The course of SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infections depends not only on how aggressive the virus is, but also on the immune response of the infected individual. Using single-cell analyses, a group of researchers led by Samantha Praktiknjo of the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH), Markus Landthaler of the Max Delbrück Center and Jakob Trimpert…
Today, the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) officially handed over the National Strategy for Gene and Cell Therapies to Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger (FDP). Some 150 experts from various stakeholder groups drew up the paper and developed a road map for improving healthcare and strengthening Germany as a hub for gene…
Scientists from the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) and Open Targets together with colleagues from the University of Cambridge, and Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge, UK, uncovered mechanisms driving regeneration of the liver during chronic liver disease. This regenerative process allows the liver to repair itself when chronically…
Researchers at the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) have used brain simulations to develop a theory on the formation of traveling waves of activity. These waves influence cognitive processes in the human brain such as learning or remembering. Understanding traveling waves of activity can support in treating patients with cognitive…
In March 2024, Dr. Simon Haas received a funding commitment from the German Research Association (DFG) for a Heisenberg professorship in systems hematology at the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH). Haas, who leads a lab within the joint research focus of the BIH, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and the Max Delbrück Center, is…
Dr. Christian Meisel, a physician and neuroscientist at the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH) and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, has been awarded funding for an endowed chair of computational neurology from the Hermann and Lilly Schilling Foundation for Medical Research. The Schilling Foundation has been funding outstanding…
New findings reveal that the body undergoes significant, systematic changes across multiple organs during prolonged periods of fasting. The results demonstrate evidence of health benefits beyond weight loss, but also show that any potentially health-altering changes appear to occur only after three days without food.
In January 2024, Prof. Peter N. Robinson will take up an Alexander von Humboldt Professorship for Artificial Intelligence at the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité (BIH). Robinson, a bioinformatician, is a pioneer in the computational genome and phenotype analysis of genetic diseases. His major work has been the development of the Human…
