Research

by Sera Guli The latest release includes protein structure predictions for thousands of viruses, which could improve the response to future outbreaks AI-predicted protein complex structures for over 2,800 viruses are now openly available in the AlphaFold Database. To better understand and protect against emerging pathogens, the dataset prioritises proteomes from viral families known to […]

Horizon Europe funding will support GENCODE, UniProt, and Europe PMC The European Commission has announced €57 million in funding to support GENCODE, UniProt, and Europe PMC. These life sciences data resources are delivered and managed by EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI) alongside international partners. The financial support will be given in the shape of three […]

How can cell-based immunotherapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases become more widely available in the long term? The SYNTHIA project is addressing this challenge: The Max Planck Institute for Medical Research and the Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI are collaborating on new research approaches to advance the development of cell-based immunotherapies. The […]

It is no surprise that a healthy lifestyle can help reduce the risk of cancer. A large-scale analysis by researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) now confirms this association across a particularly broad spectrum of cancer types. The study also provides additional insights into several rarer and previously less-studied types of cancer. Not […]

CAR-T cell therapies have proven successful in treating several types of blood and lymphoid cancers. However, their use in treating other tumors is significantly more challenging, in part because suitable target structures are lacking. A team led by scientists from the Heidelberg Faculty of Medicine at the Institute of Pathology of Heidelberg University Hospital, in […]

More Information HEIDELBERG, Germany, September 30, 2026 – Hummingbird Diagnostics GmbH, a molecular diagnostics company specializing in blood-based small RNA analysis for precision oncology, today announced that data from a new collaborative study will be presented at the ESMO Congress 2026 in Madrid, Spain. Building on Hummingbird’s expertise in early cancer detection, the study explores […]

A new surgical system at the Department of Neurosurgery at Heidelberg University Hospital helps surgeons precisely plan procedures on the brain, spine, and skull base, monitor them during surgery, and perform them with millimeter precision. The “Robotic Surgery Suite,” which cost approximately 1.6 million euros, combines live imaging, digital navigation, and robotic assistance directly in […]

Scientists from Heidelberg and Freiburg identify the mechanism by which proteins assemble into stable complexes in mitochondria A tiny processing step has far-reaching consequences for mitochondrial function: The removal of a single amino acid determines whether new proteins can assemble into stable complexes within these cellular powerhouses. This process is carried out by a specific […]

For his outstanding scientific achievements in the development of new proteins using computer-aided methods, Sarel Fleishman has been awarded the Otto Meyerhof Medal by the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research on September 30, 2026. “I am deeply grateful to the Max Planck Institute for Medical Research for the honor of receiving the Otto Meyerhof […]