News Archive - 2022

Professor Lena Daumann from the Department of Chemistry at LMU has been awarded a Lectureship Award from UC Berkeley. The chemist received the honor as part of the Earl L. Muetterties Memorial Lectureship at the U.S. university, where she gave two lectures.

A team from UNIGE and LMU developed a transport nanoparticle to make an anti-inflammatory drug much more effective and less toxic.

Scientists at the LMU and the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics have used ultrashort laser pulses to make the atoms of molecules vibrate and have gained a precise understanding of the dynamics of energy transfer that take place in the process.

The presence of ions affects the structure and dynamics of water. New results show that the water environment of specific pairs of magnesium and sulfate ions has a decisive impact.

LMU chemist Heinz Langhals shows that intermolecular interactions can attain previously unknown dimensions.

A team lead by LMU immunologist Veit Hornung has identified an important intermediate step in innate immune defence

With funding from the German government, researchers from LMU and TUM are establishing a new future cluster for research and development into RNA-based active ingredients.

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The Institute of Chemical Epigenetics (ICEM) offers ideal conditions for cutting-edge research at the interface between biology and chemistry

According to a new concept by LMU chemists led by Thomas Carell, it was a novel molecular species composed out of RNA and peptides that set in motion the evolution of life into more complex forms

The European Research Council awards three prestigious Advanced Grants to LMU scientists, among them Prof. Huc from the Department of Pharmacy

LMU researchers have discovered the mechanism by which the protein DELE1 detects organelle stress. This offers a possible new approach for treating neurodegenerative diseases.

New study in The Journal of Organic Chemistry refutes theory on transfer of light energy.

What happens when protein production grinds to a halt because the synthesis machine, the ribosome, stalls? LMU scientists show how bacteria detect and eliminate the error.

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The LMU pharmacist has received a grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to make RNA nanoparticles inhalable and to improve their storage and transport conditions.

LMU chemists have shown that organocatalysts go through an evolution and could have played an important role in the emergence of life.

Researchers reveal that the recycling of a disease-promoting molecule through a specific ion channel is impaired in patients with the lung disease COPD.

LMU researchers have developed a method to extract more information from sequencing data. This will afford deeper insights into biology.

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Four talented early-career researchers have obtained prestigious starting grants together with LMU from the European Research Council, including Prof. Daniel Merk from the Faculty for Chemistry and Pharmacy

LMU researchers have developed a method that allows resting human immune cells to be genetically analyzed in detail for the first time.