News
Wednesday, 21 October, 2020
Sponges as biomonitors of micropollution
Sponges are filter feeders that live on particulate matter – but they can also ingest microscopic fragments of plastics and other pollutants of anthropogenic origin. They can therefore serve as useful bioindicators of the health of marine ecosystems. more …
Monday, 21 September, 2020
Successful at the Science4life Venture Cup
Start-up Deoxy wins 3rd prize in Business Plan Contest more …
Wednesday, 09 September, 2020
Welcome!
Dr. Amelie Heuer-Jungemann becomes extraordinary CeNs member more …
Friday, 21 August, 2020
How cells learned to talk
Grant from the Volkswagen Foundation for an international research team led by Ralf Jungmann more …
Friday, 24 July, 2020
Nano Innovation Award 2020
On July 24, the Nano Innovation Award 2020 was presented at the Center for NanoScience (CeNS) of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich. Three graduate students from Würzburg and Munich received the award for promising, application-oriented results as part of their thesis in nanosciences. more …
Monday, 29 June, 2020
Bubbling and burping droplets of DNA
Liquid droplets formed from DNA display a peculiar response to enzymes more …
Friday, 12 June, 2020
Origami in the microcosm: how to clamp genes
CeNS scientists show how proteins cooperate in our cell nucleus for efficient gene reading more …
Saturday, 18 April, 2020
Acidic alert
LMU researchers have synthesized nanoparticles that can be induced by a change in pH to release a deadly dose of ionized iron within cells. This mechanism could potentially open up new approaches to the targeted elimination of malignant tumors.
Ions play crucial roles in all aspects of cell more …
Friday, 17 April, 2020
The big triple of teaching
CeNS member Jan Lipfert wins three teaching awards at LMU more …
Wednesday, 01 April, 2020
Neurimmune and Ethris Sign Collaboration Agreement to Rapidly Develop Inhaled mRNA-based AntibodyTherapy for the Treatment of Covid-19
CeNS spin-off active against Covid-19 more …
Friday, 27 March, 2020
GNA Biosolutions developing system for rapid Covid-19 batch testing
CeNS spin-off provides 15-minutes testing more …
Thursday, 27 February, 2020
Stefan Maier honored
ACS Nano Lectureship Award goes to CeNS member more …
Monday, 27 January, 2020
Positions in nanoscience and biophysics
International call for applications at CeNS more …
Wednesday, 15 January, 2020
Jan Lipfert wins teaching prize
Prof. Jan Lipfert was awarded a teaching prize of the Department of Biology. The award recognized his outstanding commitment for teaching and in his lecture “Introduction to Physics for Chemists and Biologists”. more …
Friday, 22 November, 2019
CeNS Publication Award Winners 2019!
Authors of outstanding publications receive Publication Awards more …
Thursday, 21 November, 2019
“Smart” implant coatings to nip infections in the bud
Newly developed coating releases antimicrobial ions - but only as quickly as necessary more …
Tuesday, 15 October, 2019
Super-resolution microscopy supercharged with DNA
Massive Photonics GmbH commercializes labeling reagents for DNA-PAINT more …
Wednesday, 09 October, 2019
DNA-PAINT super-resolution microscopy at speed
Optimized DNA sequences allow for 10-times faster image acquisition in DNA-PAINT more …
Thursday, 03 October, 2019
Visit to the Nano Institute
Minister Karliczek and Minister Sibler at LMU Munich more …
Thursday, 26 September, 2019
Emmy Noether Research group for Dr. Amelie Heuer-Jungemann
DNA Origami-templated Silica Nanostructures for applications in Biomedicine and Catalysis more …
Thursday, 12 September, 2019
Galenus Technology Prize for Ulrich Lächelt
For his innovative research on “Metal-Organic Nanopharmaceuticals” Dr Ulrich Lächelt receives the 10th Galenus Technology Prize. The pharmacist is head of a research group at the Chair of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology at the LMU Munich.
Dr Ulrich Lächelt is extraordinary CeNS member, and since more …
Monday, 09 September, 2019
Nano-Bio-Physics Symposium at the LMU
On September 6th and 7th, nearly 200 biophysicists from all over the world came together for the festive symposium in honor of Hermann Gaub, who holds the LMU chair for biophysics and molecular materials and is one of the co-founders of the Center for NanoScience. Renowned speakers from Germany, more …
Tuesday, 20 August, 2019
Heading for new biosensors with graphene and DNA
A biosensor´s most important sign of quality is sending a clear color signal when the target molecule binds. The signal strength depends on the distance of the fluorescence molecules involved. Now members of the Cluster of Excellence “e-conversion” are able to define and optimize this distance with more …
Wednesday, 07 August, 2019
No encapsulation needed for unprecedented stability
Semiconductor research breakthrough more …
Friday, 19 July, 2019
X-ray vision on nanoparticles & a hall of mirrors for nanomicroscopy
Nano Innovation Award 2019 more …