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  • Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research Rolf Müller's research focuses on discovering and developing innovative active substances to combat antimicrobial resistance, which is one of the greatest challenges facing modern medicine. He and his team use natural products from soil bacteria, particularly the unusual myxobacteria, as the basis for developing such molecules. Over the course of his career, Müller has…
  • Helmholtz Munich Professor Zeynep Akata has been awarded the 2025 ZukunftsWissen Prize by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina and the Commerzbank Foundation in recognition of her outstanding scientific contributions. The €50,000 award was presented on September 25, 2025, in Halle (Saale) as part of the Leopoldina’s Annual Assembly, which this year focuses on the topic of…
  • Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie Battery researcher Prof. Dr. Philipp Adelhelm has been awarded the 2024 Berlin Science Award. He is a professor at the Institute of Chemistry at Humboldt University in Berlin (HU) and heads a joint research group at HU and the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin (HZB). The materials scientist and electrochemist is investigating sustainable batteries, which play a key role in the success…

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