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ryon Rhine-Main-Universities Summer School 2024

From October 7 to 11, 2024, the ryon Summer School in Darmstadt and Gernsheim offers the opportunity to help shape the future of synthetic biology and biomaterials. Under the motto “From idea to start-up”, a platform will be created to offer young researchers the opportunity to develop and realize new business ideas. The event is part of the “CoM2Life” cluster project, which is in the running for a cluster of excellence in the prestigious Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments.

Prof. Peter Gruss began his international career as a microbiologist in Darmstadt

He is regarded as an American-style maker and the news magazine “Der Spiegel” once described him as “the humble high-flyer”. In fact, Peter Gruss is one of the world's leading cell biologists. He has successfully conducted research into tumour viruses and gene regulation at the German Cancer Research Centre in Heidelberg and in the United States. As President for many years, he developed the Max Planck Society further and strengthened its internationalisation. The basis for his scientific career was a degree in biology at TU Darmstadt. “Studying there was a privilege,” says the alumnus today.

Study led by the TU shows limitations of ChatGPT & co.

According to a new study led by TU Darmstadt, AI models such as ChatGPT are apparently less capable of learning independently than previously assumed. According to the study, there is no evidence that what are known as large language models (LLMs) are beginning to develop a general “intelligent” behaviour that would enable them to proceed in a planned or intuitive manner or to think in a complex way. The study will be presented in August at the annual conference of the renowned Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL) in Bangkok, the largest international conference on automatic language processing.

Successful participation in renowned conference

Researchers from the “Reasonable Artificial Intelligence” (RAI) project took part in this year's “Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition” (CVPR) and successfully presented the results of their work in workshops and conference papers. “RAI” is in the running for a Cluster of Excellence in the prestigious Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments.

Clemens Hoch visits cluster project at Mainz University

On his summer trip this year, Rhineland-Palatinate Science Minister Clemens Hoch visited Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) last week and learned about the joint cluster project “CoM2Life” of TU Darmstadt, JGU Mainz and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research.

Alumnus Eginhard Jungmann expresses his thanks to his alma mater

Eginhard Jungmann came to Germany as a young man and late resettler from the former Upper Silesia in 1958. Since he had come across publications and books by two professors teaching in Darmstadt, his path led him to the Technical University. More than 60 years and a successful management career with Siemens later, he now expresses his thanks to his alma mater and his former department of Electrical Engineering by making a generous donation.

Registration is Open!

From 14th to 18th October 2024, the Unite! Research School will bring together MSc and PhD students, as well as researchers from across Europe, in the fields of Artificial Intelligence, Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, Industry 4.0, Nuclear Engineering and Sustainable Electronics.

The European university alliance Unite! meets from September 24 to 26 and presents itself to the public

Since its inception five years ago, the Unite! University Network for Innovation, Technology, and Engineering has thrived thanks to the collaborative efforts of its nine partner universities. Under the theme “Inspiring People – Sparking Innovation,” these events aim to emphasise the collaboration between universities and society, as well as to showcase and disseminate the achievements of the alliance to a wider public.

With renowned international guest speakers

Researchers from the cluster project “The Adaptive Mind” (TAM) with the participation of TU Darmstadt have met for a two-day symposium. At the event in early June at Rauischholzhausen Castle in central Hesse, they discussed the topics of cognition, scene perception, maladaptation and sensory learning. TAM is competing for a Cluster of Excellence in the prestigious Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments.

TU researchers have deciphered the processes that take place in the human mind during navigation

How can human navigation behaviour and its uncertainty be understood? A team of researchers led by TU professor Constantin Rothkopf has provided answers to this question in an article now published in the journal “Nature Communications”. According to their computational analysis, the brain uses both information from body cues (such as the motor memory of the path already travelled) and an internal mental map for navigation. The brain takes into account that the available information is incomplete, imprecise and uncertain – and continuously recomputes the path while considering the respective uncertainties.

TU Darmstadt coordinates EU consortium on macrocycles

Macrocycles are a special class of drugs with complex properties, which can enable unprecedented therapeutic approaches. Now the EU-funded consortium “MC4DD”, led by TU Darmstadt, is focussing on the understanding and accessibility of macrocycles in order to expand the possibilities of drug development.

Machine learning for electron microscopy: Leopoldo Molina-Luna receives EU funding

Leopoldo Molina-Luna, Professor of Electron Microscopy at TU Darmstadt, is the first TU researcher to receive funding from the European Research Council (ERC) for the fourth time. Following Starting and Consolidator Grants, Molina-Luna is now receiving a Proof of Concept Grant. The new project “BED-TEM”, which is receiving 150,000 euros of funding for 18 months, aims to make methods of machine learning accessible for use in electron microscopy in a user-friendly manner. In doing so, it should help to optimise the design of experiments.

Millisecond pulsars are rotating neutron stars that emit regular electromagnetic signals, similar to lighthouses. The pulsar PSR J0437-4715 is the closest to Earth and thus the brightest. Researchers with the participation of TU Darmstadt have now gained new insights into the neutron star’s radius and its consequences for the equation of state of dense matter. The results are published in a series of papers in the renowned journal “The Astrophysical Journal Letters”.

Portrait of Athene Young Investigator Dr Andrea Belluati

The research team headed by Dr. Andrea Belluati has made a breakthrough in the synthesis of artificial cells. The biotechnologist at TU Darmstadt was involved in research to create artificial cells that resemble real ones. This success could have a lasting impact on the health care sector. Belluati carries out his research at the Centre for Synthetic Biology at TU Darmstadt and has now been selected as a new Athene Young Investigator.