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Injectable #GLP1 drugs such as #semaglutide and #tirzepatide may lower the risk of serious #cardiovascular events in people with type 2 #diabetes. Researchers from our university and
Harvard Medical School found risk reductions of up to 18%: go.tum.de/500639

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Obesity drugs improve heart health
Injectable weight-loss drugs can reduce the risk of serious cardiovascular events for people with type 2 diabetes.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Golden hour by the water. 🍂 🍁 Check out this gorgeous picture from our #Weihenstephan #campus! Thanks to Jenny Müller for the campus #photoofthemonth for October.

If you took a great campus photo as well, send us your #tumcampuspic to social-media@tum.de 📧
A calm lake surrounded by autumn-colored trees in vibrant shades of yellow, orange, and red. The clear water reflects the colorful foliage and the blue sky.
November 8, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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Thomas Misgeld talks about the SyNergy #ClusterofExcellence in the new EXplained episode. The cluster explores interactions between #nervecells, #immune- and #vascularsystems with the goal to develop new therapies: go.tum.de/499143

📷 ProLehre
Systematically towards new therapies
In our "EXplained" video series, we introduce the seven Clusters of Excellence at our university. One of these is the Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology – SyNergy, represented at TUM by Prof. Thomas...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Scientists identified two hidden air-filled anomalies in the Menkaure #pyramid at #Giza, providing initial evidence of a possible entrance on the eastern side of the pyramid: go.tum.de/535637

#ultrasound #nondestructivetesting

📷ScanPyramids project
Detection of air-filled anomalies in Menkaure Pyramid could indicate new entrance
Researchers have identified two air-filled anomalies in the Menkaure Pyramid, providing initial evidence to support the hypothesis of an additional entrance.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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Join the TUM Speakers Series on November 14 at 5 pm in the Audimax. Sven Smit, Chairman of the McKinsey Global Institute, will explore how #geopolitics, #technology and #sustainability shape our future: speakersseries.de 🎟️

📷 TUM Speakers Series
TUM Speakers Series
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November 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Misfolded proteins can cause #Alzheimers, #Parkinsons and #Cancer. Johannes Buchner, part of the CHAPEROME team, receives an #ERC Synergy Grant to study how chaperone #proteins keep cells healthy: go.tum.de/904052 👏

#ERCSyG #biotechnology
@erc.europa.eu

📷A. Heddergott
Highly endowed ERC Synergy Grant for Prof. Johannes Buchner
Disease-causing proteins – ERC Synergy Grant for research at TUM on the role of chaperone “helper proteins.”
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November 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Dendrites can cause short circuits in #lithiumbatteries. Researchers, including Fabian Apfelbeck, found such structures may also form inside polymer-based #electrolytes, not only at electrodes. This finding could improve solid-state #batteries: go.tum.de/518497

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Researcher Fabian Apfelbeck, wearing glasses and a beige sweater, works in a laboratory with electronic measurement equipment and monitoring devices.
November 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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We are expanding our cooperation with the Stellenbosch University in #SouthAfrica’s Western Cape and signed a new #biotech initiative, promoting joint projects and exchange on #biotechnological solutions: go.tum.de/873670 👏

📷Stellenbosch University
New biotech initiative between TUM and Stellenbosch University
The Technical University of Munich is intensifying its cooperation with Stellenbosch University in South Africa in the field of biotechnology.
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November 5, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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Students from our university and @lmumuenchen.bsky.social presented a #biosensor tattoo at the #iGEM2025 competition in Paris. Their “InkSight” concept detects hormone levels via color changes and earned a gold medal and several special prizes: go.tum.de/468291 👏

#SyntheticBiology

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A tattoo as biosensor
At the iGEM competition in Paris, high school and collegiate teams from around the world compete against one another with their synthetic biology research projects. TUM students were onboard again in ...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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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

📷A.Eckert
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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November 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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Christian Peschel is the new Vice President for #Compliance at our #university. He is TUM Emeritus of Excellence and was Full Professor of #Hematology and #InternalOncology until 2017: go.tum.de/576764

📷A.Heddergott
Prof. Christian Peschel is TUM's new Vice President for Compliance
Physician Prof. Christian Peschel is the new Vice President for Compliance at the Technical University of Munich (TUM).
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November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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#Cancercells often manage to override the mechanism that breaks down #cells that are damaged or have undergone dangerous changes. Researchers now succeeded in identifying a new #molecularswitch in this process and elucidating how it works: go.tum.de/789201

📷A. Eckert
New switch for programmed cell death identified
TUM researchers discover new protein switch for programmed cell death.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Meet our #doctoralresearcher Yixiao Zhang who is creating #nanoparticles that act as highly efficient #catalysts, transforming waste products into new and valuable resources like the #fertilizer urea: go.tum.de/739603

