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11 days ago
Our
#mobility
cluster, MCube, was featured in two well-known children's TV shows, "Checker Tobi" and "1, 2 oder 3", introducing mobility research at our
#university
to a young audience. Watch now:
go.tum.de/763834
#urbanspaces
#autonomousdriving
📷MCube
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Mobility research in the spotlight for children
Gleich zwei bekannte Kindersendungen haben die Mobilitätsforschung der TUM nähergebracht – „Checker Tobi“ und „1, 2 oder 3“.
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On March 17, the
#WomenofTUM
Talk brings together students, alumnae, scientists, and staff as three
#alumnae
discuss
#careerpaths
, challenges, and how to shape existing structures. Register now:
go.tum.de/804046
#IWD2026
📷TUM Community
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Women of TUM - TUM Community
The Women of TUM promote the international exchange and mutual support of women in business and science.
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26 days ago
Alpine mountain forests are particularly affected by
#ClimateChange
. Our university launches the Center for
#AlpineForest
Management to study impacts and long-term options for protective forests:
go.tum.de/885204
#ForestManagement
#sustainability
📷R. Seidl
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TUM launches Center for Alpine Forest Management
The Center for Alpine Forestry at TUM is researching how protective forests will develop under climate change.
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This week's
#WednesdayCoffeeTalk
: Angelika Harbauer
@harbauerlab.bsky.social
on "Mitophagy in axons". Join us online on Wednesday at 1 p.m. - DM us for Zoom info!
about 1 month ago
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This week's
#WednesdayCoffeeTalk
: Angela Casini
@medbioinorgchem.bsky.social
on "A
#LEGO-like
Strategy to Assemble the Next Generation of
#Radiopharmaceuticals
.” Join us online on Wednesday at 1 p.m. - DM us for Zoom access info!
about 1 month ago
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Researchers, including Melanie Schirmer, found identical
#bacterialstrains
in the mouth and gut of patients with advanced chronic
#liverdisease
, linking
#oralbacteria
to gut and
#liverhealth
:
go.tum.de/871690
#microbiome
#GutHealth
📷A. Eckert
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Oral bacteria play a role in chronic liver disease
Researchers have discovered that in chronic liver disease, bacteria from the mouth colonize the gut. This can worsen the condition.
http://go.tum.de/871690
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1st
#WednesdayCoffeeTalk
of 2026:
@elawprof.bsky.social
Dirk Heckmann on "Beyond Blackletter Law: Creative Legal Thinking for the
#DigitalAge
”. Join us on Wednesday at 1 p.m.! DM us for Zoom info.
about 2 months ago
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𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 – 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼 𝗦𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 For outstanding researchers from abroad who want to establish their research activities at a German institution – while continuing their position in their country of origin. Join us on January 13th to find out more about the programme:
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Feeling festive yet? For us, it sure helps that every year we get to host the Christmas tree for the
@tum.de
campus in Garching!
2 months ago
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This week's
#WednesdayCoffeeTalk
: Niklas Boers from
@tum.de
on "Destabilizing Earth System Components".
www.ias.tum.de/ias/news-eve...
Join us on Wednesday at 1 p.m.!
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3 months ago
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3 months ago
new paper out in
@helvchimacta.bsky.social
😊 Great work by
#SophieAMaguire
👏 on how to control
#atropisomerism
in
#porphyrins
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
collaboration
@tcddublin.bsky.social
@ias-tum.bsky.social
supported by
@researchireland.ie
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Controlling Rotational Motion of Nonplanar Porphyrin Atropisomers by Metal Coordination
The unpredictable rotational barriers of nonplanar porphyrin atropisomers can be combated using metal coordination to form porphyrin superstructures, selectively capturing a single atropisomer from a...
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This week's
#WednesdayCoffeeTalk
: Rebecca Preller from the University of Bayreuth's Institute for
#Entrepreneurship
&
#Innovation
: "Inventions, Innovations, and Entrepreneurial Action: How Scientists Can Translate Scientific Discovery into Innovations with Impact” Online at 1 pm - DM for Zoom info!
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Scientists Meet Scientists – TUM-IAS Wednesday Coffee Talk “Inventions, Innovations, and Entrepreneurial Action: How Scientists Can Translate Scientific Discovery into Innovations with Impact” by Rebe...
https://www.ias.tum.de/ias/news-events-insights/events/events-single-view/article/scientists-meet-scientists-tum-ias-wednesday-coffee-talk-inventions-innovations-and-entrepreneurial-action-how-scientists-can-translate-scientific-discovery-into-innovations-with-impact-by-rebecca-preller/
3 months ago
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This week's
#WednesdayCoffeeTalk
: Dominik Bucher on "Optical
#MagneticResonance
microscopy with
#QuantumSensors
in diamond”. Join us tomorrow at 1 p.m. - it's online, so you can listen from wherever you are. DM us for Zoom info!
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3 months ago
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Among these researchers: Dieter Schwarz Courageous Research Grant recipient Fikile Brushett from
@mit.edu
. He was awarded 1 Mio € to spend
@tum.de
on a radical solution to a major challenge in
#Digitization
and
#Sustainability
. Apply for a Dieter Schwarz Courageous Research Grant until March 4:
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On today's
#InternationalDay
for the Elimination of Violence against
#Women
, our Thiersch Tower shines in bright orange in support of the UNvWomen
#OrangeTheWorld
initiative:
t1p.de/8k8nw
🧡
#OrangeDay
#EndViolenceAgainstWomen
📷 A. Eckert
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This week's
#WednesdayCoffeeTalk
will again focus on the
#NobelPrize2025
: Benjamin Lienhard will talk about "2025 Nobel Prize in Physics: From Macroscopic Quantum Phenomena to Superconducting
#QuantumComputing
." Join us tomorrow at 1 p.m. - DM us for Zoom info!
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Nobel Prize in Physics
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/
3 months ago
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We strive to contribute to this!
#Apply
now for collaborative
#Fellowships
@tum.de
in a community with high-ranking scientists from all over the world: ⬇️
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3 months ago
new preprint out in
@chemrxiv.org
on how fixate
#porphyrin
#atropisomers
via metal coordination
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
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@ias-tum.bsky.social
@tcddublin.bsky.social
and supported by
@tum.de
@researchireland.ie
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This week's
#WednesdayCoffeeTalk
will be given by Hans Fischer Fellow Dennis Christensen from DTU: “#Nanoscale Visualization of Internal
#Battery
Processes using
#QuantumSensing
.” Join us on Wednesday at 1 p.m. - DM us for Zoom access info!
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3 months ago
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Congratulations to our Fellows Tim Brodribb of
@utas.edu.au
, Melanie Schirmer of
@tum.de
, Yang Shao-Horn of
@mit.edu
, and Tao Zhang from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, who all made it on the
#HighlyCited2025
researchers list!
4 months ago
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This week's
#WednesdayCoffeeTalk
will again focus on the
#NobelPrize2025
: Roland A. Fischer will talk about "Metal-Organic Frameworks have been knighted! The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025”. Join us tomorrow at 1 p.m. - DM us for Zoom access info!
4 months ago
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Listen to Thomas Misgeld here - alumnus Fellow, host to a couple of Fellows and long-standing member of our Advisory Council. They do amazing work at the SyNergy
#ClusterofExcellence
!
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4 months ago
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If you wondered what was going on here today...
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4 months ago
Our
#university
established a
#commemorative
space on the
#Weihenstephan
#campus
that memorializes four professors who were forced into retirement or dismissed between 1934 and 1936 during the National Socialism regime:
go.tum.de/422117
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Campus Weihenstephan commemorates persecuted university members
TUM has now established a commemorative space on the Weihenstephan campus. The site commemorates four persecuted professors
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This week's
#WednesdayCoffeeTalk
will be about the
#NobelPrize2025
in Medicine and Physiology: Christian Peschel will talk to us about "The role of regulary T cells in
#adaptiveimmunity
." Join us on Wednesday at 1 p.m. - it's online, so please send us a DM if you would like the Zoom access info.
