News from the TUM School of Life Sciences

Researchers at TUM have so far been able to acquire a total of 182 of the highly endowed ERC grants. These are awarded each year in various categories. Consolidator Grants are awarded to researchers who have completed… [read more]

Without barley, hops and yeast, there is no beer. Brewing specialist Dr. Martin Zarnkow and beverage microbiologist Dr. Mathias Hutzler believe that a very special yeast variety might be found in Georgia. So they… [read more]

How can physicians help patients suffering from mental health disorders like chronic pain, depression and stroke? An interdisciplinary team of researchers at TUM is developing new methods to investigate the neuronal… [read more]

The School of Life Sciences at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) is full of energy for the coming year. At the traditional New Year's reception, which was held on site again for the first time, members of the TUM,… [read more]

Mohsen Zare is at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) since September 2022. In this short interview, he reports on what he is currently working on, what is important to him in his exchange with students, and what… [read more]

Nature in city environs has a positive effect on people's well-being. At the same time biological diversity in urban areas continues to shrink, for example because of increasing building density. In the "Ecolopes"… [read more]

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has extended its funding for the Microbiome Signatures collaborative research center (CRC 1371) which is led by the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Additionally, three new… [read more]

Animal-Aided Design reconciles housing and nature conservation. How can a common, urban habitat for humans and wildlife succeed? Wolfgang Weisser, Professor of Terrestrial Ecology at the Technical University of Munich… [read more]

If you gain weight, the fat cells in the body get bigger. So in the extremely obese, those fat cells are greatly enlarged. Now, researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) were able to show how enlarged fat… [read more]