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02 April 2026 | A scientific dispute spanning six decades about fundamental mechanisms of visual perception in mammals has now been settled. Researchers at TUM have succeeded in observing the visual information flow from neuron to neuron. Their findings confirm the validity of the 1981 Nobe Prize-winning model by David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel, which had remained controversial in some aspects.

01 April 2026 | In this episode of "We are TUM", the TUM School of Medicine and Health, which was founded in 2023 as part of TUM's structural reform, gets looked at more closely. Founding Dean Stephanie E. Combs shares insights into how the School was established and how it is developing.

24 March 2026 | Researchers at TUM are using nanorobots to reliably and precisely transform stem cells into bone cells. Berna Özkale Edelmann and Chen Wang explain to Moritz Neuß from ZDF Moma Future how this works.

18 March 2026 | In 1876, Wilhelm von Bezold delivered the first lecture on electrical telegraphy at the Technische Hochschule München – now known as TUM. This laid the foundation for a discipline that continues to shape our daily lives to this day: electrical and computer engineering

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.

06 February 2026 | More than a degree: Leibniz Prize winner Daniel Rückert talks about the potential of the new elite master's program at the intersection of artificial intelligence and biomedicine, the future of personalized medicine, and his personal expectations for the new program.

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.