Archive: News of Technical University of Darmstadt

Interview with TU Darmstadt Alumnus Armit Gajurel

Amit Gajurel joined the TropHEE program at the TU Darmstadt in 2016. Today the TU Darmstadt Alumnus from Nepal works as adoctoral student at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He says, the time in Darmstadt meant a giant leap in his career.

Research group at TU Darmstadt with „Nature“ publication

Mutations of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes – also known as “breast cancer genes” – are associated with the development of inherited breast cancer as well as other types of tumours. A group of researchers from the Technical University of Darmstadt, the University of California and the University of Texas, characterized the specific repair processes in BRCA2-mutated tumour cells providing findings that can help to develop new or to improve existing strategies in cancer therapy. The results of this study were recently published in the renowned science journal Nature Cell Biology (NCB).

Researchers at TU Darmstadt decode mechanisms behind intercellular communication in tumours

In order for a tumour to grow, its cells need to communicate with one another. Disrupting this communication can help to fight the tumour. The research group headed by Dr. Meike Saul at Technical University of Darmstadt has discovered a mechanism that plays a key role in intercellular communication in tumours. This discovery could act as the basis for the development of innovative therapies in the fight against lung cancer. The results of the study were recently published in the internationally renowned “Journal of Extracellular Vesicles”.

Xelera is conquering a booming market in real time

Highly specific technical expertise, meticulous analysis of the market and customer-oriented product development based on the push and pull principle: This overall package explains the success of Xelera Technologies GmbH. This start-up – which was founded in Darmstadt with the help of the HIGHEST Startup and Innovation Center – sells software and middleware that make algorithms for the real-time processing of large volumes of data faster and significantly more energy efficient.

More courses taught on site and in person and 3G proof

The number of courses taught on site and in person will increase step by step throughout the winter semester. Starting 18 October, 3G proof (vaccinated, recovered or negatively tested) is required for participating in these on-site courses in person. This way, additional room capacity can be used. More information and explanations verbatim from the TU President and the Vice President, Academic Affairs.

Update 30 September, 2:00 pm

The public prosecutor's office in Darmstadt has taken over the investigation and initiated proceedings on the initial suspicion of attempted murder after seven people showed health problems, including symptoms of poisoning, after consuming various foods or drinks on Monday afternoon (23 August).

Progress through joint research

The mathematician Anton Freund from TU Darmstadt is founding a junior research group. He hopes that it will provide new creative impulses in Mathematical Logic.

An observatory enriches teaching in the Department of Physics at TU Darmstadt

The way to the stars leads through an inconspicuous door in the panelling of the lecture hall in the Uhrturm building, and then up a steep grid staircase to a hatch in the ceiling. Anyone who climbs through it will find themselves in front of TU's observatory, which is surrounded by the protective glass cube on top of the tower. Four remote-controlled telescopes are aimed up into the sky, observing the sun by day and clusters of stars, nebulae and galaxies by night. The images and data that are recorded are used in lab courses and teaching in the Department of Physics.

Successful experiment at TU Darmstadt

At Technische Universität Darmstadt, the world's first operation of a multi-turn superconducting linear accelerator with significant energy recovery succeeded. The experiment at the university's electron linear accelerator (S-DALINAC) proved that a substantial saving of accelerator power is possible.

Interview with art historian Christiane Fülscher

Embassy buildings are both political symbols and social expressions of their era. The architect and art historian Dr.-Ing. Christiane Fülscher has analysed and compared German embassies and consulates abroad. Mrs. Fülscher, embassy buildings are considered “architectural calling cards”. What significance do they have for foreign policy?

Research provides new insights into the “fake wake phenomenon”

In a joint project with a research team from China's Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, researchers from the System Security Lab, led by Prof. Dr. Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi at TU Darmstadt, have systematically investigated the so-called “fake wake phenomenon”. This phenomenon causes common voice assistants to recognize a differing word as their own “wake word” and start listening to commands.

Ab initio calculations provide reliable results

The exotic nucleus tin-100 is challenging to access experimentally, but ab initio calculations provide reliable results. This is shown by new precision mass measurements of indium isotopes in the vicinity of tin in the nuclear chart, using sophisticated techniques at CERN.

Reasearch at Telecooperation Lab

Could we as consumers actually make the future electricity grid more stable? A research team headed by Rolf Egert and Max Mühlhäuser is working on exactly this kind of vision.

This is how TU Darmstadt is preparing for the Winter Semester 2021/22

concept and reliable prospects: These are the cornerstones of our TU Darmstadt strategy combining maximum health protection, individual freedom of choice and best possible predictability and continuity during the winter semester. TU Darmstadt’s President Tanja Brühl and Vice President Heribert Warzecha present the concept.

Five years of successful cooperation

The Rhine-Main University (RMU) alliance will prepare a joint application for the next round of the Excellence Strategy competition of the German federal and state governments. Established almost six years ago, the alliance can point to successful cooperation in research, learning, teaching as well as continuing education and is now looking to further extend its strategic collaboration.