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My group studies the progression from #obesity towards #insulinresistance aiming to maintain or restore metabolic health

Munich, Bavaria
Joined October 2011
Photo by Siegfried Ussar (@SiegfriedU)
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Our new study in EMBO Journal shows how NRAC controls fat uptake by modulating CD36. Kill NRAC ➡️ more fat absorbed, bigger fat cells—but faster lipid clearance. 🧪 A new path in obesity research👇 🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s44318-025-0… Great research from @SiegfriedU and Inderjeet Singh
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Igf2 regulates early postnatal DPP4+ preadipocyte pool expansion dlvr.it/THsdQx
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Recruitment for a postdoc position in our lab is still happening. If you are interested in studying melanoma, RNA, and/or glycosylation, come join us at @MoffittNews
A postdoc position is available in our lab, specifically to work on a DoD-funded project on glycoRNA in melanoma progression and metastasis. Interested in glyco- and RNA-biology? Come join us! moffitt-cancer-center-career…
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Dear Mitochondrial enthusiasts!! There is a special call at @Acta_Physiol (IF 6.3) for reviews/original papers on "Mitochondrial bioenergetics in Physiology" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page… I am serving as guest editor, welcoming your ideas/ contributions by the end of October (latest)
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Herzlichen Glückwunsch an den #DZD #Diabetes und #Adipositas Forscher @TimoMueller_IDO - tätig am @HelmholtzMunich @helmholtz_diabc - zur Verleihung des Werner-Creutzfeld-Preises beim Diabeteskongress #DK2023 zu seiner Forschung an #Inkretinen und #Polyagonisten in Berlin.
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I don’t usually post personal news but Clinicians have told us to pull every lever. Our daughter has with #dipg Brain cancer. There is no cure and typically 9m life expectancy. If anyone knows of trials then please get in contact! #braincancer #childrenscancer @CR_UK
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📢Check out this new publication from Francesca Alessandrini & @Carsten_Allergy from @HelmholtzMunich et al. in @AllergyEaaci: 📝"Dietary digestible #carbohydrates and higher prevalence of #asthma in humans" 👉 t1p.de/dpz6t #allergy #diabetes #lung #inflammation
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I am honoured to receive this support from the @AllenInstitute and really looking forward to developing this technology so we can visualise #Metabolism across organelles
🥳 Congrats! @Bilal_N_Sheikh from @HIMAG_Leipzig and @UniLeipzig is Allen Distinguished Investigator awardee. With colleagues, he is developing the new Meta-SCOPE technology to visualize metabolism in single cells. 👉t1p.de/wccly #FrontierScience #award
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📢Save the date for..🥁🥁 ..the 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐦𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐭𝐳 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞! ➡️Munich, 27. - 29.09.2023 ➡️TOPIC: 𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯: 𝘋𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘴 2.0 #MarkYourCalendars #StayTuned #HelmholtzDiabetes2023 #Anniversary
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Renowned Cellular Lipid and Energy Metabolism Researchers Join the Sloan Kettering Institute | Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center mskcc.org/news/renowned-cell…
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Bioenergetics in Health and Diseases ⁦@KeystoneSymp⁩ Looking forward to participating in this meeting! They are still accepting abstracts for poster presentations. Please reach out to info@keystonesymposia.org if you would like to submit an abstract keystonesymposia.org/confere…
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nature.com/articles/s42255-0… What do bad eating habits do to our blood vessels? Turns out a poor diet has unique detrimental effects on endothelial cells in different organs. And an improved diet can only partially improve their molecular health. Check out our paper and🧵for dets👇
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📢 The Institute for Diabetes and Obesity (IDO), headed by @TimoMueller_IDO is looking for a new technical assistant! 🧬 The IDO researches metabolic syndrome diseases using systems biology and translational approaches 🔗 t1p.de/ayyvo
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Statt Kürzungen: Haushaltsausschuss beschließt mehr Geld für internationalen Wissenschaftsaustausch. Ein starkes Signal für den Stellenwert von DAAD und Humboldt-Stiftung, das jetzt ohne Einschränkungen umgesetzt werden muss. Vielen Dank den Abgeordneten für die Unterstützung! 🙏🏼
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⏰ Only one week left until the application deadline, Nov 15! ⏰ 👉 Don't miss your chance to become a part of the Munich School for #DataScience and be trained for a career as a next generation #DataScientist 🎓 💥 bit.ly/apply-MUDS
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Today: starting the MUDS #DataScience block course for the 2022 class at Leibniz Rechenzentrum @HelmholtzMunich @DLR_en @TU_Muenchen @statsatlmu
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Congrats to this year’s Scholander award winner Michael Gaudry - the most prestigious award for a Trainee in Comparative!!!
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For our ERC Advanced Grant "Deciphering cellular and molecular mechanisms of beta cell regeneration" we are looking for post-docs👇Please RTW and spread the word. Munich and science at @HelmholtzMunich are world-wide unique. jobs.helmholtz-muenchen.de/j…