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News from LMU
Information about a personal data breach
LMU has become the target of an attack on its IT systems. In accordance with Article 34 of the GDPR, the University Executive Board provides information on the details known to date.
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Pharmacist Olivia Merkel receives UNIPRENEURS Award
Germany’s highest distinction for academic entrepreneurship goes to expert in RNA drug delivery
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Prestigious early-career award for LMU molecular biologist Jonathan Bohlen
LMU molecular biologist Dr. Jonathan Bohlen has received the Life Sciences Bridge Award from the Aventis Foundation.
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Deaf Week: accessibility and sign language at LMU
To mark Deaf Week, LMU is showcasing how to ensure accessibility in higher education and is shining a spotlight on sign language and deafness.
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Katia Parodi Awarded the Glocker Medal
The German Society for Medical Physics has honored LMU physicist Katia Parodi with its highest distinction.
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Social media: “Children are particularly at risk”
LMU researchers explain what matters when it comes to children and adolescents using social media and AI apps.
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- Fossils: Researchers develop a treasure map for the search for past life
- How the spleen regulates the proportion of activated platelets in the blood
- Funding to advance precision medicine for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in children
- Medicine: Atherosclerosis is an Autoimmune Disease
- Important role of plastid ion channels in plant stress response identified
- Toxoplasmosis: Methylation puts parasites in motion
Portraits of LMU alumni
LMU alumna Carolin Matzko: “If your path supports you: Go for it”
Carolin Matzko talks about her time at university, championing women, and why she’s not interested in a constant sense of doom and gloom.
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“It’s hard not to do philosophy”
At Cambridge, LMU alumnus Neil Dewar explores how physical theories represent the world.
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Film composer David Reichelt: “I never had a Plan B!”
From studying at LMU to composing for major TV series and feature films: David Reichelt shares how he found his way into film music.
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Multimedia
LMU's University Library over the course of time
500 years of change: How the university library today is a place of learning, a cultural asset and a meeting place all in one.
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Studying abroad – a boundless adventure
How studying and internships abroad can change and enrich your life: Multimedia story with experience reports and tips.
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Cultural Heritage: „We’re making time visible“
Drones over Heloros: Nicola Lercari investigates historical sites with state-of-the-art remote sensing methods.
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Working the land to save the climate
Reforestation and a new approach to land management will play a crucial role in efforts to mitigate climate change.
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From lecture hall … to the desert!
Field research in the driest desert in the world: doctoral candidate Julia Simonis recounts her journey to the Atacama.
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Origin of life: Molecular gastronomy
What was the recipe for the "Ursuppe" from which life emerged? The early steps in the evolution of life some four billion years ago.
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