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Congratulations to Gary Lewin on his election as a new member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina! The prestigious honor recognizes his scientific accomplishments over the span of his career.

Michael Gotthardt and his team have discovered a previously unknown genetic switch that affects RBM20, an important protein in heart cells. The findings, published in “Nature Communications,” suggest a potential new target for treating cardiomyopathies more precisely in the future.

• Helena Pernice
• Gina Barzen
• Jakub Piwowarski
• Harisa Muratovic-Colic
• Anne Pankow
• Vera von Landenberg-Roberg
• Stephan Bohl
• Eva Schrezenmeier
• Paul J. Wetzel
• Nicolas W. Wieder
• Gunnar Fiß
• Elisabeth Blüthner
• Fabian Knebel
• Daniel Messroghli
• Stefanie M. Werhahn
• Jan Gröschel
• Anna-Karina B. Maier
• Shideh Schönfeld
• Christoph Wetz
• Jeanette Schulz-Menger
• Bettina Heidecker
• Axel Nogai
• Sebastian Spethmann
• Katrin Hahn

Why does obesity cause heart disease and diabetes in some people, but not in others? And how do the different types of adipose tissue influence cardiovascular disease? These are just a few of the many questions Mascha Koenen will pursue as a Junior Group Leader at HI-TAC in Mannheim.

The true cause of RBM20 cardiomyopathy, a severe inherited form of heart failure, is not the gene defect itself, but an overactive protein, concludes a study led by researchers at the Helmholtz Institute for Translational AngioCardioScience and published in “Nature Cardiovascular Research.”