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  • TUM EXplained: SyNergy Exzellenzcluster mit Thomas Misgeld. Bild: TUM

    EXplained: SyNergy with Thomas Misgeld

    Systematically towards new therapies

    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.

  • Franz Pfeiffer, Professor of Biomedical Physics. Image: Andreas Heddergott / TUM

    International recognition for physicist in the field of X-ray imaging

    Prof. Franz Pfeiffer receives Blaise Pascal Medal

    16 September 2025 | Franz Pfeiffer, Professor of Biomedical Physics at TUM and Director of MIBE, specializes in biomedical X-ray physics. For his outstanding contributions to science, technology, and research education, he is awarded the 2025 Blaise Pascal Medal in Physics by the European Academy of Sciences.

  • Gliom Connectom Analysis: die Arbeitsgruppe funktionelle Neuronavigation und -monotoring von Prof. Dr. med. Sandro Krieg an der Neurochirurgischen Klinik der TUM am Klinikum rechts der Isar kartiert präoperativ den Bereich der Bewegungs- und Spracharele mittels navigierter transkranieller Magnetsimulation (nTMS), um diese Bereiche bei einer Operation eines Hirntumors (Gliom) zu schonen. Bild: Astrid Eckert / TUM

    TUM Center for Structural and Functional Connectomics

    New center for brain research on the Garching campus

    10 July 2025 | A new connectomics research center will be established on the TUM campus in Garching, which will focus on the comprehensive mapping and analysis of all neuronal connections in the brain.

  • 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.

  • Engaging slams and an engaged audience at MIBE’s Science Slam during the Bioengineering Day 2024. Lisa Budzinski, herself a scientist and TV host of ZDF’s Terra Xplore, moderated the event. Image: Carolin Lerch / TUM

    Science Slam at the Bioengineering Day 2024

    „A story of adventure, science, and a bit of horror“

    27 August 2024 | Magnetoelectric nanoparticles for Frankenstein, medical imaging with polka dot patterns, and microtaxis that move between cells. On Friday, 24 July, at MIBE's third Bioengineering Day, researchers brought their topics to life in the form of science slams.

  • Julia Herzen, Professor of Biomedical Imaging

    Advancing high-resolution X-ray technology

    ERC Consolidator Grant awarded to Prof. Julia Herzen

    23 November 2023 | Prof. Julia Herzen is awarded an ERC consolidator grant for her project DEPICT. She aims to develop a physical model to advance high-resolution X-ray imaging on the micrometer scale and thus be able to determine the composition, distribution, and the amount of individual substances in the samples at such high resolution.

     

  • Vasilis Ntziachristos, Professor of Biological Imaging, and his team have developed RSOM, a new imaging method. Image: Stefan Rumpf

    INNODERM research project honored with EU Commission Innovation Award

    Deep insights in skin imaging

    15 December 2021 | INNODERM research project honored with EU Commission Innovation Award

  • Prof. Thomas Misgeld is the director at the TUM Institute of Neuronal Cell Biology and coordinator for the SyNergy Cluster of Excellence. Image: ediundsepp

    Inflammation causes cerebral cortex dysfunction in multiple sclerosis

    Immune cells attack synapses

    27 January 2021 | Damage to the brain gray matter plays an important role in the progression of multiple sclerosis. A team of neuroscientists has now shown that the cause are inflammatory responses that lead to synapse loss, reducing neuronal activity. 

  • 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. 

  • Researchers at the Chair of Proteomics and Bioanalytics (Prof. Dr. Bernhard Kuester) at the TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan (WZW). Image: Astrid Eckert / TUM

    CLINSPECT-M: Clinical mass spectrometry center for molecular brain research

    Major project for Munich neurosciences

    10 Feb 2020  | In a joint large-scale project, Munich scientists from proteomics, computer science and medicine investigate the causes of disorders of the central nervous system, how they can be diagnosed and how treatment response can be monitored.

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