📷A.Eckert
A researcher standing in her lab smiling, wearing a white lab coat and pulling off her gloves. A researcher working at a computer station with multiple monitors and a microscope setup, analyzing high-resolution images of materials or samples in a laboratory environment. Close-up of a researcher’s gloved hands handling laboratory instruments connected to glassware and tubes. The setup appears to be part of an electrochemical or chemical experiment. A scientist wearing a lab coat stands in front of a laboratory fume hood with experimental equipment and chemical setups. Handwritten equations are visible on the glass, and various instruments and wires are arranged inside the hood.
October 31, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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The interactions of #proteins play a key role in the #medicine of the future. To understand this interplay, MSAID, a spin-off of our university, developed #AI -powered software that helps identify proteins through a registry-like system: go.tum.de/286359

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Using artificial intelligence to track proteins
A TUM spin-off has developed AI software that can analyze "fingerprints" of peptides. This enables better investigations.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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The latest edition of the Global #University #EmployabilityRanking once again places us 13th worldwide, showing that #graduates of our university are keenly sought in the international job market: go.tum.de/510875 👏

📷A. Heddergott
Top position in the Global Employability Ranking
TUM once again achieved 13th place in the Global University Employability Ranking, for which employers assess the quality of graduates.
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October 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
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Researchers decoded the #pangenome of 33 oat lines, revealing their full #geneticdiversity to support breeding of more resilient, high-yield #crops in the face of #climatechange: go.tum.de/651300

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Oat’s genetic diversity decoded
Researchers at TUM have decoded the genomes of 33 oat lines. This provides leverage for breeding more climate resilient plants.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Get to know PushQuantum, our #studentclub dedicated to making #quantumtechnology understandable and accessible to everyone: go.tum.de/780012

#quantumcomputing

📷A. Heddergott
Quantum technology for all
It may be hard to explain, but for the students at PushQuantum, it’s very easy to be fascinated by the world of quantum mechanics. Their mission is to make quantum technology understandable and access...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Our university established professorships in #Marketing & Technology and #AI -guided #ProteinDesign, supported by the Wübben Stiftung Wissenschaft. The professorships were appointed to David Finken and Thomas Schlichthärle (pictured): go.tum.de/670372

📷A.Eckert
New endowed professorships for marketing and protein design
With the support of the Wübben Stiftung, TUM has established a professorship for Marketing & Technology and a professorship for AI-guided Protein Design.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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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
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.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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TEDxTUM is back on November 8! 🤩 Join in to explore #boldideas and #inspiringstories that don’t just celebrate breakthroughs, but ask what happens after — when vision turns into action. Grab your tickets now: go.tum.de/922680

#TEDxTalks

📷 #TEDxTUM
Colorful poster for TEDxTUM 2025 featuring the theme “NOW WHAT.” The design shows four quadrants in bright colors with stylized hands holding question marks. Text includes “TUM Audimax,” “08.11.2025,” and the TEDxTUM logo.
October 27, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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This week, at the TUM Talk on our #Heilbronn #campus, participants explored how to build “#innovation bridges” between #science and #industry — bringing research into practice and connecting #students with companies. The focus was on small and medium-sized enterprises: go.tum.de/770945

📷A. Henn
“Smaller companies are often more open”
The sixth TUM Talk at the TUM Campus Heilbronn discussed how “innovation bridges” between science and industry can be created.
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October 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Let’s take a closer look at our next #scienceglossary term for the research field #energy: “catalysis". #Catalysts can be metals, chemical compounds, or enzymes — they speed up reactions without being used up: go.tum.de/917142

📷TUM CCC/ T. Hamacher
Graphic from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) titled 'TUM science glossary – Catalysis.' The text explains that catalysis is a chemical process accelerated by a catalyst, which is not consumed or altered during the reaction and helps save time, energy, and costs. The image has a purple background with the TUM logo and the website www.tum.de/energy
October 23, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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Scientists, including Alexander Fraser, studied how text-to-image generators deal with #gender stereotypes in various #languages. The results show that the models not only reflect #genderbiases, but also amplify them: go.tum.de/446018

#AI #LLMs

📷T. Algeri
Strength of gender biases in AI images varies across languages
Text-to-image generators reproduce stereotypes and reinforce them. The direction and strength of the distortion depends heavily on the language in question.
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October 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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Researchers developed a new #roboticassistant designed for #eyesurgery in patients with age-related #maculardegeneration. It is ready for use in just under five minutes and delivers injections with an accuracy of 15 micrometers: go.tum.de/173515

📷A.Heddergott
Robots for eye surgery: precise and quick to deploy
Prof. Ali Nasseri from TUM has developed a robot for eye surgery to treat age-related macular degeneration. It is precise and quick to deploy.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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The TUM Venture Labs are partnering with the Viessmann Foundation. Through the foundation's support, they will strengthen their focus on #climate – addressing key challenges such as #greenhousegas reduction, #climateadaptation, #renewableenergy, and resilience: go.tum.de/304064 👏

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Viessmann Foundation partners with TUM Venture Labs
With the Viessmann Foundation’s support, the TUM Venture Labs will strengthen their focus on Climate.
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October 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM