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Functionalizing the Ubiquitin System against Cancer – UbiQancer. A new Collaborative Research Center/Transregio UbiQancer, led by TUM and with partner universities Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg and Goethe University Frankfurt a. M., has been approved by the German Research Foundation. [read more]

Computers that solve complex problems in the shortest possible time, guaranteed tap-proof networks, and intelligent sensors: quantum technologies could radically change our world in the coming decades. At the same time, however, the new developments are raising more social questions. Researchers… [read more]

In recognition of his fundamental contributions to protein structure formation and the role of chaperones, Prof. Dr. Johannes Buchner has been awarded the 2024 Otto Warburg Medal by the Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The members of the TUM School of Natural Sciences warmly… [read more]

A scientific symposium on macromolecular chemistry will take place on June 3rd, 7th, and 10th at the Catalysis Research Center. The symposium is open to all TUM members. [read more]

Energy research currently focuses on metal nitrides, i.e., compounds of metals and nitrogen. The reason is that some representatives are chemically stable semiconductors that strongly absorb visible light and transport electrical charges. Using the example of copper tantalum nitride, TUM researchers… [read more]

With the project “SMARTdrugs” (Supramolecular Agents as Radiotheranostic Drugs), funded by the European Innovation Council, an international team comprising researchers at TUM and collaboration partners in Zurich, London, San Sebastian and Utrecht, wants to create a new class of therapies:… [read more]

Prof. Nora Brambilla, Prof. Thorsten Bach, and Prof. Frank Pollmann have each been awarded an ERC Grant. Congratulations! [read more]

A Research Prize of 1500 €, donated by Evonik Industries, will be awarded for outstanding research contributions by a Ph.D. student in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related fields at the Absolvententag Chemie to be held at the July 26th, 2024. Postdoctoral fellows, habilitands,… [read more]

The members of TUM School of Natural Sciences warmly congratulate Prof. Jennifer Rupp (Chairholder of Solid-State Electrolyte Chemistry) on her election as a member of the Leopoldina - National Academy of Sciences. [read more]

Why is it worth automatically producing a hundred batteries a day in the lab? How do you manage data efficiently? How do you teach computers chemistry? It’s questions like these that fascinate Helge Stein, a new researcher at the e-conversion Cluster of Excellence. Since mid-2023, the Hamburg native… [read more]