Welcome to the Center of Life and Food Sciences Weihenstephan
Today’s challenges – research and teaching for the future
Challenges of the 21st century include global warming, population explosion, food security and dwindling fossil fuel reserves. Addressing these issues will require a combination of fundamental and applied research as well as interdisciplinary efforts scaling from molecules across organisms towards ecosystems. Accordingly, the faculty combines expertise in biosciences, biotechnology, agronomy, forestry, ecology, ecosystem management, nutrition, food sciences and life science engineering.
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13.05.2013 The molecular basis of strawberry aroma: Why strawberries smell like strawberries You know that summer is here when juicy red strawberries start to appear on the shelves. In Germany, this seasonal fruit has never been more popular: on average 3.5 kilos per head were consumed in 2012 – a full kilogram more than...[more] |
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16.05.2013 [Translate to english:] QS Subject Ranking 2013: WZW spielt an Weltspitze mit [Translate to english:] Das Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan (WZW) der Technischen Universität München (TUM) belegt in einem aktuellen, internationalen Fächerranking Spitzenplätze: Im QS Subject Ranking 2013, welches die...[more] |
