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TUM Dies Academicus annual academic celebration
Giving the World a Home
The TUM family filled the Audimax main auditorium for the annual Dies Academicus celebration. President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann thanked all the members of the university "for your personal dedication, for your flexibility and your pragmatism in these turbulent and challenging times." We see it again and again, he said: "TUM is not just a university, it's a feeling! And it's worth sharing this feeling with one another and letting it grow as a result!"
Researchers decrypt transport dynamics of porous media
The junction is the key
What laws govern how chemicals pass through filters? How do droplets of oil move through layers of stone? How do blood cells travel through a living organism? A team of researchers led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) has discovered how pore space geometry impacts transport of substances through fluids.
Groundbreaking for new Center for MS and Neurosciences building
United against multiple sclerosis
TUM's university hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar will be home to a unique research center: The Center for Multiple Sclerosis and Neurosciences will unite research, therapy development and treatment under a single roof. A groundbreaking ceremony marked the official beginning of construction for the center. The new construction made possibe by a substantial donation from the Klaus Tschira Foundation.
Size of fat cells can cause metabolic disorders
Why are overweight people more susceptible to illness?
If you gain weight, the fat cells in the body get bigger. So in the extremely obese, those fat cells are greatly enlarged. Now, researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) were able to show how enlarged fat cells can cause metabolic diseases. They also developed non-invasive examination methods to determine the size of human fat cells.
Course offered for digital political communication
Understanding and applying Data Science in social media
No one can succeed in political communication without a fundamental understanding of data analysis. A new certificate course at the TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning will open up the world of data collected via social media accessible to those interested, even without special skills in IT or statistics.
DFG funds new projects and extends existing collaborative research centers
Three new CRCs with significant participation on the part of TUM
The German Research Foundation (DFG) has extended its funding for the Microbiome Signatures collaborative research center (CRC 1371) which is led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Additionally, three new projects in which TUM was an applicant university have been approved. The topics range from T-cells, to plant-microbe interactions, through to the mathematics of quantum systems.
SPRIND to finance spin-off Plectonic
Nanoswitches for tumor targeting
The Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovation SPRIND will provide funding for the work of Plectonic Biotech in the coming years. The TUM spin-off has developed a nanoswitch that binds immune cells to tumor cells. The goal is to facilitate the development of immunotherapies that target tumors specifically and have fewer side effects.
November 28: Public lecture on the current state of research
War and peace in Ukraine
What can researchers in international relations tell us about the causes of war and the possibilities for restoring peace? And how do these insights contribute to a better understanding of the war in Ukraine? Tim Büthe, a professor of international relations at the Hochschule für Politik at TUM, will provide an accessible overview of the current state of research on November 28 starting at 6 p.m. The event at the TUM Think Tank is open to the public and will also be live streamed.
Groundbreaking calculations by TUM researchers
Operation of FRM II possible with Low Enriched Uranium
Scientifically speaking it is possible to convert the Research Neutron Source (FRM II) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) for a fuel element with Low Enriched Uranium (LEU). This conclusion is the result of TUM researchers' calculations, which have been independently confirmed by experts in the USA. This establishes the theoretical foundations for implementing state regulatory requirements to discontinue the use of Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) as fuel at the FRM II in the future.
Teams from construction, chemistry and pharmaceuticals recognized
TUM IDEAward for sustainable start-up ideas
Building materials made from hops, a pyrolysis system for plastic waste and a patch that helps prevent urinary tract infections: These three start-up ideas were honored yesterday with the tenth TUM IDEAward.