The German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) is one of six German centers of health research. It brings together experts in the field of diabetes research and combines basic research, epidemiology and clinical applications. Using a novel, integrative research approach, the DZD seeks to make a major contribution to developing a successful, personalized prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes mellitus. The members of the network are Helmholtz Munich, the German Diabetes Center (DDZ) in Düsseldorf, the German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE) in Potsdam-Rehbrücke, the Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of Helmholtz Zentrum München at the University of Tübingen and the Paul Langerhans Institute Dresden of Helmholtz Zentrum München at the TU Dresden Medical Center, associated partners at the universities in Heidelberg, Cologne, Leipzig, Lübeck and Munich as well as additional project partners.  www.dzd-ev.de