2017

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  Chronobiology

  Breakthrough in sleep research

  12/28/2017
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  Graduate Schools

  New approaches to toxicology

  12/28/2017
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  New Research Unit

  Philology of Adventure

  12/22/2017
• 

  Immune system

  The body’s street sweepers

  12/18/2017
• 

  Astrophysics

  “We are all made of stardust”

  12/18/2017
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  Leibniz Prize

  LMU‘s Veit Hornung among awardees

  12/14/2017
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  Volcanology

  Eruptions explosive and effusive

  12/14/2017
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  Immunology

  Modulating immune responses

  12/13/2017
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  Media research

  Time not up for newsprint

  12/07/2017
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  Disabled Sportswoman of the Year

  The student on the top step

  12/07/2017
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  Origin of life

  It´s a matter of gradients

  12/05/2017
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  Early avian evolution

  The Archaeopteryx that wasn‘t

  12/04/2017
• 

  Awards

  Four Consolidator Grants for LMU

  12/01/2017
• 

  Nanophysics

  Thin Films, Bright Future

  12/01/2017
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  Evolution

  In the beginning there was the sponge

  12/01/2017
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  Gene regulation

  Risk-free gene reactivation

  12/01/2017
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  Microscopy

  A space-time sensor for light-matter interactions

  11/30/2017
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  Cardiovascular disease

  The immune response to heart attacks

  11/28/2017
• 

  Archaeology

  Plague Likely a Stone Age Arrival in Central Europe

  11/23/2017
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  Underground Railroad

  Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead at LMU

  11/23/2017
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  Neurobiology

  The chemistry of memory

  11/23/2017
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  Studying abroad

  "Postcards" from afar

  11/21/2017
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  Animal Hospital

  An "unusual patient"

  11/17/2017
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  iGEM Competition

  A telling test

  11/16/2017
• 

  Neurobiology

  Fixated on food?

  11/16/2017
• 

  Geophysics

  First detailed simulation of 2004 megathrust earthquake

  11/15/2017
• 

  Livestream

  The Impact of Digitization

  11/14/2017
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  Nanomaterials

  Location, location, location!

  11/13/2017
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  Master Quantitative Economics

  The first step toward a doctorate

  11/10/2017
• 

  Atherosclerosis

  Inhibition by an immunostimulator

  11/10/2017
• 

  Livestream at 7 pm

  150th anniversary of the birth of Marie Curie

  11/07/2017

• The Restless Sixties

  “People should not have been surprised”

  11/06/2017

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  Paleontology

  Too early to rewrite the textbooks

  11/03/2017
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  Ironman Hawaii

  LMU student passes triple test

  11/02/2017
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  China Academic Network

  Scientific Forum at LMU Munich

  10/27/2017
• 

  Cell Biology

  Cellular power outage

  10/27/2017
• 

  US News Ranking

  LMU best German contender on the list

  10/26/2017
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  Marine microbiology

  Scavenging to survive below the seafloor

  10/25/2017
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  Helicobacter pylori

  Dodging the bullet

  10/25/2017
• 

  Medical ethics

  “Gentle” dying – or suicide?

  10/20/2017
• 

  Phantastik-Preis

  “Game of Thrones”: Taking a closer look

  10/18/2017
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  Astronomy

  Netting the wave

  10/17/2017
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  A new semester begins

  Welcome back!

  10/16/2017
• 

  Immunology

  A cautionary tale

  10/13/2017
• 

  Biophysics

  Fluctuating conditions favor cooperation

  10/12/2017

• Holocaust Studies

  “Much remains to be done in the field of Holocaust Studies”

  10/11/2017

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  Neurobiology

  Beating a flight path to food

  10/10/2017
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  Quantum physics

  Shrinking the proton again

  10/06/2017

• Art history

  Object lessons

  10/03/2017

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  International conference

  Lightening the darkness

  10/02/2017
• 

  New Research Unit

  Theatre in a time of crisis

  09/28/2017
• 

  MISU Summer Schools

  Welcome guests

  09/27/2017
• 

  Dinosaur evolution

  Lumbering giants had agile ancestors

  09/20/2017
• 

  Plant physiology

  Adjusting to fluctuating temperatures

  09/19/2017
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  Management Studies

  Dishonesty shift

  09/19/2017
• 

  Molecular motors

  Slowing the clockwork

  09/18/2017
• 

  Research contacts

  Bessel Research Awardee at LMU

  09/15/2017
• 

  Das Kapital at 150

  Is Marx still worth reading?

