Novo Nordisk Foundation sponsors highly endowed award: GBA presents Bioeconomy Award for the first time
For the first time, the Global Bioeconomy Alliance (GBA) is presenting the GBA Award for Impact and Leadership in Bioeconomy 2025, funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation. The founding prize of 100,000 euros and personal prize money of 15,000 euros…
Girls' Day at TUM Campus Straubing
On Girls' Day on Thursday, ten young girls got to know the TUM Campus Straubing (TUMCS) for Biotechnology and Sustainability. The campus offered the schoolgirls the opportunity to get a taste of laboratory work and try their hand at hands-on…
Poster and Talk Awards honoured: Two prizes for GrimmLab doctoral students
From the ‘Weihenstephan Bioinformatics Symposium’ (WBS2025) in Freising, two scientists from the Professorship of Bioinformatics at the TUM Campus Straubing recently returned with two prizes. Jonathan Pirnay received the ‘Best Talk’ prize, Ashima…
New project aims to avoid time and quality losses: Develop bioprocesses much faster
As climate change and the coronavirus pandemic progress, bioprocesses have become significantly more important. In order for the transition to a sustainable way of life and economy to succeed and to bring new medicines to market more quickly, the…
Three-day exchange on research topics and possible collaborations: Mexican delegation visits TUMCS
A nine-member group from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (Tec de Monterrey) from Mexico visited the TUM Campus Straubing from 19 to 21 March 2025 and learned about research and teaching at TUMCS. Several TUMCS chairs…
Dr. Kerstin Müller receives Hugo Geiger Prize for her doctorate at the chair of Prof. Zollfrank: Plastic alternative made of cellulose
A great honour for Dr. Kerstin Müller and the Chair of Biogenic Polymers of Prof. Cordt Zollfrank: last Wednesday, the former doctoral student received the renowned Hugo Geiger Prize. Dr Müller completed her doctorate at the chair of her doctoral…
Chair of Biogenic Functional Materials finishes EU Horizon 2020 project: Closing our EU FET ARTIBLED!!
It has been a wonderful journey with our colleagues from CIC BiomaGUNE, UNITO, CSIC, Abiel and TUGraz. Here, we have learned a lot about the design of…
Professor of Bioprocess Engineering honoured with the Student Teaching Award 2024: Excellent teaching by Prof. Zavrel
Recently, the TUMCS student body awarded the Student Teaching Award 2024. Here you will find the student council's laudatory speech.
