Upcoming Seminars
CeNS Colloquium
Friday, May 16, 15:30
Prof. Reuven Gordon,
University of Victoria
Life at the Single Molecule Level: A Label-Free Approach
Future Events
Effective Visual Communication of Science
May 26
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Emergence and Self-organization in Biological Systems (ESBS 2025)
August 18-22 
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CeNS /CRC 392 Workshop Venice
September 22-26
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Welcome to the Center for NanoScience
The Center for NanoScience (CeNS) was founded in 1998 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich. The mission of CeNS is to promote and coordinate interdisciplinary research in the field of nanoscience in the Munich area. CeNS is an association of junior and senior scientists from basic research and industry and is conceived as a network, joining people from various institutions (LMU, TU Munich, University of Augsburg and others).
Nano Innovation Award 2025 - Supporting Outstanding Young Researchers
The Nano Innovation Award is presented annually by the Center for NanoScience (CeNS) in collaboration with its spin-offs attocube systems, ibidi, Nanion Technologies, and NanoTemper Technologies. The award recognizes outstanding young researchers at Bavarian research institutions for excellence in nanoscience.
PhD students in nanoscience or nano(bio)technology are invited to apply. The submitted research projects should demonstrate innovative potential and possible applications.
Application deadline: June 10.
A network exploring the nanoworld
CeNS consolidates research activities at the nanometer scale from the areas of physics, biophysics, chemistry, biochemistry, and medicine. The network promotes the mutual understanding and collaboration between researchers from these different disciplines by joint seminars, workshops, and schools which are organized by CeNS. Professors, junior group leaders, PostDocs, and graduate students interact with each other within this lively network, exchanging scientific ideas and establishing new research collaborations.
Interdisciplinary Education
CeNS offers a comprehensive educational program to PhD and Diploma students. Workshops, seminars, colloquia and lecture series are organized on a regular basis throughout the whole year. The topics presented by internationally renowned speakers cover the broad spectrum of nanosciences and nanobiosciences. International exchange programs and soft-skills workshops complete the interdisciplinary program. The students are incited to suggest workshop topics and organize scientific events on their own and are strongly encouraged to invite interesting speakers to seminars and workshops.
Transfer to Industry
The creative and unorthodox atmosphere within CeNS efficiently helped to create concepts for and incubate young nano-technological companies: the spin-off companies attocube systems, baseclick, ChromoTek, ethris, Gattaquant, GNA biosolutions, ibidi, Nanion Technologies, Nanotools, NanoTemper and Neaspec currently employ about 500 mostly young scientists and technologists, working primarily on nano- and nanobiotechnological tasks. CeNS offers a creative scientific environment which is essential for these start-up companies, acts as a training facility with over 100 graduates per year, and provides the spin-offs with well-trained and particularly motivated scientists and technologists. More...
International Cooperation
In addition to the numerous research collaborations of individual CeNS members with scientists from all around the world, CeNS has established a growing number of cooperations with international nanoscience institutes. Exchange of doctoral researchers (e.g. Junior Nanotech Network) and Master's students as well as joint workshops (e.g. Workshop on Global Challenges - Opportunities for Nanotechnology) are the means by which these cooperations are realized. More...
The Fertile Soil
On the fertile soil of CeNS new multidisciplinary research groups have been established such as the Clusters of Excellence e-conversion and MCQST, the SFB 1032 "Nanoagents for spatiotemporal control of molecular and cellular reactions" of the German research council (DFG) as well as many interdisciplinary research projects supported by the BMBF, the DFG, the Volkswagen Foundation, and the European Union.
Biological patterns: stability through protein reservoirs
Biophysicists figure out how bacteria form robust patterns despite changing environmental more …
Nanotechnology: DNA origami boots sensitivity of rapid tests
An LMU team has developed a technology that can amplify the signals of biomarkers in conventional more …
Election of the CeNS board 2025/26
Prof. Frédéric Laquai and Prof. Steffen Rulands join the CeNS board more …
Further News more ...
Robust and resource-optimal dynamic pattern formation of Min proteins in vivo
Ren Z, Weyer H, Sandler M, Würthner L, Fu H, Tangtartharakul CB, Li D, Sou C, Villarreal D, Kim JE, more …
Design of Experiments Grants Mechanistic Insights into the Synthesis of Spermine-Containing PBAE Copolymers
Kromer, APE; Sieber-Schäfer, F; Benito, JF; Merkel, OM
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.4c06079 more …
Further Selected Publications
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