In Portrait | Stiftung Charité – providing impetus, promoting life sciences in Berlin, shaping the future

When it comes to promoting innovative ideas in the field of life sciences within Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and its partner institutions, Stiftung Charité has been an important authority since its establishment in 2005. The private,…

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Special Topic | Health & Biotech Start-up Ecosystem Berlin-Brandenburg, Focus on Financing  

It’s not difficult to come across start-ups and young companies in the capital region. Berlin-Brandenburg boasts a diverse and steadily growing start-up ecosystem. And financing options are just as diverse as this ecosystem, encompassing various…

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Prediabetes: Blood-Based Epigenetic Markers Enable More Precise Risk Assessment

Prediabetes is an extremely heterogeneous metabolic disorder. Scientists from several partner institutes of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) have now used artificial intelligence (AI) to identify epigenetic markers that indicate an…

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Agnieszka Rybak-Wolf wins Alzheimer‘s research grant

How do the ApoE4 gene variant and the herpes simplex virus work together to increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease? Agnieszka Rybak-Wolf has been awarded a grant from Stiftung Alzheimer Initiative to study the molecular interaction…

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AI NATION Accelerator

Incorporated high-potential AI startups based in Germany ready for scaling can now apply for the next AI Nation Accelerator batch.

 

Application deadline: February 1, 2026

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AI NATION Grant

Early-stage AI startups can now apply for the next AI Nation Grant.

 

Application deadline: February 1, 2026

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Berlin Bio × AI Hackathon

Applications open February 2nd · February 27–28, 2026 · 24 hours to solve real problems

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New Junior Research Group led by Ignacio Rebollo Pioneering Gut-Brain Interactions funded by Landmark ERC Starting Grant

A new junior research group, headed by Dr. Ignacio Rebollo, officially started operations in January 2026 at the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE), marking a significant advancement in the burgeoning field of gut-brain…

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Microbially Produced Secondary Bile Acids Accelerate Colorectal Cancer Development

For the first time, a team of experts from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), RWTH Aachen University, and the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE) has demonstrated the causal role of microbially produced secondary bile…

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How the Brain Organizes Memories

TU Berlin researcher involved in Nature study that shows how the human brain stores content and context separately and combines them together in a targeted manner

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