  09/14/2017
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  Innate immunity

  To operate, insert dimers

  09/13/2017
• 

  ERC project “Onlinerpol”

  The cultural impacts of digital media

  09/06/2017
• 

  THE Ranking 2018

  LMU is the top-ranking German university

  09/05/2017
• 

  Research awards

  Sofja Kovalevskaya awardee for LMU

  09/05/2017
• 

  Early Bronze Age

  Mobile Women were key to cultural exchange

  09/05/2017

• Organic chemistry

  Painting by numbers

  08/31/2017

• 

  Dementia research

  Strengthening a weak link

  08/30/2017
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  Art and Multimedia

  LMU at Ars Electronica 2017

  08/29/2017
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  International conference

  Models of matter

  08/24/2017

• Ethnology

  You can’t have one without the other?

  08/21/2017

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  Human immune system

  Genetic variants found to play key role

  08/16/2017
• 

  Art history

  Norms of the Sacred

  08/16/2017
• 

  Congress

  The big picture of philosophy

  08/16/2017
• 

  Research awards

  Five new ERC-funded projects

  08/11/2017
• 

  Neurobiology

  Lessons by post

  08/07/2017
• 

  Christian culture

  The Light in the World

  08/07/2017
• 

  Nanocrystalline LEDs

  Red, green, yellow, blue …

  08/07/2017
• 

  Quantum optics

  Quantum magnets doped with holes

  08/04/2017
• 

  Research collaborations

  Humboldt Research Awardee at LMU

  08/03/2017
• 

  Dark matter

  Taking the measure of the cosmos

  08/03/2017
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  Microbiology

  Hidden witnesses to climate history

  08/03/2017
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  Ancient DNA

  Origins of the Minoans and Mycenaeans

  08/03/2017
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  Neurobiology

  Use it or lose it

  08/02/2017

• Photo competition

  Personal takes on LMU

  08/01/2017

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  New Master’s program

  Human Biology – Principles in Health and Disease

  07/31/2017
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  Bacterial communication

  Chatting coordinates heterogeneity

  07/26/2017
• 

  insightLMU

  It’s not just words

  07/25/2017
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  Symbiosis

  Butter for my honey

  07/25/2017
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  Pharmacology

  Probing the pores in membrane vesicles

  07/21/2017
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  Ancient Egypt

  From occupiers to good neighbors

  07/21/2017
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  Social media

  Simplifying surveillance

  07/20/2017
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  Spatial orientation

  New model for the origin of grid cells

  07/20/2017
• 

  Experimental Quantum Physics

  New experiment confirms violation of Bell’s inequality

  07/19/2017
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  Neurosciences

  LMU-Harvard Young Scientists’ Forum

  07/19/2017
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  Geophysics

  Running light around a tetrahedron

  07/17/2017
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  Pop-Up Exhibition

  Black Protest

  07/14/2017
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  DFG funding programs

  Two new research groups

  07/10/2017

• Politics

  The resurgence of populism

  07/10/2017

• 

  Northwest Passage

  Online exhibition at the RCC

  07/07/2017
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  Marine parasites

  Different strokes for different folks

  07/06/2017
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  The Richard Strauss Edition

  Magical moments among the staves

  07/03/2017
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  Workshop

  The Dynamics of Lexical Innovation

  06/27/2017

• Approaching exams

  The fear that jeopardizes success

  06/26/2017

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  Research partnership

  TAU and LMU extend cooperation

  06/22/2017
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  Sustainable development

  Reducing water use in agriculture

  06/21/2017
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  Domestication genetics

  The career of the cosmopolitan cat

  06/21/2017
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  THE Ranking 2017

  LMU defends its leading position in Germany

  06/16/2017
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  Quincentennial of the Reformation

  The modernization of Christianity

  06/16/2017
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  Animal evolution

  Hot start, followed by cold shock

  06/15/2017
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  Health policy

  Misguided incentive

  06/14/2017
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  New EU-funded project

  Exploring invertebrate genomes

  06/08/2017
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  Particle physics

  Startling deviations

  06/08/2017
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  Microbiology

  Many forks make light work

  06/07/2017

• Insignia

  Treasures from LMU’s collection

  06/06/2017

• LMU’s insignia

  Symbols of independence

  06/06/2017

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  Immunology

  How ancestry shapes our immune cells

  06/01/2017
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  Neurodegenerative diseases

  Phagocytes in the brain: Good or bad?