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2025 was awarded jointly to Mary E. Brunkow, Frederick J. Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi "for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance"
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2025/summary/
4 months ago
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We are deeply saddened by this news. Alice Gast was a highly valued member of the
@tum.de
Institute for Advanced Study's Board of Trustees for many years. Rest in Peace.
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4 months ago
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📣 Call for Applications 📣 Are you an international researcher eager to collaborate long-term with a TUM group? Our Fellowship programs offer multi-year opportunities to deepen scientific exchange and build lasting partnerships. More information on individual programs below. Please share!
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Our university and
@stanforddoerr.bsky.social
formed a strategic alliance on
#sustainability
. 👏 The collaboration focuses on sustainability in connection with
#entrepreneurship
:
go.tum.de/311633
#InnovationTransfer
#ResearchExcellence
📷A. Heddergott
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TUM and Stanford University form strategic alliance on sustainability
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) and Stanford University have formed a strategic alliance on sustainability.
http://go.tum.de/311633
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Scientists Meet Scientists - Wednesday Coffee Talk returns this week! The first talk will be by Rudolf Mößbauer Tenure Track Professor Dominik Bucher: “Optical
#magneticresonance
microscopy with
#quantumsensors
in diamond.” Wednesdays at 1 pm - DM us for Zoom info!
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4 months ago
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This year's
#SustainabilityAwards
of the Nobel Sustainabilty Trust go to Dresden, Canada and Australia! It was a pleasure to lead the selection of these outstanding candidates on behalf of
@tum.de
.
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4 months ago
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5 months ago
Our
#university
launched the TUM
#PublicScience
Lab — a new platform where science engages with society. The lab brings together diverse perspectives to address major
#societalchallenges
and promote
#sustainableinnovation
:
go.tum.de/583509
#publicengagement
📷A.Heddergott
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TUM launches Public Science Lab
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has founded the TUM Public Science Lab, which will involve people from all areas of society in research.
http://go.tum.de/583509
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This could be the view from your office if you come to visit! The next call for Fellowship nominations is opening soon.
#VisitingProfessorships
#Sabbatical
#FallFoliage
#LeafPeeping
#NoFilter
5 months ago
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5 months ago
Congratulations to Susumu Kitagawa on being awarded the
#NobelPrize
in
#Chemistry
! 👏 The honorary doctor of our university is honored for his research on
#organometallic
framework compounds:
go.tum.de/479463
📷 A. Battenberg
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry for TUM Honorary Doctor Kitagawa
Japanese materials scientist and TUM honorary doctor Prof. Susumu Kitagawa has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
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Fascinating EXplained episode about the
#ClusterofExcellence
@e-conversion.bsky.social
, which has hosted a number of international IAS Fellows over the past years!
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5 months ago
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5 months ago
After a year of testing, our university’s
#firedepartment
at the
#Garching
campus shows that
#electric
#firetrucks
are not only feasible but reliable, cutting emissions and noise in daily operations:
go.tum.de/362073
🚒 📷TUM Werkfeuerwehr
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Electric fire trucks successfully deployed at TUM
The TUM plant fire department is the only fire department in Bavaria to successfully use electrically powered rescue firefighting vehicles.
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Watch the first episode of our new "EXplained" series, introducing the seven
#ClustersofExcellence
with which we will enter the next funding phase of the
#ExcellenceCompetition
. First up is
#BioSysteM
, presented by speaker Friedrich Simmel:
go.tum.de/925283
🎥ProLehre
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An engineering approach to biology
In our "EXplained" video series, we introduce the seven Clusters of Excellence with which our university will enter the next funding phase of the Excellence Competition. First up is the new cluster Bi...
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Huge congratulations to Albrecht Struppler Clinician Scientist Fellow
@bzottlab.bsky.social
from
@tum.de
's university hospital Klinikum rechts der Isar, who won a prestigious
#ERCStartingGrant
for his work on why some neurons fall silent in
#Alzheimer’s
disease! (c)Argum Fotografie/Thomas Einberger
6 months ago
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Congratulations on your
@natplants.nature.com
paper,
@bjornppedersen.bsky.social
!
