in COPD: What's missing?“ In addition, the medical director of the Lung Clinic Großhansdorf and site director at the German Center for Lung Research (DZL) reported an exciting research result: Premature babies with poor lung function have an increased risk of developing COPD later in life. Early…
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As new PI at the Helmholtz Institute for Lung Health and Immunity, Prof. Markus Diefenbacher brings a fascinating perspective to the study of the interaction between tumors and the immune system. His research goals include deciphering the genetic complexity of tumors and developing innovative…
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provide a benchmark of 68 combinations of single-cell integration and preprocessing methods applied to 85 technical batches of gene expression, chromatin accessibility and simulation data from 23 publications, altogether representing >1.2 million cells distributed in 13 atlas-level integration…
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compartment in the bronchoalveolar space and peripheral blood of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Furthermore, he collaborated with Prof. Christine S. Falk, a leader in transplantation immunology, as well as the pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca on projects that compared…
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The European Respiratory Society (ERS) awards this year's Early Career Member Award to lung researcher Prof. Mareike Lehmann. The Award is intended to honour a promising early-career member of ERS based on potential for future scientific contribution as well as past and current engagement in the…
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Science explained clearly and for interested laypeople - SZ editor Sarra Chaouch-Şimşek was a guest at the LHI/CPC in Großhadern. Mareike Lehmann was able to show her vividly in the laboratory what lung research looks like in practice: Employee Camila Melo-Narvaez cuts samples of human lung tissue…
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presented by a high-ranking international jury of science and art experts, while the Public Choice Award and the Participants' Choice Award are determined by the Helmholtz Imaging community. This year, Helmholtz Imaging secured prizes worth a total of €6,000 donated by Siemens Healthineers, Zeiss,…
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announced during the award ceremony on June 15, 2023, at the 3rd Annual Helmholtz Imaging Conference 2023. Lin Yang from the Institute of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI) at Helmholtz Munich was awarded first place in the "Jury Award" category with a spectacular image showcasing lung alveolar…
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Asthma and Allergy Prevention Environmental Health Center Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways of the lung. It is not one disease but a syndrome consisting of many so far not well characterized and delineated genetic and environmental determinants. The focus of our work is to develop…
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identify relevant sub-groups at risk for development of allergic disease or progression to severe disease, better understand environmental risk and protective factors and underlying mechanisms for the development of targeted prevention strategies. Fields of Work and Expertise Epidemiology Statistics…
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