes—is of particular interest. To this end, basic scientists cooperate closely with clinical researchers.
Participating Research Groups and PIs
Translational Diabetology
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Birkenfeld, Prof. Dr. Reiner Jumpertz-von Schwartzenberg
Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Fritsche
Gestational Diabetes
- Dr. Julia Sbierski-Kind (Junior Research Group)
Pathophysiology of Prediabetes
- Prof. Dr. Norbert Stefan, Prof. Dr. Dr. Fritz Schick
Pathophysiology of Nephrotic Syndrome
- Adjunct Prof. Dr. Ferruh Artunc
Molecular Diabetology and Exercise
- Prof. Dr. Cora Weigert, Prof. Dr. Andreas Peter
Metabolic Neuroimaging
- Prof. Dr. Hubert Preißl, Dr. Stephanie Kullmann
Pancreatic Beta Cell Function
- PD Dr. Felicia Gerst
Molecular Cell Biology
- Dr. Gencer Sancar (Junior Research Group)
