Exciting news for TUMCS and the Chair of Biogenic Functional Materials of Prof. Rubén Costa: The scientists Sara Ferrara and Luca Cavinato have won the prestigious Young Research Award of the European Material Research Society. This is the second time for Luca, while Sara was selected as the best PhD Thesis 2023 in the international competition.
Award for Josef Eiglsperger: The doctoral student at the Professorship of Bioinformatics (Prof. Dominik Grimm) at Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences (HSWT) at TUM Campus Straubing (TUMCS) received the “Outstanding Poster Award” for his poster and presentation at the Machine Learning Research School (MLRS) in Bangkok. The Research Summer School ran from 02.08. to 09.08.2023 and took place at the Digital Economy Promotion Agency.
On Friday, 11.08.23 the first edition of the Straubinger Sustainability Symposium was held. Over 30 participants from all over Germany met to present and discuss their research. As the title suggests, all topics were focused on the different dimensions of sustainability.
Prevo, a Foodtech startup hailing from TUM campus Straubing and specializing in sustainable food systems, achieved significant milestones during the highly anticipated TUM entrepreneurship day on June 29th. The company was honored with the esteemed startup booster grant of 45,000 euros.
There are new, sustainable process routes for the production of ethylene, which can be extended by a further promising route through the work at the Professorship of Regenerative Energy Systems.
Last Thursday, a delegation from the University of Turin (UNITO) visited the TUM Campus Straubing (TUMCS). TUMCS Rector Prof. Dr. Volker Sieber welcomed the scientists led by Prof. Dr. Cristina Prandi (Department of Chemistry at UNITO) at the Campus for Biotechnology and Sustainability and emphasized the unique focus of TUMCS on bioeconomy.