Press releases
TUMcampus magazine issue 2/2024
„Creating something new together“
In this issue, we talk to Thomas F. Hofmann about the first success in the new round of the Excellence Strategy and we accompany students on a very special course - in the theater instead of the lecture hall. In addition: Professors learn how good leadership works in the Faculty@TUM continuing education program of the TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning. Two of them report on how this has changed the way they work with their team.
Surprising result of an elaborate genome analysis of the plant world
Pumpkins and roses are closely related
An international team of researchers, with the participation of TUM, has produced the most comprehensive genome analysis of the plant world to date. The aim was to determine the relationships of almost 10,000 flowering plants. The surprising result of the group led by Prof. Hanno Schaefer from the Chair of Plant Biodiversity at the Technical University of Munich (TUM): Pumpkins and roses are closely related.
Newly discovered mechanism could significantly improve cancer immunotherapies
Tumor cells evade the immune system early on
Tumors actively prevent the formation of immune responses by so-called cytotoxic T cells, which are essential in combating cancer. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) Hospital have now uncovered for the first time how this exactly happens. The study in the journal "Nature" provides rationales for new cancer immunotherapies and could make existing treatments more effective. A second paper in "Nature" confirms the findings.
AI, data, sustainable agrosystems
New degree programs starting in the winter semester 2024/25
State-of-the-art teaching is didactically innovative, methodically sophisticated – and changing constantly. After all, when the world evolves, teaching that enables us to understand it needs to evolve too. The degree programs taught at TUM reflect this. Thus, in the winter semester 2024/25, additional programs dedicated to crucial issues of our time, such as artificial intelligence, big data, and food security, will be added to the portfolio.
NewIn: Mariana Rufino
Looking into the future of livestock production
Mariana Rufino has already researched agricultural topics in various regions of the world. She now holds the Chair of Livestock Systems at TUM, where she focuses on alternative future perspectives for livestock farming systems. Her international experience helps her to take a comprehensive view of the complex issues in this field and to find creative solutions.
Research on geological deposits at the FRM II
Investigating the porosity of sedimentary rock with neutrons
Whether sedimentary rocks store fossil hydrocarbons or act as impermeable layers to prevent the rise of oil, natural gas or stored carbon dioxide - all depends on their porosity. The size, shape, organization, and connectivity of the pore spaces are decisive. At the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Research Neutron Source (FRM II) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the networks of micropores were characterized using small and very small angle neutron scattering.
Successful information event at Galileo on TUM Campus Garching
First Welcome Day for academic support staff
Around 140 new TUM employees who have joined the university since the beginning of last winter semester participated in the first "Welcome Day for Academic Support Staff". University President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann and Head of Administration Chancellor Albert Berger welcomed the new colleagues to the TUM family, organized by the TUM Institute for LifeLong Learning. In addition, dedicated colleagues from central units of the university provided information about their tasks and valuable offers for employees.
Groundbreaking ceremony for "Ingeborg Pohl Children's Oasis at TUM"
TUM gets building by star architect Prof. Francis Kéré in tandem with Prof. Hermann Kaufmann
Munich is getting a new architectural jewel. The architect Francis Kéré, who has been awarded the Pritzker Prize, the "Nobel Prize for Architecture", in 2022, will realize his first project in the Bavarian capital. According to the plans of the TUM professor, a new children's daycare center is being built on Gabelsbergerstraße as a structural timber construction with an iconic folded slatted façade made of Corten steel, which unfolds a characteristic patina in earthy tones. For the Technical University of Munich (TUM), the new daycare center marks another milestone on its path to optimally combining studying and working at a top university with family and children.
Expansion of the flagship partnership with Tsinghua University
TUM strengthens strategic scientific cooperation in China
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is strengthening its cooperation with China in climate change, sustainability, and health research areas. During a trip to Beijing, Shenzhen, and Shanghai, TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the flagship partner university Tsinghua. The TUM delegation also visited other universities, companies, and start-ups to expand its science-specific local expertise.
New Siemens Technology Center at TUM Campus Garching
Siemens opens its largest cooperation center worldwide at TUM
At the new Siemens Technology Center (STC) on the TUM Campus Garching, 150 TUM staff and researchers will work with more than 450 Siemens specialists on new solutions related to digital twins, the industrial internet of things, robotics and automation. Bavarian Minister President Dr. Markus Söder, TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann, the CTO of Siemens Peter Körte and State Minister for Science and Arts Markus Blume were on hand to open the new research facility.