News Biomaterials & Biomolecular Systems

03 July 2026 | The development of programmable molecular machines is moving closer. Researchers at TUM have now developed an extremely reliable and stable DNA switch. It can be controlled electrically and used to regulate molecular functions.

05 May 2026 | Until now, studying the genetic processes in cells required destroying them - making it impossible to observe these processes over extended periods of time. A team from TUM and Helmholtz Munich has developed a new method to repeatedly obtain up-to-date genetic information from living cells.

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.

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.

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.

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.

05 September 2025 | Prof. Lieleg and his team have developed hollow microspheres made of mucus and polydopamine using a simple and scalable production method. These tiny spheres are intended to serve as packaging for therapeutic substances, for example in joints or on the oral mucosa.

20 June 2025 | The BioSysteM Cluster of Excellence aims to develop self-organizing molecular and cellular systems with programmable, life-like properties. Spokesperson Prof. Friedrich Simmel explains in an interview why the involvement of society is crucial in this context.

17 April 2025 | New system enables more efficient and precise gene editing and could help make cancer immunotherapies more accessible.

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.