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Group photo of the EKFZ professors and the advisory board
7/18/2025
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20 years of excellence

Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Nutritional Medicine celebrates anniversary

Nutrition plays a crucial role for human health. Yet, there still is a lack of fundamental knowledge why people develop metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, obesity, and cancer. The Else Kröner Fresenius Center (EKFZ) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) bridges the gap between nutritional science and clinical medicine. On July 17th, past and current leaders of EKFZ celebrate its 20th anniversary with invited guests to share their vision for the future of nutritional medicine.

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Sparrow with nesting material in its beak on a roof
7/16/2025
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Media tip: Biodiversity in the city

3D-Printed nesting façade benefits people and wildlife

A nesting façade developed by researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) provides habitat for sparrows, black redstarts, and hedgehogs — while also helping to regulate indoor temperatures for humans. The façade elements were produced using a 3D printer and are made from locally sourced and partially recycled materials. A segment on München.TV showcases the prototype, recently installed at the “Südpolstation,” a children’s and youth center operated by Feierwerk e.V. in Munich.

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Verena Stammberger (l.) from the Chair of Landslide Research examines the condition of the permafrost inside the Zugspitze every month. The melting of the 'eternal ice' due to climate change affects the water cycle in the Alps and beyond..
7/16/2025
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Adaptation to climate change

The race for water

Heat, dry periods, torrential downpours, melting glaciers—in the Alps, climate change is already very clear to see. High time to adapt, warn TUM researchers. A matter for all disciplines.

TUM Magazine Research Sustainability
Dr. Raimund Strauß will be supported by the ERC with a Proof of Concept Grant.
7/14/2025
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European Research Council funds Proofs of Concepts

Six ERC Grants for TUM researchers

The European Research Council (ERC) supports scientists, who want to develop marketable innovations based on their research results, with Proof of Concept Grants. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), where technology transfer plays a particularly important role, have now been awarded six of these grants. Funding will be allocated to projects in the fields of cloud computing, robotics, cancer medicine, drug development and astrophysics.

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Portrait Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kramer
7/14/2025
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Third term in Research and Innovation

Gerhard Kramer re-elected as Executive Vice President of TUM

The Supervisory Board of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has re-elected Professor Gerhard Kramer as Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation. His third term will begin on 1 October 2025.

Campus news Community
7/14/2025
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Classification system for robot fitness

TUM creates seal of approval for robotics

When autonomous robots interact with humans and perform tasks independently, their sensitivity is crucial. This is what makes them safe and flexible. However, there is currently no standardized procedure for determining this sensitivity and thus individual robots’ fitness for physical interactions. Researchers at the Munich Institute of Robotics and Machine Intelligence (MIRMI) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now developed an evaluation scheme that can be used to compare industrial robots and, in the future, other systems such as mobile and humanoid robots or robotic hands.

Research Artificial Intelligence
7/11/2025
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TUM President elected head of the Bavarian University Conference

Thomas F. Hofmann is the new Chairman of the University of Bavaria

The President of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann, was elected as the new Chairman of the Board of the University of Bavaria e.V. The University of Bavaria represents the common interests of 13 universities in the Free State of Bavaria vis-à-vis politics and society.

President Community
7/10/2025
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NewIn: Stefan Guldin

New approaches to future nutrition

Stefan Guldin is the new Professor of Complex Soft Matter at the TUM School of Life Sciences and Scientific Co-Director of the Proteins4Singapore project. His research is located at the point where materials science and life sciences meet.

TUM Magazine Studies Research Community
Beim Kunstarealfest 2025 ist die Licht- und Klanginstallation "Sonic Revolutions / Heaven's Caroussel" des Künstlers Tim Otto Roth vor der Alten Pinakothek zu sehen. Die Installation ist in Kooperation des TUM Center for Culture and Arts und der Professur für Audio-Signalverarbeitung an der TUM (Prof. Seeber) entstanden.
7/10/2025
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Looking back on the Kunstareal Festival 2025

Science and arts in motion at the Kunstareal

TUM is located right in the heart of Munich's Kunstareal, one of Europe's most important arts and culture destinations. The 2025 edition of the Kunstareal Festival thus saw TUM researchers, students and staff join in with creative ideas and projects, making science, technology and social questions feel tangible in a new way.

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Forscher sitzt vor zwei Bildschirmen und macht eine
7/10/2025
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TUM Center for Structural and Functional Connectomics

New center for brain research on the Garching campus

A new connectomics research center will be established on the TUM campus in Garching, which will focus on the comprehensive mapping and analysis of all neuronal connections in the brain. At the Center for Structural and Functional Connectomics (CSFC) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), researchers from various disciplines will collaborate in such areas as state-of-the-art imaging technologies. The Joint Science Conference (GWK) has approved funding of around 69 million euros.

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