Here you will find events jointly organized by the German Centers for Health Research.

If you are interested in events of the individual centers, please choose the given links to the website of the respective center.

29 October 2026

DZG-wide seminar series: Computational Topics in Biomedicine

Topic: Learning Representations of Human Health: From Retinal Aging to Disease Risk

With: Francesco Paolo Casale, Human Technopole (Milan, Italy) & Helmholtz Munich (Germany)

Francesco Paolo Casale combines human genetics, statistical modeling, and artificial intelligence to better understand human aging and the associated risk of disease. By integrating different types of biomedical data, such as medical imaging, genetic information, and clinical data, his research aims to uncover biological mechanisms and patterns.

In this online seminar, he will present two AI-based approaches. REECAP uses retinal images and genetic association studies to identify genetic factors associated with retinal aging and their links to eye disease. RisQ integrates multimodal data to learn shared patterns of disease risk across hundreds of diseases and different prediction horizons, supporting disease prediction and genetic discovery.

This series is designed to bring together data science and AI initiatives across the German Centers for Health Research (DZG) and to interact with international speakers who have generated impressive contributions to the translational application of AI and data science.

Time: 16:00 - 17:00
Location: online

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Francesco Paolo Casale on LinkedIn

8 November 2026

DZG & Helmholtz Health at
Falling Walls Science Summit 2026

Topic: Future of medicine: From discovery to impact

Plenary Table: 13:00 - 14:00 | 06 Curie Stage
Symposium: 15:00 - 18:00 | 00 Ann Jackson Stage

Time: 13:00 - 18:00
Location: Falling Walls Science House, Berlin & online

Program Plenary Table (event page)

Program Symposium (event page)

4 December 2026

DZG Lunchtime Career Talks

For doctoral candidates and postdocs: Discover your future career - role models share their advice.

Topic: Academic Research, Writing, and Reaching People

With: Prof. Alexander Bartelt, Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Alexander Bartelt is Else Kröner Fresenius Professor and Chair of Translational Nutritional Medicine at TUM and Principal Investigator at the Helmholtz Diabetes Center Munich. His research focuses on the molecular biology of metabolism and its role in obesity, fatty liver, diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

The Bartelt Lab investigates how nutrition, energy metabolism and thermogenesis regulate weight gain and loss at the cellular level, with a particular focus on metabolic adaptation and the interaction between fat cells and the immune system. Bartelt is also a member of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) and the German Centre for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK).

Time: 13:00 - 14:00
Location: online

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Alexander Bartelt on LinkedIn

10-11 December 2026

DZG Early Career Symposium

Topic: Differences That Matter: Advancing Women's Health and Sex-Specific Medicine

Location: online

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2026-2027

DZG Training Programme Translational Research

The DZG Training Programme ‘Beyond the Bench - Turning discoveries into treatments’ is aimed at early career scientists from all DZGs with a strong interest in translational research. Online events are open to all interested DZG early career scientists. Registration is possible in good time before the respective events.

Workshops 2026/2027

• Pitch your project and think big | 15-16 June 2026, Berlin
• From target to hit to lead to candidate | 20 October 2026, 13:00-14:40, online
• Potential partners and project pitch | 18-19 January 2027, Berlin
• Funding opportunities by the DZG and beyond | April 2027, online
• Wrap-up and best practices | 10-11 June 2027, Berlin

Next Workshop: 20 October 2026 –  From target to hit to lead to candidate

Program & registration

This program provides application-oriented insights from experts and offers approaches to develop an individual and concrete project plan. Participants get connected with important partners and with peers from all eight DZG. This one-year programme includes

• three in-person workshops
• two online seminars
• support from mentors

DZG Site Days

11 November 2026

1st DZG Berlin Day

For the very first time, all German Centers for Health Research (DZG) at the Berlin site will come together for a joint day.

We expect around 300 participants from the five Berlin DZGs (DKTK, DZHK, DZNE, DZPG, DZKJ) as well as the associated centers (DZL, DZIF, DZD).

Time: 9:30–16:30
Location: Auditorium, Forum 3, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin

More information coming soon