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PostDoc Grants

19 May 2025

Assessing the environmental persistence of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) is crucial for minimizing the ecological footprint across every stage of a medicine's lifecycle. Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health prioritizes sustainability by integrating frameworks like Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) and Green Chemistry Principles into parasiticide drug design, mirroring human pharmaceutical development processes encompassing hit finding, lead optimization, and candidate development.

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12 May 2025

Mental illness affects a significant portion of the global population, with many individuals struggling to find effective treatment. Impulse control dysfunction, characterized by the tendency to act prematurely without foresight, and compulsivity, the urge to perform repetitive behaviors despite adverse results, is a common symptom cluster across various diagnoses.

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24 April 2025

Boehringer Ingelheim scientists have analysed and published on the impact of structural variants (SVs) on traits related to respiratory, cardiometabolic and liver dieseases. Now we make key data of that study1 available through the opnMe portal to allow unrestricted access by researchers to advance knowledge of genetic variation in the human population.

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07 April 2025

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health (BIAH) is dedicated to improving animal health by understanding the drivers of chronic inflammation in canine periodontitis. Canine periodontitis is a common oral disease in dogs characterized by inflammation and destruction of the periodontal tissues, leading to tooth loss and potential systemic health implications.

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PostDoc Grants

31 March 2025

We are offering an exceptional PostDoc grant to develop 3D-generative models and apply these for potency predictions with the aim to accelerate drug design. This unique opportunity provides highly talented individuals the chance to pursue their own postdoctoral project proposal within the cutting-edge scientific environment of Boehringer Ingelheim's computational chemistry team in Biberach, Germany.

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opnMe has been instrumental in advancing our research in retinal diseases by providing access to a unique compound for IL1RAP inhibition and facilitating a successful partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim. Our experience with the team has been professional, enjoyable, and resulted in fruitful outcomes.

Professors, Queen’s University Belfast

It has been a pleasure for me to participate in opnMe. In addition to providing funding for our research project, it has given my lab an opportunity to collaborate with excellent people at Boehringer Ingelheim, generated some exciting results, and taught us new things about brain circuitry.

Senior Investigator, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore

opnMe represents a great concept of open science in two ways: It allows Boehringer to stimulate research at the forefront of scientific discovery within a well-defined disease area and it allows academics to excel by approaching Boehringer Ingelheim with proactive, innovative ideas.

Vice President Research, ETH Zurich

opnMe has significantly advanced our research on the therapeutic potential of SOS1 deletion or inhibition in KRAS-driven and other RAS-dependent malignancies. By providing access to critical compounds, opnMe has enabled us to conduct studies that assess safety and efficacy of single and dual SOS1/SOS2 inhibition.

Associate Professor, University of Torino, Italy

As an expert in SOS1/2 biology and tumorigenesis, I was pleased to see the opnMe call for novel hypotheses around SOS1::KRAS. It was the starting point that led to a productive research collaboration and now culminated into a high-profile publication.

Associate Professor, USUHS Bethesda

The investigation of pancreatic islet regeneration has been central to my lab's research. My collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim, mediated by its open innovation portal opnMe, has provided us with access to unique reagents and resources and enabled rapid progress over the past two years.

Assistant Professor, Biomedical Research Foundation, Academy of Athens

As an academic postdoc, opnMe provided me with the opportunity to apply my skills in a "semi-industry" setting. Collaborating with Boehringer Ingelheim’s experts on pharmacologically relevant questions in neuroscience was particularly exciting, as it aligns with my deep passion for the field.

Senior Research Fellow, Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore

opnMe's expert guidance was pivotal in forging our research collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim. Their initiative seamlessly bridged the gap between academic and industry research, uniting foundational biomedical science with application-oriented translational animal health research.

Associate Professor, City University of Hong Kong

I found the opnMe portal very easy to navigate and use. The application process is straightforward; this can be achieved in one afternoon. The time from submission to decision is one of the fastest turnarounds I have had, and this aspect makes a real difference in the momentum of pursuing a scientific idea.

Associate Professor, University College London

opnMe helped us create a collaboration with a team at Boehringer that had designed an IDO inhibitor, leading to many fruitful interactions. It is a real team effort between my lab at Yale and the scientists at Boehringer. I am so hoping that this can lead to a true treatment for many patients.

Professor, Yale School of Medicine

With the help of opnMe, we teamed up with Boehringer Ingelheim to develop a human-in-the-loop AI solution for pre-clinical research. We’re excited to see the tool in active use, having a measurable positive impact on the daily work of the scientists and increasing the safety of drug discovery.

CTO, Merantix Momentum GmbH, Berlin

opnMe facilitated an efficient research partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim, accelerating the discovery of bioactive peptides. opnMe enabled us to combine expertise and resources, therefore leveraging the strengths of both organizations to achieve innovative outcomes.

CMO, PXBioVisioN GmbH, Hannover

opnMe has allowed us to showcase the potential of our novel subcutaneous drug delivery platform. They provided clinically relevant "beyond the rule of 5" compounds, which we successfully formulated. Their expert input during meetings was invaluable in advancing the research towards solving challenges of difficult to formulate compounds.

Scientific Manager at Nanomol Technologies, Spain