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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

A great kick-off for our new #CASesearchFocus "Nucleic Acid Stress" with the workshop "Nucleic Acid Stress and Surveillance." Exciting discussions and a fantastic start with participants including Tuğçe Aktaş @aktast.bsky.social @molgen.mpg.de, Daphne Selvaggia Cabianca @helmholtzmunich.bsky.social

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Many thanks to the Graduate Center and especially to Florian Kniffka for the great collaboration. #CASResearchFocus #PlanetaryHealth

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Many thanks to our five outstanding science slammers — Yueli Chen, Joanna Hunsmann, Carly Russell, Sabrina Benz, and Taisiia Nazarenko — who rocked the Große Aula @lmu.de. Their inspiring talks brought their research to life and gave us fascinating insights into their scientific work.

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

A heartfelt thank you, dear Maura @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, for this wonderful afternoon and evening. Many thanks as well to Lara Ehrenfried @lmu.de for her thoughtful moderation. @lmu-klinikum.bsky.social

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Perception and Relationality in Narration of Medicine was the topic of Maura Spiegel’s inspiring lecture. With great insight and sensitivity, she showed how she uses film scenes in interactive workshops to encourage medical students to reflect on and discuss their clinical experiences.

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Who would like to have a Nobel Laureate explain what black holes are? If so, don’t miss Reinhard Genzel’s lecture at CAS, which is now available on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2ad... @maxplanck.de

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Reinhard Genzel - CAS Showcase - Galaxies and Black Holes

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

“Democracy must also be defended in space.” A powerful message from Kai-Uwe Schrogl @unituebingen.bsky.social @esa.int in his talk last week at CAS. Many thanks for this fascinating lecture and the thought-provoking discussion on the future of space governance. 🌕🚀 #CASResearchFocus Mission Space

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

A spectacular launch for the new CAS Research Focus ‘Mission Space’: Thomas Reiter, former ESA astronaut @esa.int, Eva-Maria Kern (UniBw M), and Júlia Csomor (Munich Aerospace) discussed the topic with the focus area’s spokespersons, Heiner Igel and Alexander Choukér @lmu-klinikum.bsky.social.

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

It was a great pleasure to welcome a group of young professionals from the LDE Alliance (Leiden University, TU Delft and Erasmus University Rotterdam) at CAS. It was the perfect opportunity to discuss the role art can play at our universities and how art and science engage in dialogue.

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Ein herzlicher Dank auch an das Panel: Eva-Maria Kern (Präsidentin der UNIBW M), Júlia Csomor (Munich Aerospace), Heiner Igel (@lmu.de) und Alexander Choukér (@lmu-klinikum.bsky.social) und nicht zuletzt an LMU Vize-Präsidenten Jochen Kuhn wir für sein inspirierendes Grußwort.

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Wir danken Thomas Reiter (@esa.int und BMFTR), der uns zum Auftakt des CAS-Schwerpunkts "Mission Space" von seinen faszinierenden Erfahrungen im All berichtete und an seinen Gedanken zur Zukunft der Raumfahrt teilhaben ließ.

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

It was impressive to see the wide range of successful AI start-up initiatives at LMU! Many thanks to all speakers for their thoughtful insights and tips on building an AI startup: Philipp Baaske (Vice President @lmu.de), Bjoern Eskofier (Insitute for AI in Medicine @lmu-klinikum.bsky.social)...

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Mit einer furiosen Vernissage wurde letzte Woche die Ausstellung „KATASTROPHÄE IX + hi s stoeryies“ von Olaf Probst @caslmu.bsky.social eröffnet. Wir danken Juliane Prade-Weiss für ihre ebenso gedankenschwere wie unterhaltsame Einführung und Olaf Probst für ein Semester mit seinen Katastrophäen!

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

What is life? Nobel laureate Paul Nurse @royalsociety.org addressed this fundamental question in conversation with Christof Rapp, Director @caslmu.bsky.social @lmu.de. It was a great pleasure to attend this exchange, which was both entertaining and thought-provoking.

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Was für ein großartiger Nachmittag! Wir danken Paul Nurse @royalsociety.org nochmals sehr, dass er mit uns die große Frage diskutiert hat, was Leben ausmacht! @lmu.de www.sueddeutsche.de/muenchen/mue...

