Prof. García-Cáceres was originally recruited to Helmholtz Munich in 2012 from the Autonoma University of Madrid as a Postdoctoral Scientist, and was promoted in 2015 to lead the Astrocyte-Neuron Network Unit at the Institute for Diabetes and Obesity (IDO). Since then, she established and consolidated her own research group in collaboration with internationally recognized leaders in the field of neuronal, glial cell biology and obesity. In 2017 she was awarded by the prestigious ERC Starting Grant to continue on exploring the role of astrocytes in the control of whole-body metabolism.