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Celonis has taken its place among the “unicorns”, as the world's most successful start-ups are known: The spin-off from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has been valued by investors at 1 billion dollars. Celonis offers process mining software that can analyze any digital business process. TUM is considered one of the top universities in Europe for promoting start-up founders.

In this year's Shanghai Ranking, the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is ranked 48th. This makes it one of only two German universities among the top 50. Once again, TUM is the only technical university in Germany listed among the world's best 100 universities.

The Alps are on the go: The mountain range drifts northwards an average of one-half millimeter every year and rises 1.8 millimeters. However, there are strong regional variances. In order to follow these movements, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have evaluated measurements made by more than 300 GPS antennas over a period of twelve years. Now for the first time a computer model illustrates the dynamics of the entire Alpine region.

Trees are growing more rapidly due to climate change. This sounds like good news. After all, this means that trees are storing more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere in their wood and hence taking away the key ingredient in global warming. But is it that simple? A team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) analyzed wood samples from the oldest existing experimental areas spanning a period of 150 years – and reached a surprising conclusion.

Certain bacteria occur frequently and foremost on the skin of people with atopic dermatitis, and it is known that this disease seriously compromises the skin’s barrier function. Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Helmholtz Zentrum München have now discovered how the two facts become correlated. Their study results are accessible via the ‘Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology’.

The renowned metabolism and diabetes researcher Matthias Tschöp, Humboldt Professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), is the new CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Helmholtz Zentrum München. He takes over the role of CEO from Prof. Dr. Günther Wess, also on staff at TUM, who headed Helmholtz Zentrum for 13 years.

Effective therapeutics to counteract the formation of amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes are not yet available. Scientists at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now come a little bit closer to a solution:  They have described a new class of designed macrocyclic peptides that are highly potent inhibitors of amyloid formation.

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Arndt Bode has been awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. The professor emeritus of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has received the highest recognition awarded by the Federal Republic of Germany for contributions to the public good. He was presented the Order by the state minister for science and the arts, Prof. Dr. Marion Kiechle.

Three researchers from the "MaxPlanck@TUM" program will receive funding from the European Research Council (ERC). Along with three other members of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) they won ERC Starting Grants in this year's round of competition. Unique in Germany, "MaxPlanck@TUM" is a program for young professors run by the Max Planck Society and TUM. 

Johannes Wandt, a doctoral candidate at TUM, has been chosen as one of this year's recipients of the German Dissertation Prize. The prize, which includes a 25,000 euro cash award, honors doctoral dissertations with important implications for society. Wandt, who conducted his doctoral research at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), explored ways of improving lithium batteries, which are used in electric cars.