  05/30/2017
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  Auditory perception

  Where microseconds matter

  05/30/2017

• Brexit’s aftermath

  Brexit, higher education and research

  05/30/2017

• 

  Ultrafast Nanophotonics

  Turmoil in sluggish electrons’ existence

  05/22/2017
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  DFG funding programs

  Research Training Group in Medical Physics

  05/18/2017
• 

  Integrative Taxonomy

  Catchy names for exotic algae

  05/16/2017
• 

  LMU on Instagram

  Glimpses of university life

  05/16/2017
• 

  Nanophysics

  Saving energy with a spot of silver

  05/15/2017
• 

  CAS Lecture Series

  It’s much more than an organ

  05/12/2017
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  Cancer metastasis

  The unexpected perils of hypoxia

  05/11/2017
• 

  Exhibition in the Jewish Museum

  Picking up the pieces

  05/10/2017
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  Atherosclerosis

  Inhibitory signal pathways identified

  05/08/2017
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  Organic electronics

  Semiconductors as decal stickers

  05/08/2017
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  New funding

  Boost for renewable energy research

  05/05/2017
• 

  ”Chemobrain”

  Post-traumatic stress affects cognitive function in cancer patients

  05/04/2017
• 

  Biophysics

  Conflict or coexistence

  05/03/2017
• 

  Evolution

  On mosaics and melting-pots

  05/02/2017
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  Munich as a business location

  "It takes initiative to make a career"

  04/28/2017
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  New DFG Priority Program

  The minimal self

  04/24/2017
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  Deutschlandstipendiat Sinksar Ghebremedhin

  Giving refugees a voice

  04/21/2017
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  Sinologist Thomas O. Höllmann

  “The ivory tower is long gone”

  04/10/2017
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  Inflammation

  It takes two to tango

  04/06/2017
• 

  insightLMU

  Dedicated to the “European Idea”

  03/31/2017
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  Protein transport

  The quickest route to the tip

  03/27/2017
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  Ant-plant symbioses

  Adapting to changes in partner abundance

  03/27/2017
• 

  Internet services

  Who pays the piper?

  03/23/2017
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  EU Research Awards

  Four new ERC grants for LMU

  03/23/2017
• 

  Neurobiology

  Listening in on the language centers

  03/21/2017
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  Evolution

  The oldest known parasitic isopod

  03/16/2017
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  UV photodamage

  Trapping an elusive intermediate

  03/14/2017
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  Behavioral biology

  Ripeness is all

  03/10/2017
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  Immunology

  Live and let live

  03/09/2017
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  ERC’s first decade

  LMU leads its German peers

  03/09/2017
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  Astrophysics

  Dust to dust

  03/09/2017
• 

  Robo-journalism

  Journalists on their robot pretenders

  03/02/2017
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  Neurobiology

  Stocking up on spare parts

  03/01/2017
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  Biophysics

  In the molecular bench vise

  02/24/2017
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  HIV and AIDS

  Doubly resistant when at rest

  02/24/2017
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  Truth and the media

  The rise of fake news

  02/24/2017
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  Veterinary medicine

  Epilepsy gene identified in dogs

  02/21/2017
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  Molecular biology

  Fingerprinting cell identities

  02/20/2017

• DenkStätte Weiße Rose

  Permanent exhibition reconceived

  02/20/2017

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  Prebiotic evolution

  Hairpins help each other out

  02/16/2017
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  DAAD Prize 2017

  St. Petersburg to Munich

  02/15/2017
• 

  MOOCs

  New online courses

  02/10/2017
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  Developmental biology

  Life support for precursor cells

  02/09/2017
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  Cell physiology

  The key to the lock gates

  02/09/2017
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  Media research

  For readers, print has priority

  02/08/2017
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  Educational psychology

  Finding the fun in maths

  02/08/2017
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  Project funding

  BMBF funds Junior Research Group at LMU

  02/07/2017
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  Microbiology

  Lock-out on the building site

  02/07/2017
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  New species

  Gecko with tear-away skin

  02/07/2017
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  Atherosclerosis

  The other side of HDL

  02/06/2017
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  Quantum matter

  Shaken, but not stirred

  02/01/2017
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  Chagas disease

  Under the radar

  01/31/2017
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  Animal genetics

  The bovine heritage of the yak

  01/30/2017
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  Learning strategies

  “Fear of exams can be overcome”

  01/30/2017
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  Astronomy

  Distortion by intervening masses

  01/27/2017
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  Physics

  Toward a practical nuclear pendulum

  01/27/2017
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  RNA metabolism

  Burn after reading

  01/26/2017
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  Echolocation

  Sizing up spaces by ear

  01/25/2017
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  Humboldt Foundation

  Humboldt Research Fellows at LMU

  01/24/2017
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  Atherosclerosis

  Endogenous peptide lowers cholesterol

  01/19/2017
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  Nanotechnology

  Lighting up ultrathin films

  01/17/2017
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  Behavioral research

  The reign of ratings

  01/16/2017
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  Cell biology

  Take the mRNA train

  01/16/2017
• 

  insightLMU

  Caroline is in control

  01/13/2017
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  Structural biology

  The Protein Printer

  01/10/2017
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  Leamer-Rosenthal Prize

  LMU psychologist among awardees

  01/09/2017