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Was ist Leben? Ein Gespräch mit dem Biologen Sir Paul Nurse an der LMU

Paul Nurse, Nobelpreisträger und Genetiker, spricht an der LMU München über das Wesen der Zellen und die Ursprünge des Lebens.

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Heute @CAS um 19 Uhr: Vernissage zur Ausstellung von Olaf Probst: KATASTROPHÄE IX + hi s stoeryies Einführung: Juliane Prade-Weiss (Komparatistik). Kommt vorbei!💫 www.cas.lmu.de/de/veranstal...

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Kunst am CAS: Vernissage Olaf Probst – KATASTROPHÄE IX + hi s stoeryies

Einführung: Prof. Dr. Juliane Prade-Weiss (Komparatistik, LMU)

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

sowie Siegfried Wameser für die schönen Eindrücke aus der Ausstellung. Mit dem Katalog kann man alles noch einmal Revue passieren lassen. @mcqst.bsky.social @lmu.de

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Eine wundervolle Ausstellung geht zu Ende. Solche Projekte gelingen nur im Zusammenspiel vieler engagierter Menschen. Besonderer Dank geht an die Künstlerin Amélie Esterházy, an Dietlinde Behncke für die gute Zusammenarbeit, an Immanuel Bloch für die brillante Einführung bei der Vernissage

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

#Speciation! Now on Youtube: Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social gave a brilliant overview of the interplay between genetic diversity and reproductive isolation in speciation, followed by a discussion with science historian Kärin Nickelsen and biochemist Axel Imhof. youtu.be/cSIFsk9MqEQ

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Gene Center Munich @LMU Munich @genecenter-lmu.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

🥳 Karl-Peter Hopfner has been elected as a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. He is among 13 newly elected scientists recognized for their outstanding research. 👏 😃 Congratulations! 👏 badw.de/die-akademie... @badw.de @hopfnerlab.bsky.social

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Das Sommersemesterprogramm ist da! Wir starten mit dem Versand. www.cas.lmu.de/de/veranstal... Kunst: © Olaf Probst , Horst Antes Foto: © CAS LMU

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Was für ein großartiger Erfolg! Wir freuen uns, als Kind der ersten Runde der Exzellenzinitiative die herausragende Forschung an der LMU unterstützen zu dürfen.

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Wir freuen uns riesig über den Erfolg unserer Alma Mater @lmu.de ! 🥳🥳🥳

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LMU München @lmu.de · 11/03/2026

🏆 LMU Munich remains at the forefront: Status as #UniversityofExcellence confirmed – as decided by an international jury within the framework of the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments. Read more here:

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LMU Munich remains at the forefront: Status as University of Excellence confirmed

Within the framework of the nationwide Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments, LMU has once again successfully asserted itself, further consolidating its status as one of Euro...

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Don't miss Reinhard Genzel's talk: The Nobel Laureate in Physics @lmu.de @maxplanck.de takes us on a journey into "Galaxies and Black Holes." When: March 3, 2026 at 7 pm📍 Lecture Hall W201, Lehrturm, Professor-Huber-Platz 2 #CASResearchFocus "New Cosmology"

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Get to know the new authors of the CAS Blog! The CAS Blog serves as an interface between scientific discourses and the public sphere. It is an academic open access forum of debate on topical events and developments in science, scholarship and society.

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Groundbreaking news from #CASmember Olivia Merkel, spokesperson of the #CASResearchFocus Nucleic Acid Therapeutics! She and her team @lmumuenchen.bsky.social have developed a new delivery system for #mRNAvaccines that can be administered via the respiratory tract. www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/...

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Advance in pulmonary mRNA vaccine development

Novel hybrid polymer nanocarriers enable effective vaccine delivery in the lungs and the targeted activation of immune cells.

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Mit einer wundervollen Vernissage wurde gestern die Ausstellung "Studien zu Dante" des Künstlers Hubertus Reichert am CAS in der Friedrichstraße eröffnet. Die Einführung hielt der Italianist und Dante-Experte Florian Mehltretter @lmumuenchen.bsky.social - ein inspirierender Auftakt!

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Vilsoni Hereniko ‪@hawaiigeography.bsky.social, Michela Massimi @michelamassimi.bsky.social @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social, and Philipp Schorch discussed about "Woven Worlds: Thinking Through Cosmologies". The Video is now online www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q_2...

