News from the Life Sciences at TUM

Chris-Carolin Schön, professor of plant breeding at the TUM School of Life Sciences in Freising-Weihenstephan, was invited to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences at the Vatican in March 2026.… [read more]

We are delighted to welcome Sebastian Tonke to the TUM School of Life Sciences in Freising-Weihenstephan, who has come to us from Bonn. He was appointed Professor of Environmental Economics… [read more]

Researchers at the TUM School of Life Sciences, in collaboration with other institutions and beekeepers, have developed the “Urban Bee Concept,” which aims to support the coexistence of… [read more]

Tropical forests as carbon sinks: A study by TUM, the University of Vienna, and partners shows that even small understory trees store more carbon as CO₂ levels rise—though this is limited in… [read more]

Wilfried Schwab, Professor for Biotechnology of Natural Products, played a key role in the development of this new apple variety: At his chair, the apples were tested for the key allergen,… [read more]

Researchers from Munich and Heidelberg find link between metabolism and gene regulation and gain new insights into plant reactions to environmental influences. At TUM School of Life… [read more]

Mutez Ali Ahmed, Professor of Root-Soil Interaction at the TUM School of Life Sciences, is the spokesperson of the Research Unit. The researchers are investigating how vegetation copes with… [read more]

A research team around Timo Oksanen, professor of agrimechatronics at TUM in Weihenstephan, has developed the prototype. It is already as fast as humans. Now, additional functions for the… [read more]

We are pleased to introduce Ana Mora-Boza as our new Professor of Organoid Systems and Biointerfaces. In February 2026, she was appointed to a Rudolf Mößbauer Assistant Professorship at the… [read more]

Prof. Wolfgang Weisser from the Chair of Terrestrial Ecology at TUM in Freising-Weihenstephan and Dr. Thami Croeser from RMIT University in Melbourne (Australia) have grown 1,000 trees in… [read more]