Our Research

Na Cai’s team is rapidly growing and gaining knowledge and experience from different backgrounds in order to achieve the ultimate goal of revealing novel insights on the genetics of major depression.

Soapbox Science is a novel public outreach platform for promoting women scientists and the science they do.

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An international team led by Dr. Thomas Bischof, consisting of scientists and clinicians based at Helmholtz Pioneer Campus, has secured a prestigious ‘Helmholtz Enterprise’ grant, which...

Dr. Ben Engel’s paper on mapping the organization of photosynthetic proteins within native thylakoid membranes is now published in eLife!

With a Master in Molecular Biology from the Unversity of Milan, Vera Manelli joined the team of Dr. Boyan Bonev at the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus (HPC) in July 2019.

Using transcriptomic and single-locus proteomics...

watch the new HPC video and see what the vision, the mission and the basic idea of the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus is about.

We regret to have to inform you that BIOENG 2020 has been postponed. The spread of the COVID-19 virus, and its effects, remain unpredictable, and we felt it necessary to protect the health and safety of all individuals...

From studying single-molecule biophysical chemistry, to photon-counting nanocrystal physics, to miniaturized optical device engineering, Jian Cui has tried to acquire different skills and see from different perspectives....

Dr. Na Cai is interested in understanding the metabolic involvement behind mental health conditions, specifically Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), and how it can be shaped by genetics, environment, and the aging process....

With the support of the European Research Council (ERC) and ESOF 2020, the 8th annual Trieste-NEXT science festival was held in Trieste, Italy from 26 – 28 September, 2019.

Entitled “Big data, Deep Science. The future...

September 3rd, 2019 marked an important milestone in the development of the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus (HPC): Together with the Bavarian Prime Minister, Dr. Markus Söder; the Chairwoman of the HMGU Supervisory Board,...

The Helmholtz Pioneer Campus will be part of the Helmholtz International Epigenetics Research School, an international and interdisciplinary graduate program centered on epigenetics research at Helmholtz Zentrum München,...

Dr. Benjamin Engel combines “structural cell biology” with more traditional biology approaches, including biochemistry and proteomics for molecular identification, genetics to tease apart molecular mechanism, as well as...

As we age, our immune system declines – one element is the blunting of the anti-cancer T-cell response by an intrinsic process known as immune-senescence. Diminished T-cell function has been linked to susceptibility to...

Dr. Boyan Bonev combines computational biology, single cell-omics and genome-editing tools in a truly unique way with the aim to decode neuro-development and brain function. Since August 1st 2018, Boyan Bonev runs his...

For two days in May, Dr. Oliver Bruns and his team organised the first international SWIR imaging workshop at the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus (HPC) in Munich. Participants at the meeting discussed their latest insights into...

Dr. Ryan Remedios is the principal investigator of the Autonomous and Autonomic Systems Group at Helmholtz Pioneer Campus at the Helmholtz Zentrum München since July 2018.

His experimental work established the...

To visualize processes in living organisms is the goal of Dr. Oliver Bruns and his team at the Helmholtz Pioneer Campus. His work is now being funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) with an Emmy Noether grant,...

On January 15, 2019, the City of Munich invited international scientists of various career stages to a formal reception at the Old City Hall in the heart of Munich, among them HPC Principal Investigators Celia P....

The Pioneer Campus at Helmholtz Zentrum München was launched about one year ago and the first teams have already started their research. As part of a second recruitment round, the Symposium ‘Engineering Biomedical...

The Pioneer Campus at Helmholtz Zentrum München was launched only about one year ago. Since then the first top scientists started their interdisciplinary research. Further, this ambitious initiative nominated a prominent...

Matthias Meier is pursuing ambitious goals. Based on his own, sophisticated organ on a chip system, the new team leader at Helmholtz Pioneer Campus (HPC) is aiming to revolutionise personalised medicine in the obesity...

Literate in a variety of disciplines, Dr. Oliver Bruns combines cutting-edge technologies to bring unseen physiological processes to light. Since January 2018, he pursues his interdisciplinary approach to research at the...