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6 months ago
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The last
#WednesdayCoffeeTalk
of this summer semester: Florian Egli
@tum.de
on "The challenge of creating value for all in the global transition towards sustainability". Part of the IAS Seminar Series of European Universities on Sustainability! DM us for more info.
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7 months ago
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8 months ago
Check out our new
#preprint
📢😀"Bicyclo[1.1.1]pentane Ketones via Friedel-Crafts Acylation"
#BCP
#isostere
@chemrxiv.bsky.social
chemrxiv.org/engage/chemr...
great work by Freya and Karolina and coop with
#PavelMykhailiuk
#EnamineLtd
🇺🇦 supported by
@researchireland.ie
@ias-tum.bsky.social
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Well done, IAS alumna Natalia Shustova!
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8 months ago
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8 months ago
Congratulations to our President Thomas F. Hofmann, who is the new Chair of the University of Bavaria, representing 13
#universities
. 👏 He will help shape
#HigherEducation
policy and foster collaboration in research and teaching across Bavaria:
go.tum.de/653193
#AcademicNetwork
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TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann is the new chairman of the University of Bavaria
TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann is the new chairman of the University of Bavaria.
http://go.tum.de/653193
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This week's
#WednesdayCoffeeTalk
: Albrecht Struppler
#ClinicianScientist
Fellow Lisa Adams from
@tum.de
's university hospital on "Advancing AI-Driven Quantitative
#Imaging
Biomarkers for Predictive
#Healthcare
." Online at 1 p.m. - DM us for Zoom info!
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8 months ago
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Explore how technology, science, and creativity shape the future at the Festival der Zukunft at the Deutsches Museum from July 3-6. The AHA – The Science Communication Hub offers a diverse program on
#AI
and
#futureenergy
:
1e9.community/events
💡
#sciencefestival
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Visit our
#UniversityHospital
Rechts der Isar and the German Heart Center on
#OpenHouse
Day on July 5 to gain insight into many areas of
#medicine
with guided tours, lectures and exhibitions:
go.tum.de/788103
🤩 📷E. Totoeva
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This week's
#WednesdayCoffeeTalk
: Alumnus Philosopher in Residence Rico Gutschmidt on “Against the system. Marcuse’s Heidegger-Marxism”. Join us online tomorrow at 1 p.m. - DM us for Zoom info!
#Marcuse
#Heidegger
#Marxism
#philosophy
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8 months ago
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8 months ago
We are ranked first in the
@timeshighered.bsky.social
2025 University Impact Ranking for
#Industry
,
#Innovation
and
#Infrastructure
, contributing to sustainable innovations – through research, spin-offs, and corporate collaborations:
go.tum.de/364093
👏 📷A. Eckert
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Ranking: TUM remains global leader in innovation
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) continues to rank first in the "THE University Impact Ranking" category of industry, innovation, and infrastructure.
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This week's
#WednesdayCoffeeTalk
: Michael Knap of
@tum.de
will talk about “Shedding Light on the Building Blocks of Nature: Simulating Fundamental Physics with
#QuantumComputers
.” Online at 1 p.m. - DM us for Zoom info!
#QuantumPhysics
#FundamentalPhysics
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8 months ago
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9 months ago
Happy 20th anniversary to
@ias-tum.bsky.social
! 🎉 Since 2005, the Institute has supported pioneering research and
#internationalcollaboration
across disciplines by embedding global Fellows within
#researchgroups
at our university:
go.tum.de/204945
#knowledgeexchange
📷TUM-IAS
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This week's
#WednesdayCoffeeTalk
: Matthias Hebrok from
@tum.de
on "Optimizing
#stemcell
derived beta cells for
#diabetes
therapy.” Join us this Wednesday at 1 p.m. - DM us for Zoom info!
www.tum.de/en/news-and-...
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Engineered immune cells may be able to tame inflammation
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 consequenc...
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