
Health and medicine
TUM helps to heal and stay healthy! Our research relates to the whole person: both healthy and sick. We conduct research in the field of diseases as well as in the areas of prevention and nutrition.
Closely associated with the Klinikum rechts der Isar (MRI) - one of the world's leading hospitals - we strive to understand, alleviate and cure diseases. Whether it is cancer, cardiovascular diseases, musculoskeletal disorders, autoimmune diseases, neurological diseases or other conditions. We are conducting research on this at the highest level and in international collaborations.
It is very important to us that diseases do not develop in the first place, but are avoided through prevention - starting in childhood. This is why we also conduct intensive research in the areas of sport and nutrition.
It is all about individual health and performance:
- People with health problems who hope to alleviate their suffering through exercise and nutrition
- Children and young people should learn the joy of exercise and healthy eating at an early age in order to stay healthy for a long time
- Top athletes receive intensive support to help them realize their sporting potential
- People who want to increase and maintain their personal fitness through sport and nutrition
If you are interested in promoting a particular topic in these areas, please contact us. We look forward to finding the right project for you. The fundraising team will be happy to help you!
Here you can see examples of innovative projects that committed sponsors have implemented with our support:
Pioneering research in the field of nutrition and health prevention
Click here to go to the website of the Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Nutritional Medicine
The Heinz Nixdorf Foundation promotes research into organoid model systems. Organoids have the potential to understand the molecular basis of disease and health and to bring the findings into clinical application, particularly in individualized cancer therapy. The money will go towards an endowed professorship for AI-supported organoid development and a highly specialized "Heinz Nixdorf Laboratory for Organoid Systems Analysis".
Organoids are mini-organs created outside the body in the laboratory that can grow under cell culture conditions. In this way, organ- and disease-specific organoids can be generated from stem or patient cells. This provides direct access to the complex processes of organ development and disease-related abnormalities. This is particularly interesting for drug testing and opens up the possibility of developing patient-specific therapies. Organoid technology also has the potential to reduce animal testing in the long term.
The Heinz Nixdorf Professorship for AI-supported Organoid Development will focus on research into the extraction and integrative analysis of data sets from cellular microsystems and organoids. The "Heinz Nixdorf Laboratory for Organoid System Analytics" will enable the fully automated generation of organoid, genomics and proteomics analyses. The laboratory and the professorship will be housed in the building of the newly founded Center of Organoid Systems, which is currently under construction and belongs to the Munich Institute of Biomedical Engineering (MIBE).