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Vilsoni Hereniko - Michela Massimi - CAS Lecture Series Cosmology - Wowen Worlds

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

#CASMitglied Olivia Merkel forscht seit dem Beginn ihrer Karriere an Methoden, therapeutische RNA-Abschnitte zielgenau zum Wirkort in der Lunge zu transportieren. Am CAS leitete sie den Schwerpunkt „Nucleic Acid Therapeutics“. www.cas.lmu.de/de/programme...

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Nucleic Acid Therapeutics

Der Schwerpunkt widmet sich einer Gattung von Therapeutika, die in den kommenden Jahren eine immer wichtigere Rolle in der Arzneimittelentwicklung einnehmen und die Medizin grundlegend verändern werde...

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social gave a brilliant overview of the interplay between genetic diversity and reproductive isolation in speciation, followed by a discussion with science historian Kärin Nickelsen and biochemist Axel Imhof @bmc-lmu.bsky.social. Chair: @lenabouman.bsky.social

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Der Essenz des Lebens auf der Spur! Darüber sprechen Andreas Burkert @lmumuenchen.bsky.social, Petra Schwille @mpibiochem.bsky.social und Annette Meyer @caslmu.bsky.social im neuen CAS-Video aus der Vortragsreihe des Sommersemesters 2025 „The Fine Tuned Universe“. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nenz...

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Andreas Burkert - Petra Schwille - CAS Lecture Series Cosmology - Essence of Life

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

We warmly welcome Herb Susmann @herbps10.bsky.social (@nyu.edu Grossman School of Medicine), as a #CASFellow. Michael Schomaker @mfschomaker.bsky.social invited him to come to Munich in the context of the #CASResearchFocus “Medical Data Processing”.

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Georg Ellis explains his ideas about a "Fine Tuned Universe". A wonderful highlight of this summer's lecture series at CAS! (Re)Watch now on YouTube: #cosmology www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6Xw...

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George Ellis - CAS Lecture Series Cosmology - A Fine Tuned Universe: Issues, Evidence, Implications

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

🎉🎉🎉Congratulations! We are delighted about the ERC #ProofOfConcept Grant @erc.europa.eu awarded to #CASMember/s Silke Robatzek and Tobias Staudigl @tobiasstaudigl.bsky.social .

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Mit einem beeindruckenden Feuerwerk an astrophysikalischen und biophysikalischen Erkenntnissen zur "Essenz des Lebens" endete am Montag die CAS-Vortragsreihe „The Fine Tuned Universe“. Herzlichen Dank an Petra Schwille @mpibiochem.bsky.social und Andreas Burkert (LMU), für ihre fulminanten Beiträge!

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

We warmly welcome Norman Yao, Professor of Physics @harvard.edu‬, as #CASFellow. In Munich, he’s collaborating with Immanuel Bloch and Monika Aidelsburger @mcqst.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social on cutting-edge quantum states research.

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Verpassen Sie dazu auch nicht das Podium am 21. Juli zum Thema "Essence of Life: Was weiß die Wissenschaft vom Leben" mit Andreas Burkert @lmumuenchen.bsky.social, Ahmad Milad Karimi @uni-muenster.de und Petra Schwille @mpibiochem.bsky.social. www.cas.lmu.de/de/veranstal...

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Essence of Life: Was weiß die Wissenschaft vom Leben?

Prof. Dr. Andreas Burkert (LMU), Prof. Dr. Ahmad Milad Karimi (CAS Fellow/Münster), Prof. Dr. Petra Schwille (MPI für Biochemie) | Moderation: Dr. Annette Meyer (CAS)

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Das Video zur Ausstellung "Weltmodelle" von Ugo Dossi in der Reihe Kunst am CAS ist jetzt auf YouTube zu sehen! 🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjUe...

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Kunst am CAS: Ugo Dossi – Stardust/Weltmodelle

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Center for Advanced Studies @caslmu.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

🧬 What explains infertility in evolution? Why do some species mate in unexpected ways? In this Science Slam, researchers present thought-provoking insights into the mysteries of reproduction – engaging, informative, and scientifically sound. 👉 Now on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=cClk...

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CAS Research Focus Speciation - SCIENCE SLAM: RÄTSEL DER FORTPFLANZUNG

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