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  • Prof. Vasilis Ntziachristos demonstrates an imaging method similar to multi-spectral optoacoustic mesoscopy. (Image: M. Jooss)

    Opto-acoustic mesoscopy visualizes tumor tissue patterns

    High-resolution 3D view inside tumors

    27 May 2020 |  Researchers at TUM and Helmholtz Zentrum München have now succeeded in visualizing spatial changes within tumors by means of optoacoustics. 

  • Idea competition generates concepts for technical solutions inspired by nature.

    Learning from snakes

    18 May 2020 | Projects submitted for TUM’s bioinspired idea competition show how technical solutions can benefit from models in nature.

  • EU flag and ERC logo

    ERC Advanced Grant awarded to MSB-P Daniel Cremers

    Physics modeling using video data

    8 April 2020 | ERC advanced grant awarded to MSB-PI Daniel Cremers for a project on physics modeling using video data.

  • Detail of the brain vasculature of a mouse.

    Combination of biochemical methods and AI shows even the finest capillaries

    Analysis of whole brain vasculature

    17 Mar 2020 | Diseases of the brain are often associated with typical vascular changes. Now, scientists have come up with a technique for visualising the structures of all the brain's blood vessels including any pathological changes.

  • By mapping more than 18,000 proteins, TUM scientists have created an extensive molecular reference for the popular model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, which is freely accessible via the online database "ProteomicsDB". Image: Lehrstuhl für Proteomik und Bioanalytik

    First comprehensive map of the proteome of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana

    A molecular map for the plant sciences

    12 March 2020 | Under the leadership of the Technical University of Munich (TUM), a team of scientists has now mapped around 18,000 of all the proteins found in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana.

  • Prof. Dr. Werner Hemmert and Dr. Siwei Bai have developed a computer model which predicts the neuronal activation patterns that cochlea implants create in the auditory nerve. Image: Andreas Heddergott / TUM

    Computer model shows neuronal activation patterns in the inner ear

    Research towards improved cochlear implants

    6 March 2020 |  Researchers at TUM have developed a computer model which predicts the neuronal activation patterns that the implant creates in the auditory nerve fibers. 

  • Oliver Hayden during his Campus Talk (Image: ARD alpha Campus Talks)

    MSB-PI Oliver Hayden in TV Feature „Campus Talks“

    Blood – Cellular Biomarkers for Clincial Routine

    27 Feb 2020 | Oliver Hayden explains his research on cellular biomarkers from blood and their use for clinical routines in the ARD alpha TV series „Campus Talks“