Martin Hrabě de Angelis

[1] He is co-founder, speaker and board member of the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD).

Hrabě de Angelis studied biology at Philipps-Universität Marburg and completed his doctorate in 1994 with a dissertation on the influence of growth factors on early embryonic development (1985–1994).

In 2001, Hrabě de Angelis founded the German Mouse Clinic (GMC) for the systemic analysis of human diseases.

The main research focus is the elucidation of genetic and epigenetic factors of diabetes mellitus.

Using a mouse model, Hrabě de Angelis has shown that dietary obesity and diabetes can be epigenetically inherited by offspring both via oocytes and sperm.