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LMU researchers find regular chromatin structure important for DNA replication

(IN BRIEF) A team led by Dr. Christoph F. Kurat from LMU's Biomedical Center has discovered that a regular nucleosome…

1 year ago

LMU: Scientists uncovered the mechanism that permits the bacterium Staphyloccus epidermidis to bind to host tissues

LMU researchers have characterized the physical mechanism that enables a widespread bacterial pathogen to adhere to the tissues of its…

6 years ago

LMU researchers put a spotlight on the smallest blood cells known as platelets

MUNICH, 29-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — A new study by medical researchers at LMU extends the list of tasks performed by the…

6 years ago

LMU project to foster the sustainable use of water in agriculture

A new LMU project explores ways of monitoring global water consumption. Its primary goals are to determine the total volume…

7 years ago

LMU: Archaeological evidence suggests that cats were in close association with human societies almost 10,000 years ago

A new study shows that modern domestic cats are ultimately derived from the African wildcat, which was domesticated in two…

7 years ago

LMU psychologist Dr. Felix Schönbrodt among the winners of the Leamer-Rosenthal Prize for Open Social Science 2016

MUNICH, 09-Jan-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — LMU psychologist Dr. Felix Schönbrodt is among the 10 winners of the Leamer-Rosenthal Prize for…

7 years ago

LMU‘s Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences now 10 years old

LMU‘s Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences, which is now 10 years old, focuses on a single issue: How does the…

7 years ago

New DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center at LMU to investigate the significance of behavioral biases of individuals in competitive environments

A new DFG-funded Collaborative Research Center based at LMU will probe the influence of systematic misconceptions and biases in expectations…

7 years ago

LMU study: ants began to actively cultivate their plant partners at least three million years ago

The first farmers on the Fijian archipelago were ants: For millions of years, an ant species on the islands has…

7 years ago

LMU: Set of 15 bacterial species protects mice from Salmonella infections as effectively as does the natural gut microbiota

LMU researchers have shown that a defined set of 15 bacterial species protects mice from Salmonella infections as effectively as…

7 years ago

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft to finance two new Research Units at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU)

Two new DFG Research Units at LMU, led by Professors Immanuel Bloch and Frank Fischer, respectively, focus on quantum many-body…

8 years ago

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU): Novel electron microscope that can visualize electromagnetic fields oscillating at frequencies of billions of cycles per second

Munich physicists have developed a novel electron microscope that can visualize electromagnetic fields oscillating at frequencies of billions of cycles…

8 years ago

LMU led researchers defined a previously unknown pathway that triggers inflammation

Using a combination of newly developed methods, researchers led by LMU immunologist Veit Hornung have defined a previously unknown pathway…

8 years ago

Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich (LMU) scientists developed measuring system for light waves in the near-infrared range

Laser physicists from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics developed a measuring system for light waves in the near-infrared…

8 years ago

LMU physicists now provide new insights into how swarms in nanosystems are formed

One of the striking features of self-organization in biomolecular systems is the capacity of assemblies of filamentous particles for synchronous…

9 years ago

LMU research focuses on how we learn to pronounce the unfamiliar sounds in a foreign language

A new Emmy Noether Research Group at LMU focuses on how we learn to pronounce the unfamiliar sounds in a…

9 years ago

LMU researchers: macrophages can effectively substitute for so-called dendritic cells as primers of T-cell-dependent immune responses

New work by LMU researchers demonstrates that macrophages can effectively substitute for so-called dendritic cells as primers of T-cell-dependent immune…

9 years ago

MPQ, LMU, and FUB scientists analyse how fast order can appear in a quantum-mechanical system

Scientists from the MPQ, LMU, and the FUB analyse how fast order can appear in a quantum-mechanical system. GARCHING, 13-3-2015…

9 years ago

LMU Physicists developed new algorithm that is capable of solving the Boltzmann equation for systems of self-propelled particles

Physicists at LMU have developed a new algorithm that is capable of solving the Boltzmann equation for systems of self-propelled…

9 years ago

LMU study shows that infants fed on fresh rather than UHT cow’s milk are less prone to infection

A study by LMU researchers shows that infants fed on fresh rather than UHT cow’s milk are less prone to…

10 years ago

LMU Dr. Klaus Dornmair and Prof. Jörg Prinz report for novel technique to fight tumors and to treat autoimmune diseases

16-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Immunologists at LMU have come up with a new technique that can be used both to fight…

11 years ago