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  29/10/2024 Prof.Ivanović-Burmazović at Munich Science Days

  Live lecture by Prof. Ivana Ivanović-Burmazović at the Munich Science Days

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  21/10/2024 Understanding chemistry: Hands-on experience, not just observation

  In Professor Silvija Markic's LMUchemlab, pupils can experience chemistry in an inclusive environment on their own terms.

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  18/09/2024 Nanotechnology: DNA origami with cargo function

  LMU chemists present two studies that open up new possibilities for biotechnological applications.

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  17/07/2024 Upper school in the lab on the June 2024 university day

  On 7 June, our faculty once again hosted the popular university day for pupils.

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  16/07/2024 Prof. Olivia Merkel receives awards from the CRS

  At its annual meeting in Italy, the Controlled Release Society (CRS) presented two awards to Prof Olivia Merkel for her services to the society.

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  16/07/2024 Proof of Concept Grant for Thomas Carell

  The European Research Council has awarded the LMU chemist a grant for the preclinical development of a new drug for treating leukemia in high-risk patients.

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  12/07/2024 Polymer library for RNA-based therapeutic approaches

  The research group of LMU pharmacist Olivia Merkel has optimized the synthesis of polymer nanoparticles to facilitate the targeted distribution of RNA agents in the body.

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  12/07/2024 Good teaching: prizes for innovative teaching and student research

  On the ‘Day for Good Teaching’ at LMU on 12 July, LMU research prizes for excellent students and LMU teaching innovation prizes for lecturers will be awarded.

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  10/07/2024 Professor Regina de Vivie-Riedle passed away

  Regina de Vivie-Riedle, born in Wuppertal in 1958, passed away after a long, serious illness on June 20, 2024 at the age of 66.

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  25/06/2024 New materials: Synthetic pathway for promising nitride compounds discovered

  LMU chemists have successfully synthesized Ruddlesden-Popper nitrides for the first time, opening the door to new materials with unique properties.

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  24/06/2024 Gene Center: Pacesetter for the life sciences

  The Gene Center Munich stands for interdisciplinary top-level research. As the center turns 40, we interview its director Karl-Peter Hopfner, who recalls the most important stages in its history and talks about the challenges to come.

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  17/06/2024 Watching energy materials as they form

  Eyes glued to a live transmission from inside a reaction vessel, LMU researchers watch chemical reactions at work. Their results will improve the manufacture of the next generation of energy materials.

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  08/05/2024 Snapshots of the architecture of life

  Structural biologist Roland Beckmann renders the complex structures of ribosomes visible at the atomic level. In our interview, he talks about his research into the cellular protein factories.

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  02/05/2024 Activation of innate immunity: Important piece of the puzzle identified

  LMU researchers have deciphered the complex interplay of various enzymes around the innate immune receptor toll-like receptor 7 (TLR7), which plays an important role in defending our bodies against viruses.

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  25/04/2024 Gene regulation: modification in the nucleosome jungle

  LMU researchers decipher how an enzyme modifies the genetic material in the cell nucleus.

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  10/04/2024 Cockayne syndrome: new insights into cellular DNA repair mechanism

  LMU researchers decode repair mechanism during transcription of genetic information

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  09/04/2024 Professor Andreas Kornath deceased

  Andreas Kornath, born in Bergkamen in 1965, passed away on March 5, 2024 at the age of 58.

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  13/03/2024 RSC Open Access transformation contract concluded

  Following a decision by the Faculty Library Commission, LMU's Chemistry and Pharmacy Library has joined the Open Access (OA) transformation agreement for Germany negotiated between TIB Hannover and Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in 2024.

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  05/03/2024 Theoretical chemistry: simulation of molecular origins of life

  Using a so-called computational hyperreactor, LMU chemists have managed to calculate highly complex chemical reaction networks efficiently under realistic conditions.

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  01/03/2024 Ribosomes: molecular wedge assists recycling

  Researchers at LMU and Stanford University reveal how cells regenerate protein factories at endoplasmic reticulum.

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  14/02/2024 Microscopy: Overcoming the traditional resolution limit for the fast co-tracking of molecules

  Researchers at LMU have developed an innovative method to simultaneously track rapid dynamic processes of multiple molecules at the molecular scale.

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  10/01/2024 University Day December 2023

  On December 8, 2023, a group of students visited our faculty as part of LMU's University Day.

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