World Health Day 2026: How IMMEDIATE contributes to science-driven health solutions

Every year on 7 April, World Health Day highlights a key global health priority. This year, the focus is on “Together for health. Stand with science.” It stands as a call to strengthen collaboration and ensure that decisions are guided by reliable, evidence-based knowledge.

At IMMEDIATE, this me...

IMMEDIATE project holds General Assembly to align for its final year

The IMMEDIATE consortium held its General Assembly meeting last week, bringing together representatives from all work packages to align on the remaining tasks and objectives for the year ahead. The meeting provided an important opportunity for partners to ensure a shared vision and coordinated appro...

Stay Healthy Cluster Symposium in Berlin: Advancing Personalised Prevention and Chronic Inflammation Research

1–2 December 2025 | Berlin, Germany

The IMMEDIATE project successfully organised the Stay Healthy Cluster Symposium on 1–2 December 2025 in Berlin, bringing together researchers, clinicians, citizens, and patient representatives for two days of discussion and knowledge exchange. With strong suppor...

Stay Healthy Cluster Symposium - Advancing Personalised Prevention to Support our Health

1–2 December 2025 | Berlin, Germany

The IMMEDIATE project, together with its sister Horizon Europe research initiatives forming the Stay Healthy Cluster, is delighted to announce the upcoming Stay Healthy Cluster Symposium, taking place on 1–2 December 2025 in Berlin, Germany.

The event brings...

IMMEDIATE Launched a New Garmin Study on Stress and Resilience in Healthcare Workers

The upcoming observational study, developed in agreement with the IMMEDIATE Project Partners, aims to explore the potential of passive data collected through smartwatches to monitor stress and resilience among healthcare professionals. Although not originally planned within the IMMEDIATE Project fra...

IMMEDIATE Project Hackathon on Data Management

On 8–9 September, partners from Work Package 1 (FAIR Data Management and Integration for the AI Platform), led by the Max Delbrück Center (MDC) and Dr Sofia Forslund, came together with colleagues from other work packages for a dynamic hackathon at BIMSB.

The two-day event provided a hands-on en...

Recruitment for the IMMEDIATE Proof-of-Concept Study Successfully Completed

The IMMEDIATE project has achieved a big milestone in our mission to explore the Gut-Brain-Microbiota Axis and the role of chronic inflammation in the health-to-disease transition.

Led by the Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin (Poland), the proof-of-concept (PoC) study focused on asse...

Celebrating the World Microbiome Day 2025

This year’s World Microbiome Day theme is “Microbiome 101: What You Need to Know”, and it is all about making science easy to understand and empowering everyone to take small steps toward better health.

The microbiome refers to the trillions of microorganisms, mostly bacteria, that live inside a...

Smartwatches in Clinical Research: A Valuable Opportunity

In this IMMEDIATE insight, Giulia Vismara, a Scientific Content Manager at Zadig srl writes about the opportunity smartwatches offer in clinical research.

In recent years, wearable technology has gained significant popularity, with smartwatches emerging as some of the most widely adopted devi...

First Stay Healthy Cluster Sharing Session held online

The first collaborative session within the Stay Healthy project cluster took place last Wednesday, marking an important step toward strengthening synergies among health-focused research initiatives. Organized by the IMMEDIATE consortium, the session brought together cluster projects focusing on...

IMMEDIATE holds a successful 2nd Progress Meeting

The IMMEDIATE consortium gathered in Sczcezin, Poland, from the 19th to the 20th of March for the 2nd Progress Meeting, hosted by Pomeranian Medical University and Sanprobi. IMMEDIATE aims to explore the gut-brain axis to unravel how the health-to-disease transition happens.

Bringing togeth...

IMMEDIATE and the SDGs: Climate change impacts on health

In this IMMEDIATE insight, Dr Sonja Bergner, an expert in sustainable innovation at EURICE, shares insights into how following a cross-cutting One Health approach—which recognises the interconnection between people, animals, plants, and their shared environment—is crucial to both planetary and h...

Breaking Barriers: The Women behind IMMEDIATE

The path to a career in science is not always easy, especially for women. Despite progress, gender gaps in STEM remain, making it essential to celebrate and support the women who are pushing boundaries and leading the way.

At IMMEDIATE, we are proud to have a diverse team of brilliant women cont...

Mobile apps - how can they improve healthcare access and health outcomes?

IMMEDIATE Insight by Chiara Di Lucente

Mobile apps for digital health have emerged as game-changers in this field, letting people be more aware of their health state, access more easily to healthcare services and improve their health outcomes. That means, in our fast-paced world, having a suit...

Stay Healthy Cluster Projects Hold Their First Yearly Meeting

Last week, the Stay Healthy Cluster projects convened online for their first yearly meeting, hosted by the IMMEDIATE project and its coordinating team.

The Cluster, composed of 13 projects, is dedicated to developing a personalized blueprint for chronic inflammation in the health-to-disease tra...

KTX360° study

In the next IMMEDIATE insight, Olena Potapenko and Johannes B. Holle from Charité dive deeper into the KTX360° study. The KTX360° study is a multi-centre study conducted from 2018-2021 that followed patients after kidney transplantation. It is a part of work package 2 focused on unravelling...

Open position: Postdoctoral Research Associate in Mass Spectrometry – based Metabolomics

The Division of Systems Medicine at the IMPERIAL College London is looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Mass Spectrometry – based Metabolomics to work on the IMMEDIATE project.

Under the supervision of Prof. Marc-Emmanuel Dumas, the Research Associate would work on discovering the me...

IMMEDIATE holds its second General Assembly Meeting

On the 27th of November, the IMMEDIATE consortium gathered virtually for their second General Assembly meeting. Around 25 members of the project attended the meeting, shared the current status of their tasks and participated in discussions.

The meeting started with a warm welcome by Martina R...

Biotechnology of the Future: Exploring New Horizons in Health and Innovation

On October 22nd, the Regional Centre for Innovation and Technology Transfer in Szczecin hosted the "Biotechnology of the Future: Development Paths with Horizon Europe" conference, an event highlighting advancements in health and biotechnology through international collaboration. Prof. Karolina ...

Inflammatory biomarkers in the health to disease transition: NAKO data contributes to IMMEDIATE project

After the list of observational cohorts used in the previous IMMEDIATE insights blog post, today we dive into the German National Cohort (NAKO). Another contribution to the IMMEDIATE insight blog series comes from Solange Gonzalez Chiappe, a post-doctoral fellow from the Max Delbrück Center....

Inflammation & health transitions – A population-level approach

In the following IMMEDIATE insights blog series, we will dive deeper into our observational cohorts. Solange Gonzalez Chiappe from the Max Delbrück Center gives an overview of the objectives of the IMMEDIATE Work Package 2 (WP2).

WP2 is focused on unravelling shared and non-shared inflammatio...

Open position at Charité

Charité Berlin is looking for an Analytical Chemist /Metabolomics Expert to join their team working on the IMMEDIATE project.

They are looking for a Postdoc chemical and data analysis to join the Berlin Institute of Health on Campus Berlin-Buch.

Application deadline 13.10.2024

Learn more...

IMMEDIATE SODAR DMP system

Dive deeper into the SODAR DMP system with Hong Li (Max Delbrück Center) in our latest IMMEDIATE insight blog.

To simplify the complexities of data handling for the IMMEDIATE consortium, we are pursuing a modern data management platform (DMP) to ensure data security, integrity, and reusabilit...

IMMEDIATE Exploitation Strategy Workshop Milestone achieved

The partners from EURICE, who are responsible for the Innovation Management: Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation Activities within the IMMEDIATE project, organised an Exploitation Strategy Workshop on the 27th of June, 2024.

Dr Sonja Bergner, Senior Research and Innovation Manager at...

Celebrating World Microbiome Day: "Feed Your Microbes - How Diet Shapes Your Gut Microbiome"

June 27th marks World Microbiome Day, an international celebration aimed at raising awareness about the diverse community of microorganisms living within us. This year’s theme, "Feed your microbes - How diet shapes your gut microbiome," highlights the crucial role our dietary choices play in maint...

Proof of Concept study

Dive deeper into our proof-of-concept study with Karolina Skonieczna-Żydecka (Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin) in our IMMEDIATE insight blog.

The gut-brain-microbiota axis (GBMA) is a bidirectional pathway, both neuronal and biochemical, between the intestinal barrier and the central...

World Digestive Health Day

With World Digestive Health Day today, we raise awareness about the importance of prioritising digestive wellness under the theme: "Your Digestive Health: Make It A Priority."

