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  • Matthias Hebrok, Professor for Applied Stem Cell and Organoid Systems. Image: Andreas Heddergott / TUM

    Regulating the immune response in a targeted and localized way

    Engineered immune cells may be able to tame inflammation

    12 December 2024 | Whether it's type 1 diabetes, other autoimmune diseases or organ transplants – when the immune system gets out of balance, it can be dangerous. Instead of suppressing the entire system as a consequence and risking severe side effects, it would be preferable to regulate it in a targeted and localized manner. This is precisely what researchers have now engineered regulatory immune cells for.

  • Leibniz Awardee 2025: Prof. Daniel Rückert. Image: Juli Eberle / TUM

    Most important German research prize for TUM professor

    Medical AI researcher Daniel Rückert receives Leibniz Prize

    11 December 2024 | Computer scientist and AI researcher Prof. Daniel Rückert receives the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2025. The professor of AI in Medicine and Healthcare at TUM is being honored for his research on AI-assisted medical imaging. The most important German research prize is endowed with 2.5 million euros by the DFG.

  • Stained pancreatic cancer organoid. The newly developed organoids mimic the varied and complex structures of pancreatic cancer in the body. Image: Aris Papargyriou / TUM

    Foundation for new cancer treatment strategies

    Organoids represent the complex cell landscape of pancreatic cancer

    11 December 2024 | A team led by researchers at TUM has, for the first time, grown tumor organoids that mimic the different structures and characteristics of pancreatic cancer. The scientists investigated how the various tumor organoids react to established and novel treatments. This opens the door to the development of effective new therapies.

  • The Dies Academicus 2024 in the TUM Audimax with around 1000 guests. Image: Andreas Heddergott / TUM

    Dies Academicus under the motto "Facta non verba - deeds instead of words"

    TUM celebrates a successful 2024

    06 December 2024 | TUM celebrated the end of an extraordinarily successful 2024 with the Dies Academicus. Students, employees, and partners of TUM, including Prof. Hendrik Dietz and Prof. Oliver Hayden, PIs at MIBE, gathered in the Audimax at the main campus in Munich under the motto "Facta non verba" - deeds instead of words.

  • Daniel Cremers, Professor of Computer Vision & Artificial Intelligence Image: Astrid Eckert / TUM

    Interview with Prof. Daniel Cremers on the future of AI

    “The goal of AI is to make our lives easier”

    05 December 2024 | Technologies based on AI are already affecting our everyday lives – from the systems that facilitate movie and music selections to language assistants that formulate emails. But what developments will come along in the coming years? Daniel Cremers, a professor of Computer Vision and AI at TUM, offers insights into the future of AI.

  • Professors Simon Jacob and Julijana Gjorgjieva will each receive an ERC Consolidator Grant for their research in neuroscience. Additionally, three other TUM researchers have been awarded these renownded grants. Image: Astrid Eckert / TUM

    Neuroscience, quantum computing and artificial intelligence

    Five ERC Consolidator Grants awarded to TUM researchers

    03 December 2024 | How do feedback loops in the brain work and how do they shape everyday behaviour? The team surrounding Prof. Julijana Gjorgjieva, Principal Investigator at MIBE, would like to answer these questions among others, and is one of five research teams at TUM which are supported by the renowned ERC Consolidator Grants.

  • The team developed a new method to design large new proteins. Left: Christopher Frank, first author of the new study. Right: Prof. Hendrik Dietz. Image: Andreas Heddergott / TUM

    Designing large new proteins with AI

    New method for designing artificial proteins

    21 November 2024 |  An international research team has developed a method for designing large new proteins better than before and producing them with the desired properties in the laboratory. Their approach involves a new way of using the capabilities of the AI-based software Alphafold2.

  • With the dark-field X-ray method, Franz Pfeiffer, Professor of Biomedical Physics at TUM, has developed an innovative technology that can be used to visualize the microstructure of lung tissue, for example. The ERC-funded SmartX project aims to develop novel detectors for the method. Image: Astrid Eckert / TUM

    EU funds research into imaging technology and chips for quantum computers

    TUM researchers secure two ERC Synergy Grants

    05 November 2024 | Two projects by researchers at TUM have been awarded highly endowed ERC Synergy Grants from the European Research Council. These international projects focus on groundbreaking future technologies: developing ultra-detailed, low-radiation X-ray imaging and creating computer chips that integrate photonics and electronics.

  • Representatives from TUM and ITM visit the production laboratories. Image: ITM Isotope Technologies

    TUM, TUM University Hospital, and ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE Sign Research Framework Agreement

    Uniting Forces for Precision Cancer Therapies

    24 October 2024 | In an effort to provide more targeted therapies for cancer patients, TUM, the TUM University Hospital, and ITM Isotope Technologies Munich SE have signed a research framework agreement. Through this partnership, the institutions aim to enhance their collaboration and involvement of the FRM II research reactor in the fields of nuclear medicine, radiopharmacy, and medical isotope technology.

  • Jelly brain surgery, swelling tiny objects with water and using your mind to control computer games – the Neuroelectronics group, the student club NeuroTUM, and many more groups at MIBE presented their projects to the public at the Open House.

    Shows, experiments, lab tours and more

    Open House

    03 October 2024 | An electrifying science show, X-ray and microscopy tours, neuroelectronics and much more - our research groups presented their projects to the public at this year's Open House.