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06 February 2026 | ORBEM, a start-up that emerged from the Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering (MIBE), has announced the successful completion of a Series B financing round. With the growth capital, the company plans to scale its AI-supported MRI technology, enter the US market, and develop new applications.

05 February 2026 | Franz Pfeiffer, Professor of Biomedical Physics at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Director of the Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering, has been awarded an honorary professorship at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

16 Dezember 2025 | Researchers at TUM have developed a method for diagnosing urinary tract infections that significantly accelerates antibiotic resistance testing in urine. The new approach provides the foundation for a home-use rapid test.

18 November 2025 | The renowned Shanghai Rankings recognize TUM's research achievements in several subjects as being among the best worldwide. TUM is in the top 10 for agricultural sciences and remote sensing, and in the top 25 for medical technology, ranked 14th, ecology and robotics. In four other subjects, it ranks among the best 50 universities.

12 November 2025 | Seventeen TUM researchers belong to the world's most frequently cited scientists, including Prof. Daniel Rückert and Prof. Fabian Theis, both PIs at MIBE. Their names can be found in the latest Highly Cited Researchers rankings.

11 November 2025 | For the first time, researchers at TUM have succeeded in using nanorobots to stimulate stem cells with such precision that they are reliably transformed into bone cells. To achieve this, the robots exert external pressure on specific points in the cell wall. The new method offers opportunities for faster treatments in the future.

07 November 2025 | In the "EXplained" video series, the seven Clusters of Excellence at TUM are showcased. One of these is the Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology – SyNergy, represented by Prof. Thomas Misgeld, Director of the Institute of Neuronal Cell Biology and PI at MIBE.

04 November 2025 | At the iGEM competition in Paris, high school and collegiate teams from around the world compete against one another with their synthetic biology research projects. TUM students were onboard again in 2025. They won a gold medal with their concept for a tattoo that monitors health-related parameters.

08 October 2025 | Eighteen teams, four days, one challenge. From August 25 to 29, 2025, the TUM student team Munich Bioneers competed in the international competition SensUs in Eindhoven. The goal: developing a biosensor capable of detecting acute kidney injury.

19 September 2025 | In the TUM "EXplained" video series, the seven Clusters of Excellence with which TUM will enter the next funding phase of the Excellence Competition are showcased. First up is the new cluster BioSysteM, represented by TUM biophysicist Prof. Friedrich Simmel, who is also a PI at MIBE.