2009

• From cancer cell to brain tumor

  Metastasis formation revealed in detail and real time more

  12/21/2009

• Looking for the heartbeat of cellular networks

  Optical approach measures molecular kinetics in living cells more

  12/15/2009

• New applications in living cells

  Nanobodies modify protein shape and function more

  12/14/2009

• Münchener Universitätsgesellschaft honours French sociologist Bruno Latour

  11/30/2009

• Peat fires drive temperatures up –

  Burning rainforests release huge amounts of greenhouse gases more

  11/26/2009

• Blogging from Deep Down Under –

  Hunting for living fossils in the deep sea more

  11/24/2009

• Membrane channels in the spotlight –

  Illumination activates compounds with therapeutic potential more

  11/16/2009

• Hoping for a fluorescent basket case –

  How HIV is assembled and released from infected cells more

  11/12/2009

• The humble beginnings of a king

  Earliest tyrannosauroid (re)discovered more

  11/04/2009

• Shanghai Ranking 2009

  LMU Munich still ranks as best German university more

  11/02/2009

• When molecules have to concentrate –

  Optical traps accumulate even nanoparticles in fluids more

  10/30/2009

• Molecular speleology

  How proteins squirm out of ribosomes and worm into membranes more

  10/30/2009

• LMU researchers highly endowed with EU funding

  10/26/2009

• Trembling hands and molecular handshakes

  A novel protein structure involved in hereditary neurodegeneration more

  10/23/2009

• Quantum-limited measurement method for nanosensors

  10/15/2009

• Quantum-limited measurement method for nanosensors

  10/15/2009

• Under starter’s orders

  How RNA polymerase II gets the go-ahead for gene transcription more

  10/09/2009

• With tremendous explosive force

  Scientists measure the rate of ascent of volcanic magma more

  10/08/2009

• Oldest hominid skeleton unveiled

  LMU researcher studies Ardipithecus’ environment more

  10/01/2009

• Miniature X-ray source with undulating electrons

  09/28/2009

• Making light work of regulating locomotion in vertebrates

  09/17/2009

• Optics made to measure

  Joint spin-off of LMU and MPG established more

  09/11/2009

• Coruscating currants in a cake

  Nanocrystals could make anti-cancer drugs more efficient more

  09/02/2009

• Laser pulses control single electrons in complex molecules

  09/01/2009

• Antennas on the move

  How plants adapt to changing light conditions more

  08/26/2009

• When cells run out of fuel

  Parkinson genes ensure the energy supply of neurons more

  08/21/2009

• Chicken-hearted tyrants

  Predatory dinosaurs as baby killers more

  08/05/2009

• Parasites ready to jump

  How the cell represses mobile genetic elements more

  07/31/2009

• New appointments to LMU

  07/23/2009

• Artificial evil put to therapeutic use

  Simulated viral infection could help combating skin cancer more

  07/21/2009

• Chasing tiny vehicles

  Microscope shows how nanoferries invade cells more

  07/20/2009

• Combination of therapies might improve Alzheimer’s prediction and diagnosis

  07/16/2009

• Tactless hearts

  Gene variant promotes atrial fibrillation more

  07/13/2009

• Freud, the textile industry and the invention of psychoanalysis

  Liliane Weissberg to speak at CAS more

  07/03/2009

• Rampant helper syndrome

  Methane-producing molecule can also repair DNA more

  07/02/2009

• LMU-Berkeley cooperation:

  Conference on religion and politics in the West more

  07/02/2009

• New graduate school for Life Sciences

  06/24/2009

• Cells lacking energy

  A gene defect triggers severe brain disease in children more

  06/22/2009

• Innovative mechanism found to treat anxiety disorders

  New kind of drug displays fewer side effects more

  06/19/2009

• From molecules to organisms

  LMU-Harvard Young Scientists’ Forum more

  06/18/2009

• Size did matter

  Evidence of giant sperm found in microfossils more

  06/18/2009

• The governance structures in North America

  Stephen Clarkson gives lecture at CAS more

  06/16/2009

• They are young and need the job:

  A second chance for dangerous T-cells more

  06/15/2009

• Chern numbers of algebraic varieties –

  Mathematical problem solved after more than 50 years more

  06/10/2009

• Tracking down the causes of multiple sclerosis

  Three new insights contribute to a better understanding of the disease more

  06/09/2009

• Five million euros for establishing the LMU Center of International Health

  06/09/2009

• Why is hypocrisy universally condemned?

  R. Jay Wallace to give a lecture at LMU more

  06/02/2009

• The evolution of gene regulation

  How microbial neighbors settle differences more

  05/26/2009

• Nanoscale Beacons

  What blinking molecules reveal about cell structure more

  05/12/2009

• When atoms are getting close

  Shortest carbon-chlorine single bond detected until now more

  05/04/2009

• Gray matter under attack in multiple sclerosis

  Protein could provoke immune attack on several cell types more

  04/29/2009

• New appointments to LMU

  04/28/2009

• Crossing musical frontiers

  Conference on the history of 20th Century music more

  04/28/2009

• More than one nanostring to their bow:

  Scientists moving closer to “artificial noses” more

  04/23/2009

• Digestive enzymes as door opener –

  Store active ingredients in nanocapsules and release them selectively more

  04/16/2009

• When every photon counts

  Unusual cell nuclei help nocturnal animals see better more

  04/16/2009

• Alzheimer cell death in Zebrafish

  Demise of neurons observed live for the first time more

  04/14/2009

• Double trouble

  Why cloned animal embryos are frequently aborted more

  04/14/2009

• LMU and Princeton University launch collaboration on cosmological computational science

  04/07/2009

• Bent tectonics

  How Hawaii was bumped off more

  04/03/2009

• Early family ties

  No sponge in the human family tree more

  04/02/2009

• Looking for lessons from the US health care system

  Nobel laureate McFadden at the Center for Advanced Studies more

  04/02/2009

• LMU researchers receive millions in HFSP funding

  On the trail of neuronal networks, stem cells and echolocation more

  03/31/2009

• Nobel laureate McFadden to give a lecture at CAS

  03/30/2009

• New open-access journal for Art History

  03/27/2009

• Fateful interval

  Genetic risk factors identified for sudden cardiac death more

  03/23/2009

• Don’t be a stranger to yourself

  Dendritic cells ensure immune tolerance more

  03/16/2009

• Searching for a new, universal grammar

  German-British project approved more

  03/13/2009

• The Math Trick of Neuron No. 12

  How female grasshoppers recognize even hypothermic admirers more

  03/05/2009

• Restless Cells

  Cause of serious genetic disease discovered more

  02/25/2009

• Relationships in Rank and File

  Better sequence searches of genes and proteins more

  02/23/2009

• The Law of the Weakest

  Not only the fittest will prevail more

  02/13/2009

• Genomes without contact issues

  How parental chromosomes are distributed in the cell nucleus more

  02/10/2009

• Ötzi’s Last Days

  Glacier man may have been attacked twice more

  01/28/2009

• Pigs as Organ Donors

  protected against human immune cells more

  01/21/2009

• Pigs as Organ Donors

  protected against human immune cells more

  01/21/2009

• New Appointments to LMU

  01/20/2009

• Crowned heads and their kin

  Poor family relations for armored water fleas more

  01/15/2009

• Split molecule on an evil mission

  How an important tumor factor speeds up cancer growth more

  01/13/2009

• LMU Starts Podcast Portal on iTunes U

  01/13/2009