The human digestive system is the centre of the IMMEDIATE project aimed at identifying individual biomarkers of risk and r...

The transformative impact of digital health and mobile apps: enhancing efficiency in healthcare

In today’s IMMEDIATE insight, Chiara Di Lucente, a Scientific content manager at Zadig gives insights into health digitalization.

In recent years, there has been a significant shift in the landscape of healthcare, driven by the adoption of digital technologies: as a matter of fact, the so-called d...

New IMMEDIATE video explains factors affecting our gut health

In a world full of health trends, it may be difficult to understand what contributes to our well-being. The EU-funded IMMEDIATE research project, is on a mission to unravel health-to-disease transition.

The project aims to improve our understanding of the factors that influence our health, particu...

IMMEDIATE Progress Meeting successfully held in Milan

The IMMEDIATE project, an innovative collaboration exploring the complex relationships between diet, the microbiome, metabolites, and the immune system, successfully held its first progress meeting on 21 and 22 March 2024. The meeting took place in Milan and hosted by ZADIG. More than 30 participant...

Open position at IMMEDIATE

Imperial College London is looking for a Research Associate to join their team working on the IMMEDIATE project.

They are looking for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Mass Spectrometry – based Metabolomics to join the Division of Systems Medicine headed by Prof. Marc-Emmanuel Dumas and cha...

What is multi-omics?

Let’s dive deeper into the world of multi-omics together with Jennifer Kirwan, Head of the Berlin Institute of Health Metabolomics Platform within Charite (with acknowledgements to Russell Hodge for his significant support in English language editing).

Multi-omics has become a buzzword in scien...

You are what you eat - is that true?

How do our diet and gut microbiome influence the immune system and the transition from health to disease?

Our deputy project coordinator, Chotima Böttcher, from Charité, opens our blog series where we dive deeper into the IMMEDIATE project and give insights into our research of the "diet-micr...

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2024

On 11 February, we celebrate the 9th International Day of Women and Girls in Science. This day is a reminder that women and girls play a crucial role in science and technology and that their participation should be strengthened. We are very proud to recognise the invaluable contributions of women...

Data Management Workshop

The partners from Max Delbrück Center, who are responsible for the tasks related to FAIR data management and integration for the AI platform as part of work package 1 of the IMMEDIATE project, organised a workshop on data management today.

Hong Li led the workshop with the aim of educating IMMEDIA...

IMMEDIATE General Assembly meeting

On the 29th of November, the IMMEDIATE consortium gathered virtually for their first General Assembly meeting. Kindly hosted by the project coordinator Prof. Dr. med. Friedemann Paul, and co-coordinator, PD Dr. Chotima Böttcher from Charite, the meeting brought together approximately 25 partners....

Join our clinical trial study

We are looking for medical professionals to participate in our clinical trial study. We are investigating the effect of a 3-month supplementation of Akkermansia muciniphila on stress. We are looking for 200 active healthcare professionals working in high-stress departments (e.g. ICU, intensive care,...

IMMEDIATE Kick-off Meeting Successfully Held in Berlin

The IMMEDIATE project, an innovative collaboration exploring the intricate relationship between diet, microbiome, metabolites, and the immune system, successfully held its kick-off meeting on 26-27 June 2023. The meeting took place at the renowned Experimental and Clinical Research Centre in Berlin...

Workshop on the gut-brain connection at the 8th Long Night of Science

On 17 June 2023, the 8th Long Night of Science was held at the Max Delbrück Communications Centre in Berlin. Our Deputy Project Coordinator, Dr. Chotima Böttcher held a captivating and engaging workshop: "Gut Feeling: How the Gut Talks to the Brain", which attracted professionals and individuals of...

EU Knowledge Valorisation Week 2023: Learn More on Turning Research into Solutions

Join stakeholders and policymakers at the EU Knowledge Valorisation Week between 25 April and 28 April 2023. The annual event highlights best practices promoting the uptake of research results and science-based solutions for all.

This year, the event’s focus is on spotlighting inspiring examples o...

New Project “IMMEDIATE”

Launch of New EU Project “IMMEDIATE”: Unravelling Key Factors of Chronic Inflammation and Predicting Health-to-Disease Transitions

Led by Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, the international research team aims to develop personalised prediction strategies for non-communicable diseases caused by...