News from the Life Sciences at TUM

Pigeons adjust the division of parental care effort depending on circumstances. A study by researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) shows that when food becomes scarce, male… [read more]

How leaf veins form in a growing leaf and develop into a finely branched network is still only partly understood. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now discovered… [read more]

TUM graduate Paula Röser has received a Sattelmühle Foundation award for her bachelor’s thesis on the self-adhesiveness of pine mirror bark and its potential as a sustainable packaging… [read more]

During the production of fermented products such as kefir, Parmesan, or mountain cheese, as well as in the production of protein powders, bitter-tasting peptides can form, which impair the… [read more]

The TUM School of Life Sciences excels globally in agricultural sciences, remote sensing, ecology and biotechnology, and nationally in food science. [read more]

Prof. Hans Hauner, nutrition specialist and Senior Professor at TUM, explains why supplements are often overhyped on social media, which supplements are beneficial, and where health risks… [read more]

There are eight climate chambers on TUM’s Freising-Weihenstephan campus—what are climate chambers, and what kind of research is being conducted there? In this report, Bayerischer Rundfunk… [read more]

Climate change is lengthening the growing season in many forests, but more time to grow does not necessarily mean more wood. An international study involving the TUM School of Life Sciences… [read more]

Prof. Jürgen Geist’s research team confirmed the presence of the Danube gudgeon—a species long believed to be extinct—in the Inn River. Nature-like fishways aids along the Inn promote… [read more]

Anna Dowbaj, Monika Egerer, Fabian Fischer, and Romana Gerner are among the ten TUM researchers who have received an ERC Starting Grant. The European Research Council (ERC) uses this grant… [read more]